Down By the Window Where My Mother Used To Pray; One Night As I Lay Dreaming

Description:

Frank and James McCravy. side 1: Down By the Window Where My Mother Used To Pray; side 2: One Night As I Lay Dreaming (Conqueror 7705).
78 rpm. Both tracks were recorded in 1930. This same coupling was initially released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.

Conqueror Records was a budget record label sold by the Sears-Roebuck Company in their stores and through mail-order. Most of the recordings originated from the Plaza Music Company and later the American Record Corporation (ARC) and Vocalion/Okeh, with some only appearing on Conqueror. The label was active from 1928 to 1942.

Recording Date: 1930

Recording Artist: McCravy, JamesMcCravy, FrankManufacturer: Conqueror

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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Related Publication: Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1996.0320.20848Accession Number: 1996.0320Catalog Number: 1996.0320.20848Label Number: 7705

Object Name: sound recording

Physical Description: shellac (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-8e47-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1331598

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