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The Arkansas Traveler (Descriptive Scene)
[sound recording] :
[Orange, N.J.] :
Edison,
[1922]
on 1 side of 1 sound disc :
analog, 78 rpm, mono. ;
10 in.
Genre: Humorous descriptive scene ; Vaudeville.
"Vaudeville specialty."
Issue date: 1922.
Acoustic recording; vertically cut.
This is a classic "rube" sketch that has its origins in an 1852 lithograph by Currier & Ives depicting a wise-cracking, fiddle-playing hillbilly's encounter with a sophisticated city-slicker. Originally released on a wax cylinder in the 1890s, The Arkansas Traveler was probably the best-selling example of the popular genre "descriptive scene" (also called "descriptive specialty"), a humorous dramatic sketch that often included sound effects and music. Steve Porter was a versatile vaudeville comedian who wrote and performed many comedy routines on early sound recordings. Ernest Hare teamed with Billy Jones in 1920 to form Jones & Hare, "The Happiness Boys" of radio fame, and the most popular singing comedians of the 1920s.
Humorous music.
Vaudeville
United States.
Porter, Steve.
prf
Hare, Ernest.
prf
varsrs
e51010
songamerica
ihas
vars
varsrs
The
Arkansas Traveler (Descriptive Scene)
Porter, Steve.
prf
Hare, Ernest.
prf
sound recording-nonmusical
nju
Orange, N.J.]
Edison
[1922]
1922
1922
monographic
eng
sound recording
sound recording
sound disc
on 1 side of 1 sound disc : analog, 78 rpm, mono. ; 10 in.
Genre: Humorous descriptive scene ; Vaudeville.
"Vaudeville specialty."
Issue date: 1922.
Acoustic recording; vertically cut.
Humorous music
Vaudeville
United States
songamerica
ihas
vars
varsrs
930325
120824
5674525