Victor matrix BVE-67794. Playing ball / Anna Howard

TitleSource
Playing ball (Primary title)Victor catalog
The broom (Additional title)Victor catalog
The postman's whistle (Additional title)Victor catalog
The traffic cop (Additional title)Victor catalog
Piggy-wig and Piggy-wee (Additional title)Victor catalog
The rocking horse (Additional title)Victor catalog
Brownies (Additional title)Victor catalog
Old Mother Wind (Additional title)Victor catalog
Wee ducky Doddles (Additional title)Victor catalog
Song for children (Series title)Victor catalog
Authors and ComposersNotes
Blanche Jennings Thompson (lyricist)"Playing ball"; "Brownies."
Paul Ambrose (composer)"Playing ball"; "Wee ducky Doddles."
Ella D. Watkins (songwriter)"The broom."
Osbourne McConathy (songwriter)"The broom."
Vernetta F. Decker (lyricist)"The postman's whistle."
Edward B. Birge (composer)"The postman's whistle"; "The rocking horse."
Daniel Protheroe (composer)"The traffic cop"; "Brownies."
Mabel E. Bray (lyricist)"The traffic cop."
W. Otto Miessner (composer)"Piggy-wig and Piggy-wee."
Florence C. Fox (lyricist)"The rocking horse."
Harriet Ware (composer)"Old Mother Wind."
George S. Applegarth (lyricist)"Wee ducky Doddles."
Composer information source: Victor catalog.
PersonnelNotes
Anna Howard (vocalist : soprano vocal)Pseudonym for Lucy Isabelle Marsh.
Lucy Isabelle Marsh (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Myrtle C. Eaver (instrumentalist : piano)
Osbourne McConathy (session supervisor)
Frances Elliott Clark (session supervisor)
Additional Information
  • Description: Female vocal solo, with piano
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
  • Title Note: The lyrics of "Old Mother Wind" are described in Victor ledgers as a "Chinese Mother Goose rhyme."
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
1/14/1931 New York, New York. Studio 2 1 Master Victor 22620 10-in.
1/14/1931 New York, New York. Studio 2 2 Hold

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Victor matrix BVE-67794. Playing ball / Anna Howard. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 3, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800034956/BVE-67794-Playing_ball.

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