Shilkret

AYou were meant for me
BBroadway melody

Label: His Master's Voice
Catalogue number: B5635
Genre: Orchestra
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #10618

Nat Shilkret was an American conductor and bandleader who recorded extensively in the 1920s and 1930s. This His Master's Voice recording of two songs from the 1929 film *The Broadway Melody*, 'You Were Meant for Me' and 'Broadway Melody', captures the height of American musical theatre on record.

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