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Episode Seventeen: Lulu Belle, Part 2


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We find Lulu Belle at her professional peak in 1936, discuss her musical highlights of her time with Scotty, and follow her post-country music career to the North Carolina General Assembly where she makes a lasting mark on American history.


Songs: 

Jessica Dragonette - Vilia

Lulu Belle and Scotty - This Train

Lulu Belle and Scotty - When I Yoo-hoo in the Valley

Lulu Belle - I Wish I was a Single Girl Again

Maddox Brother and Rose - I Wish I was a Single Girl Again

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Mountain Dew

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Remember Me

Willie Nelson - Remember Me

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Does Spearmint Lose its Flavor on the b=Bedpost over Night?

Lulu Belle and Scotty - Have I Told you Lately that I Love You?

Lulu Belle and Scotty - I’m no Communist

Lulu Belle - They Gotta Quit Kickin' my Dog Around


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.

Brown, Elgar (Dec. 1936) Lulu Belle's Story of the Feisty Cure. Radio Guide.

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.

Dawson, Nancy Drum (June 2018) A conversation with Nancy Drum Dawson and Meredith Drum, https://www.veteranfeministsofamerica.org/interview-nancy-drum-dawson/

Fox, P. (2009). Natural acts: Gender, race, and rusticity in country music. University of Michigan Press.

Jones, L. (2008). Country Music Humorists and Comedians. University of Illinois Press.

Lightfoot, William C. (1987) “Belle of the Barn Dance: Reminiscing with Lulu Belle Wiseman Stamey,” Journal of Country Music 12, no. 1: 2–15.

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/

Vander Wel, S. (2020). Hillbilly Maidens, Okies, and Cowgirls: Women's Country Music, 1930-1960. University of Illinois Press.

WLS at the Chicago World's Fair (1933)

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/

Wiseman, Lulu Belle. (1989) Interview WWL Road Gang Air Check #3.


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