FRANKIE AND JOHNNY

October 15, 1899. Frankie Baker , a 22-year-old woman living in St. Louis, Missouri, shot her 17-year-old lover Allen (also known as Albert) Britt in the abdomen. He died of his wounds four days later. This murder is one likely inspiration for the song ‘Frankie and Johnny ‘

Many recordings of ‘Frankie and Johnny ‘on YouTube         https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=frankie+and+johnny+song
Frankie and Johnny (song) from Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_and_Johnny_(song)
MUDCAT :Frankie and Johnny - historical basis     /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=2601&messages=44