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It was resolved following interventions by the secretary of labor and attorney general, acting on behalf of President Truman. The Times article reported that an RCA Victor record made on Dec. 14th by \"a chorus of Metropolitan Opera stars\" would be presented to Truman. This record is a ten-inch, special-pressing 78-rpm (mx. D8-MB-4077) titled \"The First RCA Victor Recording of 1948.\" It contains a season's greeting to Truman from Petrillo, followed by a chorus of I'm Just Wild About Harry by an unusual mix of 12 popular and operatic artists. The listed vocalists are Perry Como, Marilyn Cotlow, Tommy Dorsey, Cloe Elmo, Thomas Hayward, Dorothy Kirsten, Jan Peerce, Gladys Swarthout, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Lawrence Tibbett, Fran Warren and Leonard Warren. This record is not found in any artist discographies reviewed by the presenter. However, photos of the above artists at an RCA recording session leave little doubt that they participated in making this record. This presentation will include an audiocassette of the record, label and artist photos, and brief histories of the AFM recordings bans of 1948 and 1942-1944.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eOn Dec. 15, 1948, The New York Times announced the end of an 11.5-month recording ban by the American Federation of Musicians, led by its president, James C. Petrillo. The ban started after the AFM Union Fund was declared in violation of the Taft-Hartley Labor Act. It was resolved following interventions by the secretary of labor and attorney general, acting on behalf of President Truman. The Times article reported that an RCA Victor record made on Dec. 14th by \"a chorus of Metropolitan Opera stars\" would be presented to Truman. This record is a ten-inch, special-pressing 78-rpm (mx. D8-MB-4077) titled \"The First RCA Victor Recording of 1948.\" It contains a season's greeting to Truman from Petrillo, followed by a chorus of I'm Just Wild About Harry by an unusual mix of 12 popular and operatic artists. The listed vocalists are Perry Como, Marilyn Cotlow, Tommy Dorsey, Cloe Elmo, Thomas Hayward, Dorothy Kirsten, Jan Peerce, Gladys Swarthout, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Lawrence Tibbett, Fran Warren and Leonard Warren. This record is not found in any artist discographies reviewed by the presenter. However, photos of the above artists at an RCA recording session leave little doubt that they participated in making this record. 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