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| (Ada Blenkhorn/Howard Entwisle) |
| (o): | anonymus (1910) | label: cylinder |
| | Author Howard wanted coauthor Ada to push his wheelchair on the sunny side of the street. They wrote it in 1899. First published in 1903, the year composer Entwisle died. |
| (c): | Carter Family (1928) [as Keep On The Sunny Side; became their theme song; it even shows on AP Carter's very grave], Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1972) [with Mother Maybelle Carter and Doc Watson], Mac Wiseman (1973) , Whites (2000) [in film O Brother, Where Art Thou?], Popa Chubby (2004) , |
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| The Carters knew this song through their uncle Laish. Not to be confused with the Keep On The Sunny Side written by Jack Drislane/Theodore F Morse and recorded in 1906 by both Billy Murray and Byron Harlan. |
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