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The 1912 "Frankie and Johnny" by the Leighton Brothers and Ren Shields also identifies "Nellie Bly" as the new girl to whom Johnny has given his heart. What has come to be the traditional version of the melody was also published in 1912, as the verse to the song "You're My Baby", with music is attributed to Nat. D. Ayer. [8]
Jimmie's Texas Blues 55332-2 Aug 10, 1929 Singing with guitar Frankie And Johnny 55333-2 Nov 22, 1929 Singing with guitar Home Call 55445-3 Aug 12, 1929 Co-Written with McWilliams. Singing with guitar Whisper Your Mother's Name 56449-4 Oct 22, 1929 April 4, 1930 Singing with guitar The Land Of My Boyhood Dreams 56450-4 July 14, 1933
James Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American pop singer. Rodgers had a run of hits and mainstream popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. His string of crossover singles ranked highly on the Billboard Pop Singles, Hot Country and Western Sides, and Hot Rhythm and Blues Sides charts; in the 1960s, Rodgers had more modest successes with adult contemporary mu
Jimmie Rodgers, a sweet-voiced singer who scaled the music charts in the 1950s and ’60s before his career was disrupted by a head injury, died Monday in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 87. Rodgers ...
James Charles Rodgers (() September 8, 1897 – () May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as the "Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive yodeling. Rodgers was known as "The Singing Brakeman" and "America's Blue Yodeler". He has been cited as ...
Seems odd that the Jimmie Rodgers version isn't mentioned at all, which is probably the biggest reason "Frankie and Johnny" is the more popular name, and that's also the version that uses "rooty toot-toot." Apparently the song was re-written as "Frankie and Johnny" by a vaudevillian and published in 1912.
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Jimmie Rodgers "Any Old Time" [13] Victor 22488: February 21, 1929 () August 1930 () US Hillbilly 1930 #8, 77,235 sales [14] 9: Jimmie Rodgers "Frankie and Johnnie" [15] / "Everybody Does It in Hawaii" [16] Victor 22143: August 10, 1929 () November 22, 1929 () US Hillbilly 1930 #9 10: G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter