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Episode Nineteen: The Three Little Maids, Part 2: Lucille Overstake (Jenny Lou Carson)
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4 years ago
Episode Nineteen: The Three Little Maids, Part 2: Lucille Overstake (Jenny Lou Carson)
The legendary Jenny Lou Carson (Lucille Overstake) is the first woman to write a #1 country song. We hear her story, plus things get blue as we get into the dirty thirties with a strain of hillbilly music you wouldn't hear on the National Barn Dance. We also hear the story behind the first gay country song.
References:
Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.
Churchill, Teresa. (Nov. 7, 1984) "Three Little Maids made music history" Herald and Review, Decatur, IL.
Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.
Ginell, C., & Coffey, K. (2001). Discography of western swing and hot string bands, 1928-1942. Greenwood Publishing Group.
Jenny Lou Carson. http://nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/inductee?entry_id=723
Langley, J. & Rogers, A. Many Tears Ago: The Life and Times of Jenny Lou Carson [Introduction]. http://www.hillbilly-music.com/library/books/index.php?id=3964
McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.
Queer Blues. https://www.queermusicheritage.com/oct2007s.html
Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By
Songs:
Hartman’s Tennessee Ramblers - When I Take my Vacation in Heaven
Hartman’s Heartbreakers - Let Me Play With It
Patsy Montana -My Poncho Pony
Sweet Violet Boys - Let’s All Get Good and Drunk
Sweet Violet Boys - On the Farm
Sweet Violet Boys - The Man Who Comes Around
Lucille Lee and the Sweet Violet Boys - Chiselin’ Daddy
Lucille Lee and the Sweet Violet Boys - I Married a Mouse of a Man
Lucille Lee and the Sweet Violet Boys - Boy Take Your Time
Ma Rainey - Prove it on Me Blues
Kokomo Arnold - Sissy Man Blues
Sweet Violet Boys - I Love My Fruit
Girls of the Golden West - Will There Be Any Yodeling in Heaven?
Girls fo the Golden West - Texas Moon
Tex Ritter - Jealous Heart
Hugo Winterhalter - Jealous Heart
Ivory Joe Hunter -Jealous Heart
Connie Francis - Jealous Heart
Loretta Lynn - Jealous Heart
Kitty Wells - Jealous Heart
Jerry Lee Lewis - Jealous Heart
Trio Los Panchos - Jealous Heart
Johnny Rodriguez - Jealous Heart
Spade Cooley - A Pair of Broken Hearts
Tex Ritter- You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often
Jenny Lou Carson - Troubled Heart
Jenny Lou Carson - Many Tears Ago
Jenny Lou Carson - I’d Trade All My Tomorrows
Tiny Hill - Ain'tcha Tired of Makin’ Me Blue
Judy Martin - God Be With You Sailor Boy
Tex Ritter - Let Me Go Devil
Hank Snow -Let Me Go Lover
Ella Fitzgerald - Foolish Tears
Willie Nelson - A Penny For Your Thoughts
Wanda Jackson - Blues Over You
Skeeter Davis - Chained to a Memory
Black Francis - Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle
Perry Como - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
Rosemary Clooney - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
Merle Haggard - I’d Trade All My Tomorrows for One More Yesterday
Dean Martin - Let Me Go, Lover
Johnny Cash - Shepherd of my Heart
Doc Watson - You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often
Jenny Lou Carson - A Penny For Your Thoughts
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