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Artist: Carter Family
Author: A.P. Carter
Label: Victor
Year: 1931
Not to be confused with their Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone from 1928, also self-written but to another melody and with different lyrics.
Covers:
J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers [as Miss Me When I'm Gone]
Charlie Monroe [at the radio]
Lulu & The Lampshades [using the cup game rhythm (see footnote)]
Anna Burden [as You're Gonna Miss Me, also with cups and on Redit; spotted by Anna Kendrick]
Anna Kendrick [as You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone, short version with cup in film Pitch Perfect; later in David Letterman's show and that got the ball rolling; top 10 US in '13 as Cups]
Oldest cup games on video: Rich Mullins in Screen Door ('87), Tanner Sisters in third season of kids sitcom Full House ('89), Zoom Kids in Boston-area PBS show Zoom ('89).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)