Oklahoma Musicians

Archive source

[Photograph 2012.201.B1138.0090]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Months ago, Chief Warrant Officer James B. Rounds, wrote a song and sent it off to Washington. Then he forgot about it, and went back to the routine of directing the 179th infantry band. Now sunddenly the song has been revived in his mind. He has been informed that this "The A.F.G. Marching Song won the national competition of the army ground forces, and soon will be plugged on the radio like "Mr. Five by Five."

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Source context

Visible Gateway item-page data captured for this research row. Source: Oklahoma Times, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 12, 1943. Collection: This photograph is part of the following collection of related materials. | Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection The Oklahoma Publishing Company, the parent company of many prominent Oklahoma newspapers, amassed a significant collection of photographs that span more than a century. The wide variety of photographs accompanied stories in the newspapers. About | Browse this Collection. Place/context: This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection and was provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.. Creation data: Creator: Unknown. 1943.. Physical description: 1 photograph. Provided by: Oklahoma Historical Society. Identifier: Unique identifying numbers for this photograph in the Gateway or other systems. | Accession or Local Control No: 2012.201.B1138.0090 Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc583092. Subjects: KeywordsDirector Of Bands Midwest City Oklahoma Times photographs Rounds, J.B. Jr. OPUBCO folder structureROUNDS, J.B. JR. / DIRECTOR OF BANDS / MIDWEST CITY. Digital files: 1 image file available in multiple sizes. Search window: exact radio-plus-Oklahoma advanced search. Captured visible page count: 1. No outside biography or identity merge is asserted.

Oklahoma connection

The visible record was selected from the exact radio-plus-Oklahoma search because the caption, title, description, subject field, or article establishes a radio, broadcast, music, band, orchestra, singer, performer, or Oklahoma-linked musical context. This does not establish an origin claim for every person or group.

People, groups, or instruments recorded

songwriter; military band director

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Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc583092/