Vernon Dalhart - Polly Wolly Doodle (1928).
Channel: mrblindfreddy9999
Date: 09/03/2020

(Published Circa 1880)
1st. Performed 1843 by Dan Emmett's Virginia Minstrels
Recorded 1917 by Harry C Browne.
Made Famous by Shirley Temple in the 1935 film  "The Littlest Rebel"

Issued on Victor 40132
Recorded on 3 Occasions on 5 Labels

Recorded 5 December 1928 New York - 
Vernon Dalhart [harmonica/vcl solo/jew's harp]
Adelyne Hood [violin]
William Carlino [banjo]
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Born Marion Try Slaughter in Jefferson TEXAS (1883 - 1948)..."The First Star of Country Music"...Famous for selling SEVEN MILLION copies of his 1924 Recording of "The Wreck Of The Old '97" (A HUGE Number for the 1920's)....Recorded Over 1000 Sides under at least 100 names...Many Of The Masters were released under a dozen or more Labels....Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame 1970......Country Music Hall of Fame 1981 (The Country Music Foundation Called Dalhart a One Man Recording Industry).....Texas Country Music Hall of Fame 1997