Vernon Dalhart - Oh! Susanna (1927).

[Written by Stephen Collins Foster].
1st. Performed 1847 by a Local Quintet
in Andrew's Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, PA.
1st. Recorded 1916 by Harry C. Browne.

Issued as Vernon Dalhart - Carson Robison - Adelyne Hood on Victor 21169 A
(Original Version as Written by Stephen Collins Foster)

Recorded 15 November 1927, New York - Vernon Dalhart (harmonica/vcl solo/jew's harp), Carson Robison (gt/vcl), Adelyne Hood (fiddle/vcl), William Carlino (banjo).

Born Marion Try Slaughter in Jefferson TEXAS (1883 - 1948)..."The First Star of Country Music"...Famous for selling SEVEN MILLION copies of his 1924 Recording of "The Wreck Of The Old '97" (A HUGE Number for the 1920's)....Recorded Over 1000 Sides under at least 100 names...Many Of The Masters were released under a dozen or more Labels....Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame 1970......Country Music Hall of Fame 1981 (The Country Music Foundation Called Dalhart a One Man Recording Industry).....Texas Country Music Hall of Fame 1997