I'd Do Anything for You; Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
date: label: recording date
content: 1932
name: label: recording artist
content: Rhythmakers
label: recording artist
content: Billy Banks and his Orchestra
label: manufacturer
content: Melotone
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Rhythmakers. side 1: I'd Do Anything For You; side 2: Mean Old Bed Bug Blues (Melotone M 12457).<br>78 rpm. Both tracks were released on other American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Rhythmakers is a pseudonym on Melotone for Billy Banks 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: Description
content: <p>In 1929, the American Record Corporation (ARC) was established with the merger of three companies. These were the Cameo Record Corporation (which owned Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo Records), the Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation (which owned Actuelle, Pathé, and Perfect), and the Plaza Music Company (which owned Banner, Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal).</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: 1988.0698.2014
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0698.2014
label: accession number
content: 1988.0698
label: collector/donor number
content: R25
label: maker number
content: M12457
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm