Frank Noah Proffitt (June 1, 1913 – November 24, 1965) was an Appalachian old time banjoist who preserved the song "Tom Dooley" in the form we know it...

documentary Appalachian Journey (1991), folklorist Alan Lomax describes Frank Proffitt as the "original source" for the song, which was misleading in that...

his folklorist spouse Ann had enjoyed at the Proffitt and Hicks homes in North Carolina. Frank Proffitt had learned the song, among many others, from...

Maude Proffitt) (1895—1982), American lawyer Frank Proffitt (1913–1965), Appalachian old-time banjoist and performer Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt (born...

North Carolina traditional banjo players and makers include Frank Proffitt, Frank Proffitt Jr. and Stanley Hicks, who all learned to make and play fretless...

maker Nathan Hicks and his son-in-law Frank Proffitt in Beech Mountain, North Carolina, and recorded Proffitt's performance of the song "Tom Dooley"....

Carthy. The song "Bo Lamkin" was recorded by Appalachian folk musician Frank Proffitt. In 1973 Northumbrian folk group The High Level Ranters recorded it...

lost a suit over copyright for that number to Alan Lomax, Frank Warner, and Frank Proffitt) and "Scotch and Soda". Following a meeting with attorneys...

Whitter, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, the Carter Family, Clarence Ashley, Frank Proffitt, and Dock Boggs, all of whom were initially recorded in the 1920s and...

the twentieth century, Jean Ritchie, Texas Gladden, Nimrod Workman, Frank Proffitt and Horton Barker and many others were recorded singing traditional...

Whitter, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, the Carter Family, Clarence Ashley, Frank Proffitt, and Dock Boggs, all of whom were initially recorded in the 1920s and...

disc golf in the summer months. Ray Hicks, Appalachian storyteller Frank Proffitt, banjoist United States portal North Carolina portal Beech Mountain...

songs that were commonly being performed during this time. For example, Frank Proffitt and others constantly performed the infamous song "Tom Dooley" as a...

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Shirley Murdock – R&B singer Helen O'Connell – singer and TV personality Frank Proffitt – banjoist Jim Riggs – musician and music educator, University of North...

and dulcimer and encouraged Ray to sing along with him. Ray's cousin, Frank Proffitt, was also a talented musician, known for his performance of the ballad...

Hunter Song Collection at the University of Missouri. Frank Proffitt recorded it on Frank Proffitt Sings Folk Songs on Folkways Records. It has been published...

Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition, whilst Frank Proffitt was recorded singing another traditional version in 1961. The ballad...

the Appalachian region, where English folk songs had been preserved. Frank Proffitt of Pick Britches, North Carolina was recorded by W. Amos Abrams in c...

Hurley, Rob Ickes, Harry Manx, Andy Irvine's Mozaik (with Bruce Molsky), Frank Proffitt, Sparky and Rhonda Rucker, the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers, Billy Strange...

at the Lincoln Memorial Marian Anderson April 9, 1939 "Tom Dooley" Frank Proffitt 1940 Mary Margaret McBride Mary Margaret McBride and Zora Neale Hurston...

(in Rogers Park, Chicago), introducing traditional musicians such as Frank Proffitt to midwestern audiences. Kallick's father, Bruce Kallick, is an amateur...

Sandy and Caroline Paton and Lee Baker Haggerty. The label recorded Frank Proffitt and released a memorial album after his death. Folk-Legacy has produced...

Carlton "Pretty Crowling Chicken" Frank Proffitt "Forkey Deer" Sidna Myers "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" Frank Proffitt "Cumberland Gap" George Landers...

Travis Proffitt, Dean's oldest son Jared Rushton as Charlie Proffitt, Dean's middle son and Greg's fraternal twin brother Jamie Wild as Greg Proffitt, Dean's...

like Doc Hopkins, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Grandpa Jones, Hobart Smith, Frank Proffitt. In 1963 Brown recorded the banjo player Hobart Smith for a record released...

2011-01-24. Retrieved 2010-10-15. "Nothing Seems Better to Me: The Music of Frank Proffitt and North Carolina" ""Sowing the Seeds - The 10th Anniversary"". Archived...

Henderson, a noted Scots folklorist), Jean Redpath, Horton Barker, and Frank Proffitt, whose song "Tom Dooley" later became a million-selling record by the...

numerous times under these names. Noted interpreters have included Frank Proffitt, Peter Bellamy, and The Wailin' Jennys, whose version appeared on their...

Bunt, Lyle Carbajal, Gabe Langholtz, Gigi Mills, Barbara Olsen, Paine Proffitt, and Alain Thomas. "Primitive art" is another term often applied to art...