Birmingham Jail; Six Months Ain't Long
date: label: recording date
content: 1929
name: label: recording artist
content: Foster, John
label: recording artist
content: Hill, Ezra
label: recording artist
content: Robinette, Melvin
label: recording artist
content: Moore, Byrd
label: recording artist
content: Rutherford, Leonard
label: manufacturer
content: Champion
notes: label: Description
content: <p>side 1: Ezra Hill and Henry Johnson. Birmingham Jail; side 2: Marlow and Young. Six Months Ain't Long (Champion 15750)<br>78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1929 and released on Gennett 6841. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1929 and released on Gennett 6807.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Ezra Hill and Henry Johnson is a pseudonym on Champion for Melvin Robinette and Byrd Moore.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Marlow and Young is a pseudonym on Champion for Leonard Rutherford and John Foster.</p>
label: Description
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: 1996.0320.17675
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.17675
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: label number
content: 15750
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