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Artist: The Sportsmen Label:   Decca Country: USA Catalogue: 18562 Date: Sep 1943 Format: 10" Genre: Pop, Vocal Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	The Sportsmen	What Do You Do In The Infantry	Frank Loesser	Rate
B	The Sportsmen	Ke-Toky-I-O	Meredith Willson, Homer Parsons	Rate

Notes

A & B: Vocal

A side (mx. L 3179, take A) recorded Los Angeles, CA, August 6, 1943.
B side (mx. L 3178, take A) recorded Los Angeles, CA, August 6, 1943.
(DAHR)

Reviewed in Billboard, October 2, 1943, page 68 The Week's Best Releases and page 69: On the Records.

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xiphophilos 1st Sep 2024		This is one of the most successful a capella recordings made in Summer 1943 to circumvent the so-called Petrillo Recording Ban that had started on August 1, 1942 and finally ended with RCA Victor and Columbia signing agreements with the union on November 11, 1944. The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) striked against record companies to force them to pay royalties for recorded music to all the musicians involved. A side:
xiphophilos 1st Sep 2024		B side:

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