The legendary Jenny Lou Carson (Lucille Overstake) is the first woman to write a #1 country song. We hear her story, plus things get blue as we get into the dirty thirties with a strain of hillbilly music you wouldn't hear on the National Barn Dance. We also hear the story behind the first gay country song.

References:

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

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

Churchill, Teresa. (Nov. 7, 1984) "Three Little Maids made music history" Herald and Review, Decatur, IL.

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

Ginell, C., & Coffey, K. (2001). Discography of western swing and hot string bands, 1928-1942. Greenwood Publishing Group.

Jenny Lou Carson. http://nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/inductee?entry_id=723

Langley, J.  &  Rogers, A. Many Tears Ago: The Life and Times of Jenny Lou Carson [Introduction]. http://www.hillbilly-music.com/library/books/index.php?id=3964 

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

Queer Blues. https://www.queermusicheritage.com/oct2007s.html

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

Songs:

Hartman’s Tennessee Ramblers - When I Take my Vacation in Heaven

Hartman’s Heartbreakers - Let Me Play With It

Patsy Montana -My Poncho Pony

Sweet Violet Boys - Let’s All Get Good and Drunk

Sweet Violet Boys - On the Farm

Sweet Violet Boys - The Man Who Comes Around

Lucille Lee and the Sweet Violet Boys - Chiselin’ Daddy

Lucille Lee and the Sweet Violet Boys - I Married a Mouse of a Man

Lucille Lee and the Sweet Violet Boys - Boy Take Your Time

Ma Rainey - Prove it on Me Blues

Kokomo Arnold - Sissy Man Blues

Sweet Violet Boys - I Love My Fruit

Girls of the Golden West - Will There Be Any Yodeling in Heaven?

Girls fo the Golden West - Texas Moon

Tex Ritter - Jealous Heart

Hugo Winterhalter - Jealous Heart

Ivory Joe Hunter -Jealous Heart

Connie Francis - Jealous Heart

Loretta Lynn - Jealous Heart

Kitty Wells - Jealous Heart

Jerry Lee Lewis - Jealous Heart

Trio Los Panchos - Jealous Heart

Johnny Rodriguez - Jealous Heart

Spade Cooley - A Pair of Broken Hearts

Tex Ritter- You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often

Jenny Lou Carson - Troubled Heart

Jenny Lou Carson - Many Tears Ago

Jenny Lou Carson - I’d Trade All My Tomorrows

Tiny Hill - Ain'tcha Tired of Makin’ Me Blue

Judy Martin - God Be With You Sailor Boy

Tex Ritter - Let Me Go Devil

Hank Snow -Let Me Go Lover

Ella Fitzgerald - Foolish Tears

Willie Nelson - A Penny For Your Thoughts

Wanda Jackson - Blues Over You

Skeeter Davis - Chained to a Memory

Black Francis - Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle

Perry Como - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

Rosemary Clooney - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

Merle Haggard - I’d Trade All My Tomorrows for One More Yesterday

Dean Martin - Let Me Go, Lover

Johnny Cash - Shepherd of my Heart

Doc Watson - You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often

Jenny Lou Carson - A Penny For Your Thoughts

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