Artist: Emmett Miller
Author: Herbert Lawson
Label: Okeh
Year: 1924
Accompanied by pianist Walter Rothrock and featuring falsetto singing way before Jimmie Rodgers. What became Jimmie's 'blue yodel' was Emmett's plain 'trick singing stunt', first demonstrated with this recording. Recut for Okeh with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey as Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers in '28.
Covers:
Herbert Happy Lawson [author for Gennett, wrote it in '21]
Eddy Arnold [n°1 C&W]
André van Duin [as Telkens Weer]
See also: Right Or Wrong, Lovesick Blues and Ghost Of The St. Louis Blues.
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