(Written by Patsy Montana in 1934...The Melody is Derived from Stuart Hamblen's "TEXAS PLAINS")......Recorded 16 August 1935 ARC Recording Studio, 55W, 16th St., New York City - Prairie Ramblers/*Sweet Violet Boys (Patsy Montana [vcl/yodelling],Salty Holmes [gt], Chick Hurt [vcl/banjo/mandola], Jack Taylor [bass], Tex Atchison [vcl/fiddle], Bob Miller [piano], Bill Thall [clarinet]. Producer: Art Satherley)...Born Ruby Rose Blevins in Beaudry ARKANSAS (1908 - 1996)..This was the FIRST Recording by a Female Country & Western Singer to Sell a MILLION Copies..Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996