Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
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Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
| "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" | |
| Written by | David McEnery |
|---|---|
| Written | July 3, 1937 |
| Language | English |
| Original artist | David McEnery (1941) |
| Recorded by | Kinky Friedman Faith Petric Ronnie Lane Jim Kweskin The Greenbriar Boys |
"Amelia Earhart's Last Flight" is a song written by Red River Dave McEnery shortly after Amelia Earhart's disappearance.[1]
It was copyrighted in 1939,[2][3] and was first performed by David McEnery on a pioneer television broadcast from the 1939 New York World's Fair.[4]
It has maintained continued popularity since then, including covers by artists including Kinky Friedman, The Greenbriar Boys and the Country Gentlemen. Saskatoon-based band The Heartstrings covered the song, and used the second line of the chorus as the title of their 2009 album Far Away in a Land That is Fair.
References
- ^ "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight". Sing Out! 15 (3).
- ^ Blood, Peter, ed (1988, 1992, 2004). Rise Up Singing. Annie Patterson, Kore Loy McWhirter. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Sing Out! Corp.. p. 243. ISBN 1-881322-12-2. "Copyright 1939 Stasny Music. Copyright renewed. All rights administered by Bug Music Inc."
- ^ McEnery, Dave; Betty Ann Fisher (1939). Red River Dave song book: marvelous collection of cowboy, hill-billy, mountain and home songs, all originals. New York: Stasny Music Corporation.
- ^ Wadey, Paul (2002-01-21). "Red River Dave McEnery". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/red-river--dave-mcenery-729682.html. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
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