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Shelby, nicknamed the Little Mountain Sweetheart, sang from the vaudeville and folk repertories the Ridge Runners had performed on the WLS National Barn Dance. The young girl became so popular with the radio audience that more than a thousand babies, male and female, were named Shelby. This presentation will examine whether Shelby Davis was an accidental star or the product of a savvy marketing strategy to combine the popularity of female singers on barn dance radio with the 1930s child actor trend that included Judy Garland and Shirley Temple. Regardless, Shelby and the Ridge Runners’ singing resonated with Midwesterners, particularly transplanted southern migrants, struggling economically during the Depression and with a morally ambiguous modern America. We will also explore how, like female stars of barn dance radio, Shelby was not raised in Appalachia but in the urban north—in Shelby’s case, on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Her stage persona was manufactured to give the impression of authenticity. Unlike her peers, however, Shelby broke free of the female country stereotype and remade herself into a singer of show tunes and modern jazz. In addition to rare recordings of Shelby Davis singing as the Little Mountain Sweetheart and as a jazz chanteuse, the presentation will include rare photos of this important but forgotten figure in American music.\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"]}},{"label":{"en":["Video Editor"]},"value":{"en":["Amanda McCabe"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eWhen the Cumberland Ridge Runners introduced Miss Shelby Jean Davis on the WJJD Suppertime Frolics radio program in the mid-1930s, the nine-year-old became one of the youngest singers to appear on barn dance radio. Shelby, nicknamed the Little Mountain Sweetheart, sang from the vaudeville and folk repertories the Ridge Runners had performed on the WLS National Barn Dance. The young girl became so popular with the radio audience that more than a thousand babies, male and female, were named Shelby. This presentation will examine whether Shelby Davis was an accidental star or the product of a savvy marketing strategy to combine the popularity of female singers on barn dance radio with the 1930s child actor trend that included Judy Garland and Shirley Temple. Regardless, Shelby and the Ridge Runners\u0026rsquo; singing resonated with Midwesterners, particularly transplanted southern migrants, struggling economically during the Depression and with a morally ambiguous modern America. We will also explore how, like female stars of barn dance radio, Shelby was not raised in Appalachia but in the urban north\u0026mdash;in Shelby\u0026rsquo;s case, on Chicago\u0026rsquo;s Northwest Side. Her stage persona was manufactured to give the impression of authenticity. Unlike her peers, however, Shelby broke free of the female country stereotype and remade herself into a singer of show tunes and modern jazz. In addition to rare recordings of Shelby Davis singing as the Little Mountain Sweetheart and as a jazz chanteuse, the presentation will include rare photos of this important but forgotten figure in American music.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/019/original/ARSC_Full_Logo_RGB_K.jpg?1605438091","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/658/small/open-uri20200922-6764-ayfg6i_1600818110.jpg?1600803740","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1144/collection_resources/29759/file/97658","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 2 - open-uri20200922-6764-ayfg6i.mp4"]},"duration":1775.14667,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/658/small/open-uri20200922-6764-ayfg6i_1600818110.jpg?1600803740","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1144/collection_resources/29759/file/97658/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1144/collection_resources/29759/file/97658/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/097/658/original/open-uri20200922-6764-ayfg6i.mp4?1600803699","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":1775.14667,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1144/collection_resources/29759/file/97658","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]},{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1144/collection_resources/29759/file/255918","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 2 of 2 - ARSC_conf_2017_Marovich_audio.mp3"]},"duration":1731.57444,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/public/images/audio-default.png","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1144/collection_resources/29759/file/255918/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1144/collection_resources/29759/file/255918/content/2/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/255/918/original/ARSC_conf_2017_Marovich_audio.mp3?1730763987","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":1731.57444,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1144/collection_resources/29759/file/255918","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}