Hal Burns, "Modern Cannon Ball" Sheet Music (1942)
Title
Hal Burns, "Modern Cannon Ball" Sheet Music (1942)
Description
Sheet music for "Modern Cannon Ball" by A. P. Carter, Bill Boyd, and Earl Nunn, as featured by Hal Burns. Peer International Corporation, New York, New York, 1942.
Cover includes a photo of Hal Burns and his dog, Sissy, at Memphis radio station WMC. Billed for most of his career as Happy Hal Burns, Burns dropped the "Happy" from his name during his tenure in Memphis; as spokesperson for Garnett’s Snuff, Burns temporarily abandoned his nickname to distinguish himself from a local rival, "Happy Dan the Bruton Man," radio spokesman for Bruton Snuff.
Cover includes a photo of Hal Burns and his dog, Sissy, at Memphis radio station WMC. Billed for most of his career as Happy Hal Burns, Burns dropped the "Happy" from his name during his tenure in Memphis; as spokesperson for Garnett’s Snuff, Burns temporarily abandoned his nickname to distinguish himself from a local rival, "Happy Dan the Bruton Man," radio spokesman for Bruton Snuff.
Date
1941
Citation
“Hal Burns, "Modern Cannon Ball" Sheet Music (1942),” Southern Music Research Center, accessed September 16, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/1974.