Shilkret

AThere's a Trick in pickin' a Chick-Chicken
B(Hamp)Gorgeous

Label: His Master's Voice
Catalogue number: B5352
Genre: Orchestra
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #10573

Shilkret, an American conductor and composer, recorded 'There's a Trick in Pickin' a Chick-Chicken' and 'Gorgeous' (credited to Hamp) for His Master's Voice, catalogue B5352. Shilkret was a prolific and important orchestral and popular-music arranger and conductor in the 1920s and 1930s.

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