Elton Britt

Elton Britt

Elton Britt

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Latest Release

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  • Blue Texas Moonlight
  • November 2023
  • 30 Songs

Top Songs

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Uranium Fever
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There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
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Patent Leather Boots
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Cowpoke
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Darling Won't You Take Me Back Again

Albums

  • The White Buffalo

    Nov 2023 • 29 songs

  • Sings

    May 2023 • 10 songs

  • Elton Britt & Friends Vol. 3 Early Recordings, 1933-1941 (Remastered Version)

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Elton Britt

Biography

Elton Britt parlayed his Jimmie Rodgers imitation -- with a yodeling ability and range that surpassed Rodgers' -- into country's biggest hit of the World War II era, "There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere," which sold four million copies in the early '40s. He was born James Britt Baker in Zack, AR, on June 27, 1913, and began playing guitar and singing around his hometown while in his mid-teens. Baker's career was made in 1930 when the Beverly Hill Billies returned from California to their Arkansas home to recruit a new vocalist. He won the talent search, and after b...
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