Object Details
- recording artist
- Staple Singers
- Disc Award, Ltd.
- Description
- This “Gold” record for the Staple Singers single “If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)” was presented to the Annapolis, Maryland radio station WANN in 1973. In 1973, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIIA) certified a single as “gold” when it sold a million units sold to retailers. This gold record was presented to WANN by the Staple Singers record label Stax Records. WANN, a white-owned radio station, cultivated an African American audience during the 1950s by focusing its programming on African American news and music, and starring the charismatic African American DJ Hoppy Adams.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morris H. Blum
- 1973 - 1974
- ID Number
- 2002.0319.05
- accession number
- 2002.0319
- catalog number
- 2002.0319.05
- Object Name
- award
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- glass (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 12 in x 1 1/2 in; 30.48 cm x 30.48 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States: California, Los Angeles
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- American Enterprise
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1190157
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-580a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
