The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley

The Kingston Trio
Song Name: Tom Dooley
By: The Kingston Trio
Song Local Name: Not available
Album: Not available
Link to buy: iTunes
Genre: folk music of the United States , American folk music , North Carolina folk song , Appalachian murder ballad
Date Added: 01 Sep 2017
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Tom Dooley by The Kingston Trio is part of folk music tradition in/by United States of America. Folk Music of United States of America is traditionally brother to some other region(s) in the world. If you want to listen to song(s) in the same genre or with the same root with Tom Dooley (or folk music of United States of America), other than checking United States of America you can also check music of Africa, Ireland, Canada, Australia. From the top menu, first choose the desired region and then find the link from the map or country list.
"Tom Dooley" is an old North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina, allegedly by Tom Dula. The song is best known today because of a hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio. The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to late 1960s.

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