Tom Dooley (song)
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title:
Tom Dooley (song)
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"Tom Dooley" is a traditional North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina by Tom Dula. One of the more famous murder ballads, a popular hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, was in the top 10 on the Billboard R&B chart, and appeared in the Cashbox Country Music Top 20. The song was selected as one of the American Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Ass
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North Carolina folk song
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dooley_(song)
date created:
2004-06-27T13:08:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T15:25:59Z
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