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Hearing the Americas
Victor record label featuring the His Master's Voice dog-and-gramophone logo, with "My Sahara Rose" by Victor Roberts, tenor with orchestra, catalogue number 18670-B.
Sheet music cover for "My Sahara Rose," featuring an illustrated dancer in jeweled desert attire posed within an arched frame, with a sunset, palm trees, camel, and sphinx silhouette in the background.
Sheet music cover for "My Sahara Rose," featuring an Art Deco illustration of a woman in a black gown holding a birdcage, with text promoting "The Ed. Wynn Carnival," staged by Ned Wayburn.

My Sahara Rose

ethnic humor, vaudeville

Title

My Sahara Rose

Date

March 31, 1920

Performer

Billy Jones

Writer

Walter Donaldson (composer)
Grant Clarke (lyricist)

Recording Label

Victor

Location

Camden, New Jersey

Type

ethnic humor, vaudeville