Jack tries to separate the virtuous stage persona of Linda Parker, the Little Sunbonnet Girl, from the performer and alleged “juvenile delinquent” Jeanne Muenich, the Red-Headed Rascal. 

Songs: 

Linda Parker - I’ll Be all Smiles Tonight

Ruth Etting - Love me or Leave Me

Cumberland Ridge Runners - I’m Just Here to Get my Baby Out of Jail

Red Foley - Sing Me a Hillbilly Ballad

Bradley Kincaid - Barbara Allen

Gene Autry - No One to Call Me Darling

Maple City Four - Hold That Tiger

Linda Parker - Take Me Back to Renfro Valley

Bing Crosby - Learn to Croon

Lulu Belle and Scotty - My Mother’s Old Sun Bonnet

Linda Parker - Lonesome Valley Sally

Linda Parker - My Ozark Mountain Home

Ernest Tubb - The Passing of Jimmy Rodgers

Kitty Wells - We Buried Her Beneath the Willow

References:

Berry, C. (Ed.). (2008). The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

Boy Named Sue : Gender and Country Music. (2004). K. M. McCusker & Di. Pecknold (eds.), University Press of Mississippi.

Bufwack, M. A., & Oermann, R. K. (1993). Finding her voice: The saga of women in country music. Crown.

Carlin, R. (2014). Country music: a biographical dictionary. Routledge.

Linda Parker. http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=12669

McCusker, K. M. (2008). Lonesome cowgirls and honky-tonk angels: The women of barn dance radio (Vol. 543). University of Illinois Press.

Stand By! https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/Stand%20By/

WLS Behind the Scenes (1932). https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/WLS-Behind-The-Scenes.pdf

WLS Family Album (1933, 1935) https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/

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