Highways Are Happy Ways; Beautiful
date: label: recording date
content: 1927
label: recording date
content: 1928
name: label: recording artist
content: Evans, Happy Dick
label: manufacturer
content: Champion
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Happy Dick Evans. side 1: Highways Are Happy Ways; side 2: Beautiful (Champion 15424).<br>78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1927 and initially released on Gennett 6345. Side 2 was recorded in 1928 and initially released on Gennett 6359.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Happy Dick Evans is a pseudonym on Champion for Les Backer.</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.</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: Abrams, Steven. 78 rpm Discographical Project
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0320.15875
label: collector/donor number
content: 2933
label: maker number
content: 15424
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.15875
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