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Thread #28882 Message #1141965
Posted By: Stewie
20-Mar-04 - 06:43 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ain't Nobody's Business
Subject: RE: Origins: Ain't Nobody's Business
Meade gives 'Will E. Skidmore - Walker 1919'. Earliest recordings: Bert Williams 16 April 1919 [Co A2750, 35593]; Sara Martin 1 December 1922 [OK 8043]; Bessie Smith 11 April 1923 [Co A3898].
[Meade et alia 'Country Music Sources' p499].
Meade has 15 entries for country recordings of the song from 1924 to 1940. Riley Puckett recorded it 3 times.
--Stewie.