B. F. Shelton

B. F. Shelton

Infobox musical artist
Name = B. F. Shelton
Background = khaki


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Born = birth date|1902|1|1 flagicon|USA Clay County, Kentucky, USA
Died = 1963
Genre = Folk
Occupation = Singer Banjo
Years_active = 1927
Instrument = Vocals Banjo Harmonica Guitar
First_album =
Notable songs = Pretty Polly, Darling Cora, Oh Molly Dear, Cold Penitentiary Blues
Label = Victor Records
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B. F. Shelton was a singer and banjoist who recorded a number of songs for Victor Records at the Bristol Sessions in Bristol, Tennessee on July 29, 1927. Shelton traveled from Corbin, Kentucky where he worked as a barber to Bristol for the sessions with gospel singer and preacher Alfred Karnes. Four of the recordings survive today, "Darling Cora", "Pretty Polly", "Oh Molly Dear" and "Cold Penitentiary Blues". He never recorded again. Shelton was born in 1902 in Clay County, Kentucky and died in 1963.

External links

* [http://www.archive.org/details/Shelton Listen to "Pretty Polly" at the Internet Archive]
* [http://folktunes.org/wiki/Pretty_Polly_by_B._F._Shelton_on_banjo "Pretty Polly" by B. F. Shelton at folktunes.org]


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