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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 04:45, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
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Arnold Blackner
Arnold Blackner as the cowboy tenor
- ... that Arnold Blackner (pictured) was said to be the first person to sing over 3,000 miles (4,800 km) on the telephone? Source: "The tenor attracted considerable attention when he sang over long distance telephone from the Jonathan club in Los Angeles to the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. It is claimed that this was the first time a song was ever successfully carried a distance of 3,000 miles by telephone wire." 1931 article in The Greeley Daily Tribune
- ALT1: ... that Arnold Blackner (pictured) gave up "bronco busting" to become a professional tenor? Source: "Mr. Blackner gave up bronco busting in Wyoming to attain his high place in the realm of music." 1931 article in The Greeley Daily Tribune
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Friedrich Oberschelp
Created by Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk). Self-nominated at 20:41, 27 May 2022 (UTC).
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The image is fine in the article - Commons:Graphic Lab may be able to help with an icon version. Joofjoof (talk) 21:25, 1 June 2022 (UTC)