Kelly Harrell

Kelly Harrell

Kelly Harrell

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Top Songs

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My Name Is John Johanna
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The Wreck of the Old 97
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The Butcher's Boy
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I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago
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Henry Clay Beetle

Albums

  • Charles Giteau

    Dec 2019 • 1 song

  • Textile Mill Blues

    May 2015 • 39 songs

  • Kelly Harrell Vol. 1 (1925-1926)

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Kelly Harrell

Biography

Kelly Harrell was a near-legendary country balladeer during the 1920s, when he cut more than a dozen songs for Victor and OKeh. He was also a gifted songwriter whose music was covered by other artists, including Jimmie Rodgers and Ernest Stoneman, in his own lifetime. Harrell was born in the Virginia highlands in the western part of the state, and from his early teens worked in various textile mills. He enjoyed singing, though he didn't play an instrument, and was inspired to try recording in his belief that he was at least as good a singer as a man he met locally named Henr...
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