"Merry-Go-Round-Waltz," 1949
THF255058 / "Merry-Go-Round-Waltz," 1949 / front cover
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Artifact Overview
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians gained international success through their prolific recordings produced between 1927 and 1952. Lombardo, a Canadian-American of Italian descent, was one of several bandleaders whose dance bands performed this waltz. By the time it was released in 1949, merry-go-rounds were a nostalgic throwback to an earlier time when adults--rather than children--enjoyed riding them.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Sheet music
Date Made
1949
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Music and lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and Arthur Finn, sung by Art Mooney and published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Company, New York, New York.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
88.334.44
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Red
Dimensions
Height: 12.063 in
Width: 8.938 in
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