My old Kentucky home (.mp3 Format)

Collection: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
Created/Published: Orange, N.J. : Edison, 1920.
Author: Stephen Foster
Performer: Fred Bacon
Coupling date: 6/5/1920
Repository: Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

My old Kentucky home

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OTHER TITLES:
Medley of Southern airs
My old Kentucky home
Dixie
Old folks at home

CREATED/PUBLISHED:
Orange, N.J. : Edison, 1920.

NOTES:
Coupling date: 6/5/1920
Cutout date: 10/31/1929.
On label: Banjo solo unaccompanied.
From Edison records catalog: Fred J. Bacon, banjo; includes My old Kentucky home, Dixie, and Old folks at home.
With (reverse side): Homeward march / John Kimmel.

SUBJECTS:
Banjo music.
Southern States--Songs and music.
Popular instrumental music--1911-1920.


MEDIUM:
1 sound disc : analog, 80 rpm ; 10 in.

CALL NUMBER:
Edison Diamond Disc 50674-L

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:
edrs 50674l

"My Old Kentucky Home" is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster, probably composed in 1852. Richard Jackson believes Foster took inspiration from Harriett Beecher Stowe's 1851 bestseller Uncle Tom's Cabin and hoped to exploit its popularity.
The song described originally an everyday scene on a slave plantation and was a beloved song in minstrel shows.
"My Old Kentucky Home" became the official state song of Kentucky on March 19, 1928, by an act of the Kentucky legislature.



Credit for some: Library of Congress, Music Division.

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