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" 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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