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Advertisement for Alberta Hunter with Puritan Records

Newspaper advertisement

Title

Advertisement for Alberta Hunter with Puritan Records

Description

Here, Puritan Records are advertising Alberta Hunter's new hit record "He May Be Your Man, But He Comes to See Me Sometimes." This ad shows that a majority of popular records by blues queens at the time had overtly sexual themes in the lyrics and titles.

Date

April 22, 1922

Type

Newspaper advertisement

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Here, Puritan Records are advertising Alberta Hunter's new hit record "He May Be Your Man, But He Comes to See Me Sometimes." This ad shows that a majority of popular records by blues queens at the time had overtly sexual themes in the lyrics and titles.