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WAOV Informal Singing

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1945-06-24

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Both sides of this transcription disc feature informal singing, sometimes accompanied by piano. It was one of a group of discs from Allie & Arline Arnold, who worked at WAOV in Vincennes at the time. Disc had handwritten "Dad" on one side and "Grave 12" on the other.

Lacquer Disc 1/1 Part 1 (2:55)
00:02 people singing, barbershop quartet? sounds like home recording?
00:58 people talking & laughing, they are asking woman to sing
02:00 one man is singing “Ten baby fingers and ten baby toes” waiting down in Tennessee for
Me.
https://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/t/tenlittlefingersandtenlittletoes.html
-1921 song

Lacquer Disc 1/1 Part 2 (2:55)
Informal group singing around a piano
Is this continuation of above file?
00:00 piano playing, can hear one person singing
00:35 talking
00:40 another song.. sounds like at least two people singing around piano (man, woman)
01:12 “That’s my baby now”
01:20 at least two people singing “Accentuate the Positive” female voice is lead
02:20 another song: “Shine On Harvest Moon”