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Artist: Jimmie Rodgers Label:   Victor Country: USA Catalogue: 20864 Date: 7 Oct 1927 Format: 10" Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  9 Own, 2 Want Price Guide: $155 » Search on eBay This is an affiliate link for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Jimmie Rodgers	Sleep Baby Sleep	Arr. Rodgers	Rate
B	Jimmie Rodgers	The Soldier's Sweetheart	Rodgers	Rate

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Recorded August 4, 1927 at 408-410 State Street, Bristol, Tennessee on portable recording equipment. Produced by Ralph Peer, this was JR's first record. The artist always insisted that "The Soldier's Sweetheart" was the A-side (he had written this as a tribute to his best friend who was killed in Flanders), but Peer and Victor felt differently. Doubtful that JR would have recorded again, but several months later, he managed to persuade Peer to let him record some "Blue Yodels". These, and the fact that JR had run up a large hotel bill in Victor's name, were the deciding factor. The rest is history.

N.B.: Sam Philips did the same with Elvis 26 years later, at Sun Records. Just good ole boys from Ole Miss!!

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