"So Long Pal" is a 1944 song by Al Dexter and His Troopers. The song was the follow-up to Al Dexter's two-sided hit, "Pistol Packin' Mama"/"Rosalita". It was recorded on March 18, 1942, along with "Rosalita" and the b-side "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry". "So Long Pal" stayed at the number one position on the Folk Juke Box chart for thirteen weeks in 1944.[4] The B-side would also hit number one on the same chart.[5]
| "So Long Pal" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Al Dexter and His Troopers | ||||
| B-side | "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" | |||
| Published | April 3, 1942 copyrighted Albert Poindexter, Troup, Texas[1] | |||
| Released | February 6, 1944 | |||
| Recorded | March 18, 1942[2] | |||
| Studio | CBS Columbia Square Studio, Hollywood, California[3] | |||
| Genre | Country (Hillbilly) | |||
| Label | Okeh 6718 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Al Dexter | |||
| Al Dexter and His Troopers singles chronology | ||||
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References
edit- ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1942). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 1 Music New Series Vol 37 Pt 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ^ "Al Dexter". countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Russell, Tony (2004). Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 315. ISBN 0195139895.
- ^ "Billboard-1944-09-23 YB pg 366". google books. 1944. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 104.
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