Factory Production Retarded by Crooning
(Rec. 10’p.m.) SYDNEY. Oct. 3. “Deep in the Heart of Texas,” Bing Crosby and hymns definitely slow up production in factories, according to a summary of information on “ Music While You Work ” prepared by the industrial welfare division o f the Department of Labour and National Service. Researchers at an Australian ammunition factory during the war found that slow crooners had a detrimental effect on production, as operators tended to work on their rhythm. Very slow waltzes, rumbas, and hot music were also discovered to slow up production. Rhythmic dance music, preferably non-vocal, was favoured by the executives of most plants to aid work.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26274, 4 October 1946, Page 5
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