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
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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).
Behind-The-Scenes.pdf">https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WLS/WLS-
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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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