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The Blue Sky Boys were an American country music duo consisting of the brothers Earl Bolick (November 16, 1919 – April 19, 1998) and Bill Bolick (October 28, 1917 – March 13, 2008), whose careers spanned over forty years.
1938 – Blue Sky Boys – "Katie Dear", Bluebird BB B-7661, Montgomery Ward Records MW M-7468. Reissued on The Blue Sky Boys, The Very Best of Classic Country Remastered JSP Records JSP7782 (2007). 1938 – The Carter Family – "Who's The Knockin' On My Window", Decca De 5612, Montgomery Ward MW M-8071, Melotone (Canada) MeC 45275.
Other early country music stars who recorded the song included Ernest Stoneman (1928), Clayton McMichen (1931), The Callahan Brothers (1934), The Blue Sky Boys (1936), and The Monroe Brothers (1936). [4] The Blue Sky Boys partly rearranged the song and their version appears on the soundtrack of the 1973 film Paper Moon. [11]
The Blue Sky Boys "In My Little Home In Tennessee/The Knoxville Girl" [4] [5]: 167 1947 Cope Brothers: Knoxville Girl / She Sleeps Beneath The Norris Dam KING 589 1956: The Louvin Brothers: Tragic Songs of Life [6] (US Country #19) 1959: The Wilburn Brothers "The Knoxville Girl/Which One Is To Blame" [7] (US Country #18) 1961: Kevin Shegog? 1963
The song was performed as part of a comedy routine in the 1953 film, Cruisin' Down the River. The song has been recorded by The Peerless Quartet (1925), Bela Lam & His Greene County Singers (1927), Dixie Reelers (1936), Bunny Berigan (1938), The Blue Sky Boys (1939), Jerry Silverman (1990), and others.
Blue Sky Boys "Sunny Side of Life" [11] Bluebird 6457: June 16, 1936 () July 31, 1936 () US Hillbilly 1936 #14 15: Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies "The Hesitation Blues" [12] Decca 5266: January 1, 1936 () February 1936 () US Hillbilly 1936 #15 16: Jimmie Davis "Mama's Getting Hot and Papa's Getting Cold" [13]
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Tragic Songs of Life was their Capitol debut, [3] and served as somewhat of a concept album, drawing heavily on artists they admired such as Bill Monroe, The Monroe Brothers, The Blue Sky Boys, and The Callahan Brothers. [2] [4] The majority of the songs are tragic heartbreak and misfortune songs and classic murder ballads.