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Ruth Etting: "Ten Cents a Dance" (1930)

Ruth Etting introduced the Rodgers and Hart standard "Ten Cents a Dance" in the 1930 stage revue "Simple Simon," and her later recording of it captures the singer's presentation of a soul by turns struggling and beaten down - but never broken - by the Depression.

Excerpt: "Ten Cents a Dance"

Credit: Library of Congress