Black and Tan Fantasy; Rockin' Chair
date: label: recording date
content: 1931
name: label: recording artist
content: Earl Jackson and his Musical Champions
label: recording artist
content: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
label: manufacturer
content: Melotone
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Earl Jackson and his Musical Champions. side 1: Black and Tan Fantasy; side 2: Rockin' Chair (Melotone M 12093).<br>78 rpm.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Earl Jackson and his Musical Champions is a pseudonym on Melotone M 12093 for Duke Ellington and his Orchestra.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Melotone Records was an American budget record label founded by Warner/Brunswick Records, in 1930. Melotone originally featured jazz and popular dance music of the period, most often using pseudonyms for New York area studio musicians on the recordings. In 1932, Melotone was acquired by the American Record Corporation (ARC). The label ceased production in 1938.</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: Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 1
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0698.1392
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0698.1392
label: accession number
content: 1988.0698
label: collector/donor number
content: J6
label: maker number
content: M 12093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm