[78-L] Dalhart with Floyd Collins in two places

[jack palmer]

As the resident Dalhart specialist I will advise you that you can find several Dalhart recordings on several labels of the same song.  He was not tied to any company and if his song was popular enough he often recorded it for many different labels.  The best example was his recording of THE PRISONER'S SONG.  He recorded it18 times for 12 different companies.  It appeared on 53 different labels in the USA.  Not all with the Vernon Dalhart name but most of them were.   Jack




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From: Jim Whipkey <suuford at msn.com>
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 11:57:35 AM
Subject: [78-L] Dalhart with Floyd Collins in two places

How common is it to find  the same song, by the same artist on two different labels?  I've just come across  Vernon Dalhart singing "The Death of Floyd Collins". one of the records is  a Perfect label with "Many, many years ago on the B side and the other is a Conquerer label,  with Dalhart singing "A Boys best friend" on the B side. Would assume  both of these records were cut at approximately same time, since it would seem logical to me there  was a  pretty short popularity period for the Collins song.  Any additional  info on this  appreciated.
Jim Whipkey
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