Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)
~ Song
Annotation
“In 1899, popular St Louis balladeer Bill Dooley composed "Frankie Killed Allen" shortly after the Baker murder case. The first published version of the music to "Frankie and Johnny" appeared in 1904, credited to and copyrighted by Hughie Cannon, the composer of "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey"”
Annotation last modified on 2018-01-26 06:42 UTC.
Relationships
publisher: | Hughie Cannon (in 1904) |
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writer: | [traditional] (special purpose artist) |
Wikidata: | Q1445112 [info] |
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later versions: | Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert") Frankie and Johnny (Leighton brothers and Ren Shields version, published 1912) |
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is the basis for: | Frankie and Johnny (Guy Lombardo's Frankie and Johnny, published 1942, adapted from "Bill, You Done Me Wrong") |
arrangements: | Frankie and Johnny |