The recording of Tom Dooley by the Kingston Trio was one of the biggest selling hit singles of 1958 and one that sparked a popular folk music revival which continues to this day. This week Joel Najman’s My Place program traces the history of the real-life individual who is the subject of the song, and presents a series of recordings of songs that are predecessors of the Tom Dooley song, one dating back to 1929.
Tom Dooley – Revisited
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Playlist:
12:00 am
- Tom Dooley
- Artist Name: Frank Proffitt
- CD/Album: none
- Record co./Cat #: Library Of Congress Field Recording AFS 15264:a2
8:03 pm
- Tom Dooley
- Artist Name: The Kingston Trio
- CD/Album: The Kingston Trio
- Record co./Cat #: Capitol T-996
8:27 pm
- Tom Dooley
- Artist Name: The Kingston Trio
- CD/Album: The Kingston Trio
- Record co./Cat #: Capitol T-996
8:35 pm
- Tom Dooley
- Artist Name: Grayson And Whitter
- CD/Album: no album name - 78rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Victor V-40235
8:40 pm
- Tom Dooley
- Artist Name: Frank Warner
- CD/Album: American Folk Songs And Ballads
- Record co./Cat #: Elektra ELK 3
8:45 pm
- Tom Dooley
- Artist Name: The Folksay Trio
- CD/Album: American Folksay Ballads And Dances Volume 2
- Record co./Cat #: Stinson SLP6
8:50 pm
- Tom Dooley
- Artist Name: The Tarriers
- CD/Album: The Tarriers
- Record co./Cat #: Glory PG 1200
8:55 pm
- Tom Dooley
- Artist Name: Frank Warner And Frank Proffitt
- CD/Album: none
- Record co./Cat #: none - private 1959 recording