Object Details
lyricist
De Sylva, Bud
composer
Gumble, Albert
publisher
Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Description
This sheet music for the song "Tackin' 'Em Down" was written by Bud De Sylva and composed by Albert Gumble. The music was published by Remick and Co. of New York, New York in 1908. The cover features an illustration of a man and woman dancing in a striped wallpapered room. The song “Tackin’ ‘em Down” taught a new dance of the same name, where “at first you hold your sweetie tight, and eagle rock with all your might, and then you stamp your heels in time with the melody, that’s called “tackin’ ‘em down.”
Location
Currently not on view
publishing date
1908
ID Number
1982.0439.27
accession number
1982.0439
catalog number
1982.0439.27
Object Name
sheet music
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 12 1/4 in x 9 in; 31.115 cm x 22.86 cm
place made
United States: New York, New York
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_666733