[78-L] Knoxville Gal

[David Lewis]

> Label and catalog number, please.

> Don
That would be Vocalion 5121.

>>>
No, it was Riley Puckett who recorded it first (in 1924), but it was 
never issued.  The earliest issued recording under this title seems 
to be Arthur Tanner's, recorded mid-1925 for Paramount.

The McFarland & Gardner was recorded in Dec. 1926. I'll look at my 
copy tonight if no one else offers first.

I'm not sure about the earliest recorded version of the *ballad* in a 
broader sense, which goes by many different titles...

Peter Fraissinet
>>>>

Thanks Peter, for the info. My interest in this record is to play it on my Valentine's Day radio program, which this year comes long before V-Day. However I find it interesting that this ancient murder ballad has become something of a hip cover song -- Nick Cave, Elvis Costello and The Lemonheads have all done it. Their model has been the record made by the Louvin Brothers in 1956.

Uncle Dave Lewis
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