Active until 1931 Genres Country | Active from 1926 | |
Albums Leake County Revelers, Volume 2: 1929 - 1930 Record labels Document Records, JSP Records, Suncoast Music, Hit Wonder (104pro Media), Jazz Elite S.P. Similar Fiddlin' Doc Roberts, Lowe Stokes, Hoyt Ming, The Stripling Brothers, Georgia Yellow Hammers | ||
The leake county revelers molly put the kettle on 1928
The Leake County Revelers were a country music string band popular in the U.S. South in the 1920s and 1930s. The members were from in and around Sebastopol, Mississippi, led by fiddler Will Gilmer, with R. O. Mosley on mandolin and banjo-mandolin, Jim Wolverton on 5-string banjo, and Dallas Jones on guitar. The band was formed in 1926.
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They made a series of 40 recordings for Okeh Records and Columbia Records from 1927 through 1930, most recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi. Their biggest hit was "Wednesday Night Waltz" backed by "Goodnight Waltz", recorded in 1927; over 195,000 copies of this records were sold by 1931 and the 78 rpm disc remained in print continuously into the 1950s.
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Monkey in the Dog CartHit Wonder: Leake County Revelers - Vol 2 · 2014
Johnson GalHit Wonder: Leake County Revelers - Vol 2 · 2014
Leather BreechesHit Wonder: Leake County Revelers - Vol 1 · 2014