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Vernon Dalhart

Marion Try Slaughter (April 6, 1883 – September 14, 1948), better known by his stage name Vernon Dalhart, was an American country music singer and songwriter. His recording of the classic ballad "Wreck of the Old 97" was the first country song reputed to have sold one million copies, although sales figures for pre-World War Two recordings are difficult to verify.

Vernon Dalhart

Marion Try Slaughter

(1883-04-06)April 6, 1883
Jefferson, Texas, United States

September 14, 1948(1948-09-14) (aged 65)
Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.

Singer, songwriter

1913–1940

1970

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

1981

Country Music Hall of Fame

"The Prisoner's Song", 1998

Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Walk of Fame, 2007

Gennett Records

"The Prisoner's Song"

Songs of the Century

"Wreck Of The Old 97", 2021

Grammy Hall of Fame Award

Partial discography

Vernon Dalhart, Victor Library

Dalhart in the Country Music Hall of Fame

from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library.

Vernon Dalhart cylinder recordings

at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.

Vernon Dalhart recordings

on Thomas Edison's Attic radio program, WFMU, February 7, 2006.

Vernon Dalhart: from opera to country recordings - by Jack Palmer

Vernon Dalhart, By Jack Palmer, from Hillbilly Music Dawt Com.

About The Artist