Beat Me Daddy (Eight To the Bar)
date: label: recording date
content: 1940
label: release date
content: 1947
name: label: recording artist
content: McKinley, Ray
label: recording artist
content: Will Bradley and his Orchestra
label: manufacturer
content: Columbia
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley. side 1: Beat Me Daddy (Eight To the Bar) [part 1]; side 2: Beat Me Daddy (Eight To the Bar) [part 2] (Columbia 36956), from the album, <i>Boogie Woogie</i> (Columbia C-123).<br>78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1940 and released on Columbia 35530. The album was released in 1947.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The album art and design was created by George Howard Maas (1910-1998), an American commercial artist, graphic artist and designer, and art director. Originally from Kansas City, Maas studied at the University of Kansas at Lawrence. In 1939, he was employed as a painter in the WPA (Works Project Administration). By the early 1940s, Maas had moved to New York City where he continued his career with much success creating cover art for albums, book design and illustrations, and poster art.</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: Sound Recordings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 1
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert J. Walter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0566.186
label: maker number
content: C-123
label: maker number
content: 36956
label: accession number
content: 1981.0566
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0566.186
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm