Bear Cat Papa; True Blue Bill
date: label: recording date
content: 1931
name: label: recording artist
content: Marvin, Frankie
label: manufacturer
content: Melotone
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Frank Marvin. side 1: Bear Cat Papa; side 2: True Blue Bill (Melotone M 12126).<br>78 rpm.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Melotone Records was an American budget record label founded by Warner/Brunswick Records, in 1930. Melotone originally featured jazz and popular dance music of the period, most often using pseudonyms for New York area studio musicians on the recordings. In 1932, Melotone was acquired by the American Record Corporation (ARC). The label ceased production in 1938.</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: 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: 1996.0320.20567
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: label number
content: M 12126
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.20567
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