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.

Famous Barber Shop Ballads


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Number23623 / 23624 A / 23624 B / 23625 A / 23625 B / 23626 A / 23626 B / 23627 A / 23627 B
Matrix Number 64948
Record Label Decca
Record Format78 RPM - 10"
Shelf Number675
Number of Tracks10
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 - You Tell Me Your Dream I'll Tell You Mine
Composer(s) : Charles N. Daniels ; Seymour Rice ; Al H. Brown
2 - Sweet Adeline
Composer(s) : Harry Armstrong ; Richard Gerard
3 - My Gal Sal
Composer(s) : Paul Dresser
4 - Just a Dream of You, Dear
Composer(s) : F. Henri Klickmann ; Milton Well
5 - Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
Composer(s) : Leo Friedman ; Beth Slater Whitson
6 - Can't You Hear Me Callin', Caroline
Composer(s) : Caro Roma ; William H. Gardner
7 - Moonlight Bay
Composer(s) : Percy Wenrich ; Edward Madden
8 - On the Banks of the Wabash (Far Away)
Composer(s) : Paul Dresser
9 - Way Down Home
Composer(s) : N/A
10 - When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Composer(s) : James Thornton