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Vernon Dalhart
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American country music singer (1883-1948)
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Vernon Dalhart (6 April 1883 - 14 September 1948) was a popular United States singer and songwriter of the early decades of the 20th century. He is a major influence in the field of Country Music. Dalhart was born Marion Try Slaughter in Marion County, Jefferson, Texas. He took his stage-name from two towns, Vernon and Dalhart in Texas, between which he punched cattle in the 1890's. (Decades later, Conway Twitty would derive his stage name through the same method. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jefferson
- Place of death
- Bridgeport
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- Vernon Dalhart 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vernon Dalhart
- date of birth
- 1883-04-06
- date of death
- 1948-09-14
- birth name
- Marion Try Slaughter
- start of work period
- 1913-00-00
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