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Cover of ALLENTOWN JAIL in 1952 - shelved
Cover of LITTLE MAGGIE (WITH A DRAM GLASS IN HER HAND) in 1958
Cover of SCARLET RIBBONS (FOR HER HAIR) in 1958
Cover of TOM DOOLEY in 1958 - n°1 US & B; with spoken intro and in another key; first pushed by a Salt Lake City DJ on KLUB Radio; The Kingston Trio's hit version triggered a chain reaction; lots of similar saga songs surfaced: The Battle Of New Orleans, Long Black Veil, Soldier's Joy, The Great El Tigre (see there), cultivating every historical character mentioned; The Kingston Trio hit also triggered a legal battle, launched by Ralph Peer soon as he learned the hit credited Alan Lomax and Frank Warner who both seemed unaware of the Grayson & Whitter original, recorded by Peer and credited to these guys; Lomax & Warner assumed the song to be public domain
Cover of HISTE UP THE JOHN B'S SAILS in 1958 - as Wreck Of The John B
Cover of PAY ME MY MONEY DOWN in 1958 - calypso version
Cover of SANTA ANNA in 1958
Cover of HARD, AIN'T IT HARD in 1958
Cover of ROCK ABOUT MY SARA JANE in 1958 - as Saro Jane
Cover of SHADY GROVE MY DARLING in 1959
Cover of JUMBIE JAMBEREE in 1959 - as Zombie Jamboree, crediting Lord Invader
Cover of TIJUANA JAIL, THE in 1959 - first success since Tom Dooley
Cover of SHENANDOAH (ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI) in 1959 - as Across The Wide Missouri
Cover of THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA in 1959
Cover of BLOW YE WINDS, HEIGH-HO in 1959 - idem
Cover of HAUL AWAY, JOE in 1959 - as Haul Away
Cover of WORRIED MAN BLUES in 1959 - as A Worried Man top 20 US
Cover of LONESOME TRAVELER in 1959 - in medley
Cover of CAN'T YOU DANCE THE POLKA? in 1959 - as New York Girls
Cover of M.T.A. in 1959 - hit US from their n°1 album At Large; the name Walter is changed in George to avoid showing Commie sympathies; their most requested song apart from Tom Dooley
Cover of MBUBE in 1959 - the first to give Linda any credits
Cover of ALL MY TRIALS in 1959 - as All My Sorrows
Cover of GET ON BOARD in 1959 - as Oh Cindy
Cover of WRECK OF THE SOUTHERN OLD 97 in 1959 - parody as M.T.A.; hit US
Cover of LET THAT LIE ALONE in 1960 - idem
Cover of WHAT MONTH WAS JESUS BORN IN in 1960 - idem, title track LP
Cover of BADMAN BALLAD in 1960 - top 40 US as Bad Man Blunder
Cover of THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING SO SOON in 1960
Cover of AH! LES FRAISES ET LES FRAMBOISES in 1960 - as Raspberries, Strawberries, follow-up of Tom Dooley; also crediting themselves
Cover of WHO'S GONNA SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FEET in 1960 - as Who's Gonna Hold Her Hand
Cover of MOUNTAINS O' MOURNE in 1960
Cover of COLORADO TRAIL in 1960
Cover of COVENTRY CAROL in 1960 - as Bye Bye Thou Little Tiny Child
Cover of AR HYD Y NOS (THE LIVE LONG NIGHT) in 1960 - idem
Cover of LITTLE SADIE in 1960 - as Bad Man's Blunder
Cover of COME ALL YOU FAIR AND TENDER LADIES in 1961
Cover of FRANKIE AND ALBERT / FRANKIE AND JOHNNY in 1961
Cover of MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS, THE in 1961 - as Hangman Hangman
Cover of MEU LIMÃO, MEU LIMOEIRO in 1961 - idem; with original member Dave Guard, crediting Will Holt
Cover of O MARY DON'T YOU WEEP (DON'T YOU MOURN) in 1961
Cover of PASTURES OF PLENTY in 1961
Cover of DON'T KNOCK in 1961 - as You Don't Knock
Cover of SINKING OF THE REUBEN JAMES, THE in 1961
Cover of WEEPING WILLOW TREE in 1961 - as Beneath The Willow
Cover of JUG OF PUNCH in 1961
Cover of OLD MAID'S SONG in 1961 - as Take Her Out Of Pity
Cover of MOLLY AND TENBROOKS in 1961 - as Run, Molly, Run (Molly And Tenbrooks); not to be confused with Henry Thomas's Run, Mollie, Run (see there)
Cover of HARD TRAVELING in 1961
Cover of WHISTLING GYPSY in 1961 - as Gypsy Rover
Cover of FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE, THE in 1962
Cover of THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE in 1962 - as Little Light
Cover of LONESOME ROAD BLUES in 1962 - idem
Cover of FARE YOU WELL OLD JOE CLARK in 1962
Cover of WHOOPIE TI YI YO (GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES) in 1962 - as Dogie's Lament
Cover of 500 MILES in 1962
Cover of WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE in 1962 - hit US
Cover of GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN in 1962 - as Tell It On The Mountain
Cover of I'M GOING WHERE THE CHILLY WINDS DON'T BLOW in 1962 - crediting John Phillips/John Stewart
Cover of ONE MORE ROUNDER GONE in 1963 - as One More Round
Cover of HOBO'S LULLABY in 1963
Cover of MORIBOND, LE in 1963 - idem
Cover of TRY TO REMEMBER in 1963
Cover of POOR ELLEN SMITH in 1963
Cover of WATER BOY in 1963
Cover of PIANO in 1963 - idem
Cover of LOW BRIDGE, EVERYBODY DOWN in 1963 - as Low Bridge
Cover of RUBY in 1963 - as Honey, Are You Mad At Your Man
Cover of COAL TATTOO in 1963 - on LP Time To Think; they also hit with Wheeler's Desert Pete and Reverend Mr. Black
Cover of ROLL ON DE GROUND in 1963 - as Big Ball In Town
Cover of GREENBACK DOLLAR in 1963
Cover of PATRIOT GAME, THE in 1963
Cover of TWO-TEN, SIX-EIGHTEEN (DOESN'T ANYBODY KNOW MY NAME) in 1963
Cover of I KNOW YOU RIDER in 1963
Cover of TURN AROUND in 1963
Cover of BLOWIN' IN THE WIND in 1963
Cover of LET'S GET TOGETHER in 1964 - first official release on Capitol LP Back In Town
Cover of LAST THING ON MY MIND in 1964
Cover of LOVE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME in 1964
Cover of LAST NIGHT I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM in 1964
Cover of WORLD I USED TO KNOW, THE in 1964
Cover of YOU MUST COME IN AT THE DOOR in 1964 - als So Hi
Cover of DONE LAID AROUND in 1964 - idem
Cover of DEPORTEES in 1964 - as Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
Cover of LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL, THE in 1964 - idem
Cover of FORT HOLLAND CALYPSO SONG (SHAME & SORROW) in 1964 - as Ah Woe, Ah Me
Cover of SOME DAY SOON in 1965
Cover of BOTTLE OF WINE in 1965
Cover of EARLY MORNING RAIN in 1965
Cover of RAMBLIN' BOY in 1965 - as My Ramblin' Boy
Cover of RED RIVER SHORE in 1966 - crediting Samuel F. Omar
Cover of THIRSTY BOOTS in 1966
Cover of TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME in 1966
Cover of NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN) in 1966
Cover of I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHERE I'M BOUND in 1966
Cover of LESS OF ME in 1966
Cover of MAMA, YOU BEEN ON MY MIND in 1966
Cover of TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME in 1969
Cover of ROVING GAMBLER, THE in 1969

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