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Gypsy Rose Lee remembers burlesque

Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Object Details

Performer

Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970

Collection Creator

Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records

Collection Citation

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Contents

Introduction --How it all began --Minsky's barker --We're the dollies of 42nd Street --Daisy scene --Gypsy song --Adam and Eve --Backstage dressing room --Pickle persuader bit -- Courtroom scene --Monkey cage --The great Rajah -- Balloon salesman --My first suitor --The candy pitchman -- The virgin drummer --We're the dollies of 42nd Street (reprise) --Powder my back --The burlesque comics --Wedded bliss --Lent --The mink coat --The nightgown --The radio repair man --The drunk --The streetwalker --The stockholder --When the nude is a prude --Street interviews -- Opening night at the winter garden --My heart is still downtown.
sova.cfch.asch_ref16384

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk596e879e5-f193-4641-a8ba-dce5570610c9

Local Numbers

FW-ASCH-LP-0624 StereODDITIES, Inc..1

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

Stereoddities 1962

General

Program notes on container. Performer(s): Burlesque routines and music; book and lyrics by Eli Basse ; music by Bobby Kroll.

Topic

Popular music -- United States
Burlesque (Theater)

Performer

Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970

Culture

Americans

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Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / LP

Extent

1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)

Date

1962

Archival Repository

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Identifier

CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-0624

Type

Archival materials
Phonograph records

Collection Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Restrictions

Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
CFCH.ASCH_ref16384
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk596e879e5-f193-4641-a8ba-dce5570610c9
CFCH.ASCH
CFCHFOLKLIFE

Record ID

ebl-1649170801566-1649171785389-2

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