First recorded in 1927 by The Famous Jubilee Singers
Also 1934 by the Carter family
The likely source is the African-American contacts of Carter, Leslie Riddle and Pauline Gray… Sara thought maybe it came from an old hymn book / "I'll Be Home One Day /".
Published on Bluebird 5961 A [1935]
Recorded December 11, 1934 – [10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.] – Victor Studio 2,114 North Fifth Street, Camden, NJ –
AP [vcl], Sara [autoharp/vcl leader], Maybelle [gt/vcl]
Alvin Pleasant (AP) Delaney Carter (1891 – 1960)
Sara Dougherty Carter (1898 – 1979)
Maybelle Addington Carter (1909 – 1978)
Maybelle was married to AP's brother, EZRA CARTER, who was Sara's first COUSIN… All three were born and raised in southwest Virginia.
The day before the first recording session (August 1, 1927), AP persuaded Sara and Maybelle to make the trip from Maces Spring VA to BRISTOL TN to audition for record producer RALPH PEER who was looking for new talent…. The SESSIONS were now called THE BRISTOL SESSIONS included performances by JIMMIE RODGERS and 17 other artists… They received 50 for each song they recorded plus a half cent royalty on each copy sold of. every song they recorded under the name /"COPYRIGHT/"… By the end of the 1930s they had sold 300,000 records in the United States… To expand their repertoire in the early 1930s, AP became friends with LESLIE RIDDLE, a black guitarist from Kingsport TN who accompanied AP in his song Collecting trips.
Elected to the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME in 1970
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