The Wang Wang BluesAs Long As I Live
date: label: recording date
content: 1940
label: recording date
content: 1942
label: release date
content: 1944
name: label: recording artist
content: Benny Goodman Sextet
label: manufacturer
content: Columbia
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Benny Goodman and his Sextet. side 1: The Wang Wang Blues; side 2: As Long As I Live (Columbia 36723), from the album, <i>Benny Goodman Sextet</i> (Columbia C-102).<br>78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1942 and released on Columbia 36594. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1940 and released on Columbia 35901. This album was released in 1944.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The cover art for this album was made by Alex Steinweiss. Alexander “Alex” Steinweiss (1917-2011) was an American artist and graphic designer. He was the first art director of Columbia Records, expanding the use of album covers and cover art. Steinweiss created album cover art from 1938 to 1973.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Jazz
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content: Sound Recordings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 1
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0670.504
label: maker number
content: 36723
label: maker number
content: C-102
label: accession number
content: 1978.0670
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0670.504
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm