"ROLL ALONG PRAIRIE MOON" SMITH BALLEW(voc) & HIS ORCH. MELOTONE 351006 P.1935

ROLL ALONG PRAIRIE MOON

One of many recordings of that song the year of 1935 (Harry Stockwell,Al Bowlly) & and on this recording we will hear the sadly less known Smith(Sykes) Ballew(born jan 21, 1902 in Palestine, Texas and he past away may 2, 1984 in Fort Worth,Texas) with his orchestra. I just love this song and think this is the best recording because of Smith Ballew´s warm and tender voice! The song came from in it´s orginal from the 1935 MGM movie "Here Comes The Band" with Harry Stockwell on voc. If you wanna know more about the guy go to the great site "Red Hot Jazz Archives" on the net.