As mass-produced recording technology spread across the world, some musicians took the opportunity to lay beloved folk tunes to wax for the first time ever. Others heard the irresistible pop music coming from America and strove to replicate it. You’ll hear both approaches in this set of early recorded music from Europe, Africa and South America, including indelible pop melodies like “Volare” and “Sukiyaki,” so successful they doubled back to become hits in America.