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Audio Recording Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile! Her soldier boy

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile!

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Title

  • Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile!

Other Title

  • Her soldier boy

Summary

  • Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and orchestra

Names

  • Powell, Felix -- Composer -- Composer
  • Asaf, George -- Lyricist -- Lyricist
  • Pasternack, Josef -- Conductor -- Conductor
  • Marsh, Lucy Isabelle -- Vocalist -- Soprano Vocal
  • Kline, Olive -- Vocalist -- Soprano Vocal
  • Wheeler, Elizabeth -- Vocalist -- Soprano Vocal
  • Baker, Elsie -- Vocalist -- Contralto
  • Macdonough, Harry -- Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal
  • Murphy, Lambert -- Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal
  • Hooley, William F. -- Vocalist -- Bass Vocal
  • Hamilton, Edward -- Vocalist -- Baritone Vocal

Genre

  • Musical theater
  • Ethnic characterizations

Media Size

  • 10-in.

Recording Label

  • Victor

Recording Catalog Number

  • 18222

Recording Matrix Number

  • B-18924 (Matrix ID)

Recording Take Number

  • 1

Recording Date

  • 1916-12-22

Recording Location

  • Camden, New Jersey

Recording Repository

  • Source of original recording: Recorded Sound Section, Library of Congress.

Rights Advisory

  • Inclusion of the recording in the National Jukebox, courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment or EMI Music

Online Format

  • audio
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Powell, Felix, George Asaf, Josef Pasternack, Lucy Isabelle Marsh, Olive Kline, Elizabeth Wheeler, Elsie Baker, et al. Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!. 1916. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/jukebox-21028/.

APA citation style:

Powell, F., Asaf, G., Pasternack, J., Marsh, L. I., Kline, O., Wheeler, E. [...] Hamilton, E. (1916) Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/jukebox-21028/.

MLA citation style:

Powell, Felix, et al. Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile!. 1916. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/jukebox-21028/>.