B.F. Shelton

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B. F. Shelton (January 1, 1902 – 1963) was an American 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. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Oh Molly Dear

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People Take Warning 3: Man Vs. Man

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The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

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RCA Country Legends: The Bristol Sessions, Vol. 1

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Old Time Mountain Banjo

Man Of Constant Sorrow And Other Timeless Mountain Ballads

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Before The Blues Vol. 1

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People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938

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Appalachian Heart: The Original Bluegrass Classics

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Man of Constant Sorrow (and Other Timeless Mountain Ballads)

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A Short Life of Trouble: Popular American Ballads 1927-1943

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The Music Of Kentucky: Early American Rural Classics 1927-37 Volume 1

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