It Won't Be Long Till My Grave Is Made; It's Sad to Leave You, Sweetheart
date: label: recording date
content: 1929
name: label: recording artist
content: Shelby, Bill
label: recording artist
content: Taylor, Jim
label: recording artist
content: Woodlieff, Norman
label: recording artist
content: Smith, Walter
label: manufacturer
content: Champion
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Jim Taylor and Bill Shelby. side 1: It Won't Be Long Till My Grave Is Made; side 2: It;s Sad to Leave You, Sweetheart (Champion 15730)<br>78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1929 and released on Gennett 6858. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1929 and released on Gennett 6809.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Jim Taylor is a pseudonym on Champion for Walter Smith.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Bill Shelby is a pseudonym on Champion for Norman Woodlieff.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Champion was a budget label manufactured by Gennett, the premier label of the Starr Piano Company, maker of pianos, phonographs, and records. Champion records were originally manufactured and sold by Kresge stores but became more widely available through other retailers. The Champion label was active from 1925 to 1934. The Champion trademark was sold to Decca Records, which continued to issue releases on Champion from 1935 to 1936</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Richmond
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0320.28345
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.28345
label: maker number
content: 15730
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm