Popular Entertainment - Overview
This Museum's popular entertainment collections hold some of the Smithsonian's most beloved artifacts. The ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz reside here, along with the Muppet character Kermit the Frog, and props from popular television series such as M*A*S*H and All in the Family. But as in many of the Museum's collections, the best-known objects are a small part of the story.
The collection also encompasses many other artifacts of 19th- and 20th-century commercial theater, film, radio, and TV—some 50,000 sound recordings dating back to 1903; posters, publicity stills, and programs from films and performances; puppets; numerous items from World's Fairs from 1851 to 1992; and audiovisual materials on Groucho Marx, to name only a few.
"Popular Entertainment - Overview" showing 1943 items.
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sound recording: 'Round Midnight
- Description (Brief)
- Dee Lawson. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT (Roulette R-52017)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1958
- recording artist
- Lawson, Dee
- maker
- Roulette
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.751
- maker number
- R-52017
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.751
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Basie Plays Hefti
- Description (Brief)
- Count Basie and his Orchestra. BASIE PLAYS HEFTI (Roulette R-52011)
- 33-1/3 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1958
- recording artist
- Count Basie and his Orchestra
- maker
- Roulette
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.752
- maker number
- R-52011
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.752
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: How High the Moon
- Description (Brief)
- various artists. side 1: HOW HIGH THE MOON (part 1); side 2: HOW HIGH THE MOON (part 2) (Asch 453-1). from the album, "JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC (Asch 453)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Guy, Joe
- McGhee, Howard
- Jacquet, Illinois
- Ventura, Charlie
- Smith, Willie
- Finney, Garland
- Livingston, Ulysses
- Callender, Red
- Krupa, Gene
- maker
- Asch
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.753
- maker number
- 453-1
- 453
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.753
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: How High the Moon; Lady Be Good
- Description (Brief)
- various artists. side 1: HOW HIGH THE MOON (part 3); side 2: LADY BE GOOD (part 1) (Asch 453-2). from the album, "JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC (Asch 453)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Guy, Joe
- McGhee, Howard
- Jacquet, Illinois
- Ventura, Charlie
- Smith, Willie
- Finney, Garland
- Livingston, Ulysses
- Callender, Red
- Krupa, Gene
- maker
- Asch
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.754
- maker number
- 453-2
- 453
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.754
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Lady Be Good
- Description (Brief)
- various artists. side 1: LADY BE GOOD (part 2); side 2: LADY BE GOOD (part 3) (Asch 453-3). from the album, "JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC (Asch 453)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Guy, Joe
- McGhee, Howard
- Jacquet, Illinois
- Ventura, Charlie
- Smith, Willie
- Finney, Garland
- Livingston, Ulysses
- Callender, Red
- Krupa, Gene
- maker
- Asch
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.755
- maker number
- 453-3
- 453
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.755
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Squeeze Me; Sweet Sue, Just You
- Description (Brief)
- Bechet-Spanier Big Four. side 1: SQUEEZE ME; side 2: SWEET SUE, JUST YOU (H.R.S. 2003)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1940
- recording artist
- Bechet-Spanier Big Four
- maker
- H.R.S.
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.756
- maker number
- 2003
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.756
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording; Rosalie Medley; In the Still Of the Night Medley
- Description (Brief)
- Frankie Carle. side 1: ROSALIE (track 1) WHY SHOULD I CARE? (track 2) WHO KNOWS? (track 3); side 2: IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT (track 1) I'VE A STRANGE NEW RHYTHM IN MY HEART (track 2) (Decca 15036)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1937
- recording artist
- Carle, Frankie
- maker
- Decca
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.757
- maker number
- 15036
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.757
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: A Jam Session At Commodore
- Description (Brief)
- Eddie Condon and his Windy City Seven. side 1: CARNEGIE JUMP; side 2: CARNEGIE DRAG (Commodore 1500)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1938
- recording artist
- Hackett, Bobby
- Russell, Pee Wee
- Freeman, Bud
- Brunies, George
- Stacey, Jess
- Condon, Eddie
- Wettling, George
- Shapiro, Artie
- Eddie Condon and his Windy City Seven
- maker
- Commodore
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.758
- maker number
- 1500
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.758
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: That's a Plenty; Panama
- Description (Brief)
- "Wild Bill" Davidson and his Commodores. side 1: THAT'S A PLENTY; side 2: PANAMA (Commodore 1511)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1943
- recording artist
- Wild Bill Davison and his Commodores
- maker
- Commodore
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.759
- maker number
- 1511
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.759
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
sound recording: Memphis Blues; Sweet Sue, Just You
- Description (Brief)
- Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtimers. side 1: MEMPHIS BLUES; side 2: SWEET SUE, JUST YOU (Commodore 1519)
- 78 rpm
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1944
- recording artist
- Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtimers
- maker
- Commodore
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.760
- maker number
- 1519
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.760
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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