Shakespeare

ADaybreak
B(Embassy 6)Lady of Spain

Label: Piccadilly
Catalogue number: 268
Genre: Dance
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #4753

Shakespeare (likely a dance band, not the Bard) recorded two popular songs of the era for Piccadilly, a cheap British label: 'Daybreak' and 'Lady of Spain', the latter a tune still familiar today.

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