The Beer Barrel Polka; Well All Right
date: label: recording date
content: 1939
name: label: recording artist
content: Andrews Sisters
label: manufacturer
content: Decca
notes: label: Description
content: <p>The Andrews Sisters. side 1: Beer Barrel Polka; side 2: Well All Right (Decca 2462)<br>78 rpm</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Andrews Sisters—Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne—began their music career performing in vaudeville shows throughout the country. “Beer Barrel Polka” was one of their biggest hits, quickly becoming a popular jukebox selection. Based on a Czechoslovakian song, “Beer Barrel Polka” helped inspire an interest in international music in the United States. The sisters continued touring as a group into the 1950s, eventually selling over 90 million records.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: 1939 exhibit
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Discography of American Historical Recordings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eula W. Wake in Memory of Harry Wake
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0656.239
label: accession number
content: 1981.0656
label: maker number
content: 2462
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0656.239
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