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MILBURN

“What Will You Do (When the Money Goes)?”

These Are the Facts

(Sheffield 2007)

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THE WILBURN BROTHERS, LORETTA LYNN & HAROLD MORRISON

“I’ll Fly Away”

(1960s)

PILGRIM JUBILEE SINGERS

“Testify”

1964

CHARLIE BURTON & THE CUTOUTS

“Breathe for Me, Presley”

Is That Charlie Burton…Or What?!?!

(Lincoln, NE 1982)

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• Download: “Breathe for Me, Presley”

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“Money Talks” & “Tina the Go-Go Queen”

Sugar Ditch Revisited EP

(Memphis 1985)

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• Download: “Money Talks”
• Download: “Tina the Go-Go Queen”

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JERRY LEE LEWIS

“Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Johnny Cash Tribute 2005

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Here’s an interview from 1988:

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