The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Why Was I Born?


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Number22199-A / 22199-B
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Victor - His Master's Voice
Record Format78 RPM - 10"
Shelf Number9673
Number of Tracks2
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Why Was I Born?
Composer(s) : Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd ; Jerome Kern
2 - Don't Ever Leave Me!
Composer(s) : Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd ; Jerome Kern