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Little is known (at least in the United States), however, that Johnson's biggest hit, \"The Laughing Song\", has become a \"folk song\" in Korea which still can be heard in almost every corner of modern Korean society – as commercial jingles, campfire songs, kindergarten talent show pieces, and many more. The big question is: how did it happen? Using documentary sources and vintage sound recordings (mostly from Korea), I would like to discuss on not just how Johnson's little song has secured its firm place in modern Korean popular culture, but also how the socio-cultural and socio-political contexts in modern Korean history - colonialism, modernization, cold-war politics, etc. – can be read from the history of this song.\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":["Nathan Georgitis (Video Editor)"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eSince the pioneering research of Tim Brooks on the life and times of George W. Johnson, Johnson's historical importance as the very first African-American musical performer and the very first \"recording star\" have been discussed quite often, both in academic circles and in popular culture. Little is known (at least in the United States), however, that Johnson's biggest hit, \"The Laughing Song\", has become a \"folk song\" in Korea which still can be heard in almost every corner of modern Korean society \u0026ndash; as commercial jingles, campfire songs, kindergarten talent show pieces, and many more. The big question is: how did it happen? Using documentary sources and vintage sound recordings (mostly from Korea), I would like to discuss on not just how Johnson's little song has secured its firm place in modern Korean popular culture, but also how the socio-cultural and socio-political contexts in modern Korean history - colonialism, modernization, cold-war politics, etc. \u0026ndash; can be read from the history of this song.\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/000/161/313/small/ARSC_conf_2022_Suk_video_thmb.jpg?1656441833","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1992/collection_resources/75248/file/161313","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 1 - ARSC_conf_2022_Suk_video.mp4"]},"duration":1862.86933,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/161/313/small/ARSC_conf_2022_Suk_video_thmb.jpg?1656441833","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1992/collection_resources/75248/file/161313/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1992/collection_resources/75248/file/161313/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/161/313/original/ARSC_conf_2022_Suk_video.mp4?1656441799","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":1862.86933,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1992/collection_resources/75248/file/161313","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}