In the 1910&#x27;s, Jazz music, specifically black New Orleans jazz, began to quench the thirst of a dry cultural gullet in America. Many white musicians began to emulate black musicians, which found its ways into white households and became a &quot;national craze.&quot; In order to record songs then, recording artists had to crowd around and sing/play directly into the phonograph horns. Any errors would need to be redone from the beginning of the performance.