Talk:Frankie and Johnny (song)

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I do not think he was her husband . He was her man (and nellie's man as well). We have no information about their marital status. It would be better described as a song. 'Ballad' is too ambiguous a word nowadays.

The tune was a favourite among jazz musicians, from earliest times up to at least the 1940's. There are many fine jazz versions and one or two, including Armstrong's, not so good. 82.38.97.206 21:26, 12 June 2006 (UTC)mikeL

Albert ! 'Frankie and Albert' is not the more common title. For every reference to it on the web there are at least twenty references to 'Frankie and Johnny'

It was a jazz standard and it was performed by country singers long before the term 'bluegrass' was ever used. 82.47.176.254 16:14, 7 October 2006 (UTC)mikeL82.47.176.254 16:14, 7 October 2006 (UTC) Jimmy Rodgers recorded a fine authentic version in 1929. For a Jazz version try Bessie Smith's 1925 recording 82.47.176.254 23:04, 13 November 2006 (UTC)mikeL

[edit] Frankie and Johnny by Sterling A. Brown

I'm interested in any info as to these 2 concepts together. Feedback about the poem and why the author wrote it,what he had in mind, the realtionsonship if any to the song and/or his means would be extremlly helpful and appreciated.

Pamela

[edit] Moved back to Frankie and Johnny

I can find no reference work that backs up the claim that "Frankie and Johnny" is better known as "Frankie and Albert". I have therefore reverted the page move. In any event, this is the title under which the song is most widely known, therefore it should be kept here, with a redirect at Frankie and Albert for the 5 people on the planet who might look it up under that title. 23skidoo 14:56, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Six of one, half dozen of the other. There's hundreds of versions of the song lyrics. Seems odd that the Jimmie Rodgers version isn't mentioned at all, which is probably the biggest reason "Frankie and Johnny" is the more popular name, and that's also the version that uses "rooty toot-toot." Apparently the song was re-written as "Frankie and Johnny" by a vaudevillian and published in 1912. John Hurt, Leadbelly, Charley Patton, etc. all stick to "Albert," so I suspect more than 5 people would search for that name. Just thought I'd share, but I'm too lazy right now to add to the article. There's scads of info on the net if anyone's interested. bobanny 06:31, 7 July 2007 (UTC)