Early Frank Luther - Frankie and Johnny (1929).
Channel: mrblindfreddy9999
Date: 2021-04-22

[Meade - No Composer Credit]
[Wikipedia - 1899 -  "Frankie Killed Allen"  by Bill Dooley
shortly after the Frankie Baker Murder Case of Allen Britt.
1st. Published Version 1904  Credited to Hughie Cannon
Another Version in 1908 "Bill You Done Me Wrong"
        by Frank and Bert Leighton
Republished 1912  as "Frankie and Johnny"
      [The Modern Version]
1st. Recorded 21 July 1921 by Paul Biese Trio
           [vcls Frank Crumit]

 Issued as  CARSON ROBISON TRIO  on   Domino 4490 A.
Recorded on TWO Occasions
 
 Recorded  30 December 1929   New York - 
Frank Luther [vcl solo/yodelling], Carson Robison [gt]
 Unknown [steel gt]

 FRANK LUTHER.
Born Francis Luther Crow near Lukin, KANSAS (1899 - 1980).
Recorded Before 1928 with Various Bands
                               1928 to 1932 with Carson Robison
                               1932 to 1938 with Zora Layman and Len Stokes
                               1939 and 1940 with Zora Layman
 SOLO                    1941 and 1942     1945 to 1959