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.
music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=12669">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).
Behind-The-Scenes.pdf">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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