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Vernon Dalhart

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Vernon Dalhart (6 April 1883 - 14 September 1948) was a popular United States singer and songwriter of the early decades of the 20th century. He is a major influence in the field of Country Music. Dalhart was born Marion Try Slaughter in Marion County, Jefferson, Texas. He took his stage-name from two towns, Vernon and Dalhart in Texas, between which he punched cattle in the 1890's. (Decades later, Conway Twitty would derive his stage name through the same method.

Top songs

  1. The Prisoner's Song
  2. Wreck Of The Old 97
  3. The Runaway Train
  4. The Death of Floyd Collins
  5. Prisoner's Song
  6. Wreck Of The Old '97
  7. Santa Claus, That's Me!
  8. The Prisoners Song
  9. Puttin' On the Style
  10. The Wreck Of The Old '97
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  1. Hooray for Saint Nick
  2. Indian moon
  3. Billy The Kid
  4. Wreck Of The Old Southern 97
  5. My Blue Ridge Mountain Home
  6. The Prisoner's Song - Remastered
  7. Little Mary Phagan (Recorded 1925)
  8. Wreck of the Old '97 (Electric) [Recorded 1925]
  9. The Wreck Of The Old '79
  10. Runaway Train
  11. Jesus Loves Me
  12. Big Rock Candy Mountain
  13. The Wreck Of The Shenandoah
  14. Naomi Wise (Recorded 1926)
  15. The Farm Relief Song - Remastered 2003
  16. The Wreck Of The 1256
  17. Lorraine, My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine
  18. Way Out West In Kansas
  19. The Prisoner's Song (1924,1925)
  20. The Mississippi Flood
  21. Till We Meet Again (Ww1 Song)
  22. Little Rosewood Casket
  23. The Prisoner's Song (Electric) [Recorded 1925]
  24. Wreck of the Old '97 - Remastered
  25. The Dying Girl's Message
  26. The Wreck Of The Number Nine
  27. The Death of Floyd Collins (Recorded 1925)
  28. The Wreck of the Old 97
  29. Can't Yo' Hear Me Callin' Caroline?
  30. The Wreck On The Southern Old 97
  31. In the Baggage Coach Ahead (Recorded 1925)
  32. Casey Jones
  33. Billy the Kid - Remastered
  34. Death of Floyd Collins (Recorded 1926)
  35. The Sinking Of The Titanic
  36. Death of Floyd Collins
  37. Lucky Lindy
  38. Golden Slippers
  39. The Farm Relief Song
  40. There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight
  41. The Freight Wreck Of Altoona (Bwy 8062, 6445-2)
  42. Lindbergh (The Eagle of the USA)
  43. The Governor'S Pardon
  44. In The Hills Of Old Kentucky
  45. Dardanella
  46. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
  47. The Alcoholic Blues
  48. Casey Jones - Remastered
  49. Kinnie Wagner's Surrender
  50. Mother's Grave
  51. Golden Slippers -with Carson Robison (pathe 78)
  52. A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother (Recorded 1926)
  53. The Letter Edged In Black
  54. Jealous Lover Lone Green Valley (Recorded 1926)
  55. Wreck Of The Old 97 (1924)
  56. Old Folks at Home
  57. The Lightning Express (Recorded 1926)
  58. Santa Claus That's Me!
  59. Ain't Gonna Grieve My Mind
  60. Memory That Time Cannot Erase
  61. Dream Of A Miner's Child
  62. The Boston Burglar
  63. The Lightning Express
  64. Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister
  65. Death of Floyd Collins - Remastered
  66. The Letter Edged In Black (Recorded 1926)
  67. The Runway Train
  68. The Freight Train Wreck At Alt
  69. Little Marian Parker
  70. My Carolina Home
  71. The Convict And The Rose
  72. Calamity Jane (with Adelyne Hood) (Recorded December 1929)
  73. Dream of a Miner's Child (Recorded 1926)
  74. I Am Honest Though I'm Poor
  75. The Little Green Valley - Remastered
  76. The Prisoner's Song (1925)
  77. Letter Edged In Black
  78. COWBOY'S LAMENT
  79. Little Brown Jug
  80. The Little Black Mustache (Recorded 1926)
  81. Razors in De Air
  82. Get Away Old Man, Get Away!
  83. The Prisoner's Song (1925) bonustrack
  84. There's A New Star In Heaven
  85. Little Mary Phagan - Remastered
  86. A Little Bit of Sunshine
  87. Get Away Old Man Get Away
  88. Putting On the Style (Recorded 1926)
  89. Little Marian Parker (Recorded March 1928)
  90. Putting On the Style (1926)

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