Sophie Tucker – Golden Jubilee (Fifty Golden Years) LP
date: label: date made
content: 1954
name: label: maker
content: Mercury
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Sophie Tucker – Golden Jubilee (Fifty Golden Years) long playing record album. The album is comprised of a vinyl record and souvenir booklet bound together in a hard cover with a colorful illustration of Tucker on the front. Book (inside) is spiral bound with photographs and artwork reminiscing her career and includes a special fold-out artwork panel.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Sophie Tucker was a singer, comedian, and actress who earned the titles "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas" as well as “The First Lady of Showbusiness” in her six decades as an entertainer. Known for her powerful delivery of comical and risqué songs, she performed in every venue and medium from urban cafes and beer gardens to the vaudeville stage, radio, television, and film, and was one of the most popular entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In 1954 and to mark Tucker’s 50th year in show business her record label launched a limited edition Sophie Tucker Golden Jubilee Album. The record had selection of Tucker favorites performed by her label-mates like Patti Page, Georgia Gibbs, Vic Damone, and Rusty Draper, who sang on the album and exchanged banter with Sophie. The record also featured names like Eddie Cantor and Jack Benny paying tribute to Miss Tucker. Side B featured new recordings of Tucker’s hits, including some risqué numbers like "Inhibition Papa" and "It's Never Too late to Have a Little Fun."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Comedy
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2023.0062.01
label: catalog number
content: 2023.0062.01
label: accession number
content: 2023.0062
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (book material)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (record material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 14 in x 1 in; 30.48 cm x 35.56 cm x 2.54 cm