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Archive: May 2014 (2 Posts)

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Singing Circuits

Posted by: Bryan Cornell

    In 1915 when Victor records included Henry Dacre’s  “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” in the above “Songs of the Past” medley (starting at 2:44), the song was likely viewed as something of a sentimental oldie. Two decades earlier, however, the bicycle craze was in full swing and the song was a …