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The Kingston Trio's hit song was the inspiration for the 1959 film The Legend of Tom Dooley, starring Michael Landon as Dooley, and co-starring Richard Rust. A Western set in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War , it was not about traditional Tom Dula legends or the facts of the case, but a fictional treatment tailored to fit the lyrics of ...
Tom Dooley – The Story Behind the Ballad by Karen Wheeling Reynolds ISBN 978-0-9846398-0-9; Tom Dooley: a Wilkes County Legend, a Play "Tom Dula's story on archive of Wilkes Chamber of Commerce website". Archived from the original on December 8, 2003; Tom Dula's gravestone images
The Legend of Tom Dooley is a 1959 American Western film directed by Ted Post and starring Michael Landon, Jo Morrow, Jack Hogan, Richard Rust, Dee Pollock and Ken Lynch. It was based on the 90-year-old folk song " Tom Dooley ", which had been inspired by the real-life case of convicted murderer Tom Dula .
Proffitt recorded "Tom Dooley" and other ballad songs in 1961, on the album Frank Proffitt Sings Folk Songs, edited by Warner and issued by Folkways Records. A second set of Proffitt's recordings, Frank Proffitt of Reece NC: Traditional Songs and Ballads of Appalachia , was released in 1962, [ 3 ] and Proffitt performed at the 1963 Newport Folk ...
“You’d have to call the ‘80s the high-water mark of the power ballad,” says Tom Breihan, senior editor at Stereogum whose “Number Ones” column reviews and rates every No. 1 single in ...
Dula's story was turned into a top-selling ballad in 1958 by The Kingston Trio, titled "Tom Dooley". The story was subsequently turned into a 1959 movie starring Michael Landon as Dula. Each summer, the Wilkes Playmakers present a popular play based on the story.
Editor’s Note: In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made.. By his own admission, James Crombie knew ...
Episode 4 of Lisey’s Story (now streaming on Apple TV+) came to a brutally violent head when Scott’s crazed stalker Jim Dooley finally made good on his multiple threats and arrived at Lisey ...