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Camptown Races
Composer: Stephen Foster

Camptown Races was not performed in full by the Grateful Dead but was "noodled" during tuning and other delays.

Camptown Races was written in 1850. The original title of the song was Gwine To Run All Night.



Recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Bill Murray and The American Quartet, 1911
no info Harry C Browne, 1916
no info Reed Miller, 1920
no info The Shannon Quartet, 1924
no info The Kanawha Singers, 1929
no info The Frank Luther & Lyn Murray Quartet, 1938
no info The Decca Concert Orchestra, 1940
no info Bing Crosby & The King's Men, 1940
no info Larry Clinton & His Orchestra, 1941
no info Johnny Mercer, 1945
no info The London String Quartet, 1945
no info Bob Hope's Christmas Party, Bob Hope/Bing Crosby/Judy Garland/Harry James and others, 1945
no info The Juanita Hall Singers, 194?
no info Cherished American Songs, Various Artists (Glenn Osser & His Orchestra), 1950
no info Song Festival, Eddy Howard, 1951
no info Single (I Hear You Knocking / Camptown Races), Mac Wiseman & the Country Boys, 1955
info Crazy Calliope Music, Margie Meinert, 1957
no info Now Hear This, Hi-Lo's, 1957
info Sing-a-long With Rusty, Rusty Draper, 1957
no info Songs for an Old Fashioned Girl, Jack Halloran Singers, 1957
no info Banjorama, Carmen Mastren, 1958
info Square Dance Tonight, Tommy Jackson, 1958
no info Swingin' in Hi-Fi, Al Anthony, 1958
no info Gone with the Wind, Dave Brubeck, 1959
no info Swing Me an Old Song, Julie London, 1959
info The Banjo Minstrel Man, John Cali, 1959
no info Billy Vaughn Plays Stephen Foster, Billy Vaughn, 1959
no info Honky Tonk Piano, Moe Wechsler, 1959
info American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3, Pete Seeger, 1959
no info Sing Along With Big Ben's Banjos, Big Ben Banjo Band, 1960
no info Rebel, Jad Paul, 1960
no info Girls, Guitars and Gibson, Don Gibson, 1961
info Maltby Swings Folksongs, Richard Maltby, 1961
no info Ol' Calliope Man at the Fair, Sande And Greene Fun Time Band, 1961
no info Old South-New Sounds, Bobby Gordon, 1962
info The Sound of a Bluegrass Banjo: Native American Melodies Bluegrass Style, Charles Trent, 1962
no info Favorite Marches for Children, Children's Marching Chorus & Toyland Band, 1962
no info The Man With the Banjo, Volume 2, Eddie Peabody, 1963
no info Everybody Sing Along, Volume 1, Big Ben Banjo Band, 1963
no info Bluegrass Banjos On Fire, Homer & the Barnstormers, 1963
no info 52 of the World's Happiest Songs, George Mitchell Voices, 1964
info On The Road, Porter Wagoner & Norma Jean, 1966
no info Greatest Hits, Dave Brubeck, 1966
info Raymond Fairchild & the Maggie Valley Boys, Raymond Fairchild & the Maggie Valley Boys, 1967
no info Kentucky Songbag, Dan & Louise Brock, 1970
no info 40 Golden Banjo Hits, Maurice Bolyer, 1974
no info Early Days Of Bluegrass, Vol. 10, Connie & Babe and the Backwoods Boys, 1980
no info Shakin' Down the Acorns, Vol. 2, Tony Elman, 1984
no info Far North Soundtrack, Various Artists (Red Clay Ramblers), 1989
no info Jam Session At The Tower, Ray Anthony, 1990
no info Songs of the Civil War and Stephen Foster Favorites, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, 1992
info Teenage Hangout, Mac Wiseman, 1993
no info I Like Dixieland, Bourbon Street Stompers, 1993
no info Stephen Foster Songbook, Various Artists, 1993
no info First Harvest: Ten Years of Acorn Music, Various Artists (Tony Elman), 1993
no info The Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney Collection, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, 1994
no info Live Duets 1943-1956, Frank Sinatra, 1994
no info Feeling Like a Dream, Larry Clinton, 1995
no info Nashville Banjo Plays Original Hits, Nashville Banjo, 1995
info High Lonesome: Complete Starday Recordings, The Country Gentlemen, 1998
no info Autoharp Concerto, David Johnson/Marsha Jones, 2001
info 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered: Complete Recordings 1951-1964, Mac Wiseman, 2003
no info 16 Songs, The Buck Trent Show, 2009
no info A Treasury of Bluegrass And Country Songs, Phil Rosenthal, 2009

 
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