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Thread #3141 Message #2938630
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
02-Jul-10 - 01:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers off of Me
Subject: RE: ADD: Cold, Icy Fingers
John Lair, 1894-1985, composed the song; it is so credited on several covers,including the ones by Elvis and the Stanley Bros.
He managed the Renfro Valley Barn Dance, an important show in the 1940s-1950s. A harmonica virtuoso. Composed over 500 songs.
Important also to gospel; introducing many Albert Brumley songs.
Abstracted from several websites.