Jimmie Rodgers

AKisses sweeter than Wine
BBetter loved you'll never be

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: DB4052
Genre: Country
Condition: Good+
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #22173

Jimmie Rodgers, the pioneering country vocalist, recorded "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" and "Better Loved You'll Never Be" for Columbia; the first became a standard, famously covered by The Weavers and others.

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BThe Mystery of Number Five

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BMy old pal

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Jimmie Rodgers

AIn the Jailhouse now No2
BPeach picking Time down in Georgia

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Jimmie Rodgers

AKisses sweeter than Wine
BBetter loved you'll never be

Columbia DB4052

Jimmie Rodgers

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BBetter loved you'll never be

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AMy Little Old Home Town in New Orleans
BDear Old Sunny South By the Sea

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Jimmie Rodgers

AMy little old home town...
BDear old sunny south by the sea

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Jimmie Rodgers

ANinety-Nine Years Blues
BMy Time Ain't Long

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Jimmie Rodgers

ATheir hearts were full of spring
BHoneycomb

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AYodelling Cowboy
BBlue Yodel no6

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AYou understand me
BBimbombey

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