Life's Railway to Heaven; What a Gathering That Will Be
date: label: recording date
content: 1930
label: recording date
content: 1929
name: label: recording artist
content: Hutchens Brothers
label: recording artist
content: McGhee, John
label: Associated Name
content: Welling, Frank
label: manufacturer
content: Champion
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Hutchens Brothers. side 1: Life's Railway to Heaven; side 2: What a Gathering That Will Be (Champion 15971)<br>78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1930 and initially released on Gennett 7156. Side 2 was recorded in 1929 and initially released on Gennett 7114.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Hutchens Brothers is a pseudonym on Champion for John McGhee and Frank Welling.</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
topic: label: web subject
content: Popular Culture
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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: 1996.0320.18278
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.18278
label: label number
content: 15971
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