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Victrola and "Yellow Dog Blues" advertisement

Newspaper article

Title

Victrola and "Yellow Dog Blues" advertisement

Description

Here, the song "Yellow Dog Blues" is used to help advertise a Victrola record player. This advertisement demonstrates how popular W.C. Handy's song was at the time and how it was strongly associated as dancing music.

Date

November 30, 1919

Source

Library of Congress Chronicling America

Type

Newspaper article

Related to

Yellow Dog Blues

Here, the song "Yellow Dog Blues" is used to help advertise a Victrola record player. This advertisement demonstrates how popular W.C. Handy's song was at the time and how it was strongly associated as dancing music.