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Thread #8592 Message #2239127
Posted By: mrmoe
18-Jan-08 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: Origin or title of House of the Rising Sun?
Subject: RE: Origin or title of House of the Rising Sun?
The oldest recordings that I have of that song are by Leadbelly and one by Jack Elliot....neither are in a minor key....I wonder who was the first to put it in a minor key...Dave Van Ronk perhaps?....