A Choir Boy Sings All Alone Tonight; An Old Man's Story
date: label: recording date
content: 1928
name: label: recording artist
content: Evans, Frank
label: manufacturer
content: Oriole
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Frank Evans. side 1: A Choir Boy Sings All Alone Tonight; side 2: An Old Man's Story (Oriole 1413)<br>78 rpm.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Frank Evans is a pseudonym on Oriole for Frank Luther.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Oriole Records was and American budget record label sold exclusively by McCrory Stores from 1921 to 1938.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Plaza Music Company was formed in New York City with the Banner Record label, in 1922. The company acquired several smaller labels in the 1920s including Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal. In 1929, the Plaza Music Company, Cameo Record Corporation, and Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation merged into the American Record Corporation (ARC). Plaza began a single matrix series for all of its labels in 1923, beginning with 5000. ARC would continue using this system after the merger.</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: 1996.0320.15878
label: collector/donor number
content: 5105
label: maker number
content: 1413
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.15878
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