Jack takes a look at Adelyne Hood's contributions to the "citybilly" vein of country music.

Songs:

Adelyne Hood and Vernon Dalhart: Calamity Jane

Eddie Cantor - The Dumber they Come

Judy Garland - Americana (Every Sunday)

Vernon Dalhart - Wreck of the Old '97

Vernon Dalhart - The Prisoner's Song

Dalhart, Robison, & Hood - Sweet Elaine

Vernon Dalhart, Carson Robison, & Adelyne Hood - Oh! Susanna

Vernon Dalhart, Carson Robison, & Adelyne Hood - Sing On, Brother, Sing

Adelyne Hood - He's on the Chain Gang Now

References:

Bufwack, Mary; Oermann, Robert K. (1982) Adelyne Hood: The Amalgamation of Vaudeville and Folk Traditions in Early Country Music. JEMF Quarterly, Volume 18, Issue 67-68

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

The Encyclopedia of Country Music : The Ultimate Guide to the Music, (2012). Oxford University Press USA. 2012.

Adelyne Hood Obituary (April 11, 1958). Pittsburg Press

Huber, Patrick. (2014). The New York Sound: Citybilly Recording Artists and the Creation of Hillbilly Music, 1924-1932. The Journal of American folklore, Volume 127, Issue 504

Miller, K. H. (2010). Segregating sound. Duke University Press.

Oermann, Robert K. (1984) Mother, Sister, Sweetheart, Pal: Women in Old-Time Country Music. The Southern Quarterly, Volume 22, Issue 3

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