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The Day the Music Stopped
99% Invisible
The Recording Ban in the '50s
During the recording ban, there were a handful of exceptions where James Petrilla would permit instrumentalists to record. Ingrid Bergman's vocal style on this 1931 recording already sounded ancient a decade later. But listeners craved as time goes by so badly that this version hit number 3 in April 1943. Everyone knew that consumers wouldn't be content with moldy oldies forever. And the truth is, it was evolving very rapidly. Even though most Americans had no idea.
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