Name/Title
"THE RIFF SONG/ONE ALONE"Entry/Object ID
2002.41.1.2Description
Color: Black; White
A 78-rpm recording including "The Riff Song" and "One Alone," written by Romberg, Harbach, and Hammerstein 2nd, and performed by Don Vorhees and His Earl Carroll's Vanities Orchestra, issued by the Columbia label, 1824-D, 1928. The label has the company logo and name, notation that the song was a fox trot with a vocal refrain and that the recording was "Viva-tonal" and done through "Electrical Process;" the song title in English and Spanish; the songwriters' names; performer's name; note that the music was from the talking motion picture, "The Desert Song; the identification number for the record and the individual songs (143185 and 143186), patent dates, and the company name and place of business. With abrasions and scratches on the label and record surface, light soiling on the label, and some fading of the label printing, the artifact is in fair condition.Lexicon
Search Terms
Two-dimensional, Phonograph records, Columbia Phonograph Company, Inc., Popular music--1921-1930, Motion picture musicLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Phonograph Records