This song book, Jack Snyder’s Self-Instructor for the Ukulele and Ukulele-banjo was published by Jack Snyder Publishing Co. in New York, New York in 1924.
The cover art for this sheet music was made by American artist and designer Albert Wilfred Barbelle (1887-1957). With a prolific career spanning over forty years, Barbelle created numerous works of cover art for sheet music and albums.
Prairie Ramblers and Patsy Montana. side 1: I'm a Wild and Reckless Cowboy; side 2: With a Banjo on My Knee (Melotone 7-04-69). 78 rpm. This same coupling was released on other American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.
Melotone Records was an American budget record label founded by Warner/Brunswick Records, in 1930. Melotone originally featured jazz and popular dance music of the period, most often using pseudonyms for New York area studio musicians on the recordings. In 1932, Melotone was acquired by the American Record Corporation (ARC). The label ceased production in 1938.
In 1929, the American Record Corporation (ARC) was established with the merger of three companies. These were the Cameo Record Corporation (which owned Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo Records), the Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation (which owned Actuelle, Pathé, and Perfect), and the Plaza Music Company (which owned Banner, Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal).