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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Alabama Monthly Planner and Calendar
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1905
- Active to
- 1984
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19,425
- Total plays
- 73,303
Tags
country30sclassic countryAllhillbilly boogie
Al Dexter (May 4, 1905 in Jacksonville, Texas - January 28, 1984 in Lewisville, Texas) was an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama", a 1942 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War II years and would later become a hit again with a cover by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters. Born Clarence Albert Poindexter, in the 1930s, he owned a bar and helped to popularize the style of country music known as honky tonk. <a href="https:
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jacksonville
- Place of death
- Denton
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Al Dexter.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1905-05-04
- date of death
- 1994-01-28
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
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- Al Dexter
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