Washington : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings ; New York : Produced in association with CBS Special Products, [1984]
℗1984
Physical Details
5 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + Booklet
OCLC
ocm19289581
Credits
Various singers and ensembles
Smithsonian Collection of Recordings: RD 031 (A 17984--A 17988).
Chiefly popular songs, in part from musical comedies.
Compact disc.
Analog recording.
Booklet with notes by James R. Morris, J.R. Taylor, and Dwight Blocker Bowers, including biographies of singers, songwriters, and composers, and bibliography (152 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.) laid in box.
Contains "110 songs selected for lyrical as well as musical quality, and for innovation, influence, craft, distinctively personal expression, and variety"--Notes, p. 28.
Recorded July 1911 to Sept. 14, 1980; previously released on various labels.