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The Cowboy in Country Music: An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles. Discography of American Historical Recordings. The trail of the lonesome pine / Henry Burr Albert Campbell". Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. The song melody and chorus also have been used for an American square dance in the "singing square" style, where the dance caller's instructions are fitted to the melody and the dancers sometimes sing along on the chorus as they return to place at the end of each repetition of the group dance figure. The song was the favorite song of Gertrude Stein. The song is featured in the stage play The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine, and is played during the opening credits of the 1936 film adaptation. The song was also recorded by Vivian Stanshall and (as "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia") by Tokyo Blade. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, thanks largely to being championed by disc jockey John Peel on his Radio 1 evening show. Released as a single, the song reached No. In 1975, at a time when Laurel and Hardy films were popular on British television, the UK branch of United Artists Records produced an album of dialogue and songs, Laurel & Hardy – The Golden Age Of Hollywood Comedy, that included "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine". Reilly as part of the 2019 biographical film Stan & Ollie.
This stage routine was performed by actors Steve Coogan and John C. It was performed by Laurel and Hardy with The Avalon Boys and featured a section sung in deep bass by Chill Wills, lip-synced by Stan Laurel in the film, with the last two lines in falsetto (sung by Rosina Lawrence) after Ollie hit Stan on the head with a mallet. The song was featured in Laurel and Hardy's 1937 film Way Out West. Harrison had a hit with it the same year, reaching no. It was recorded by Henry Burr and Albert Campbell on March 4, 1913, and reached no.