Frank Proffitt
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 58 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 1,1913 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Tennessee |
| United States | |
| Date of died | November 24,1965 |
| Died | Vilas |
| North Carolina | |
| United States | |
| Genres | Folk Music |
| Albums | Frank Proffitt Memorial Album |
| Frank Proffitt of Reese, Nc | |
| Songs | Beaver Dam Road |
| Going Across the Mountain | |
| Bolamkin | |
| Ninety and Nine | |
| Dan Doo | |
| Johnson Boys | |
| George Collins | |
| Baby-O | |
| Old Abe | |
| Julie Jenkins | |
| Ground Hog | |
| Trifling Woman | |
| John Hardy | |
| Poor Ellen Smith | |
| Sourwood Mountain | |
| Ruben Train | |
| Morning Fair | |
| Wild Bill Jones | |
| Song of a Lost Hunter | |
| Tom Dooley | |
| I'm Going Back to North Carolina | |
| Gyps of David | |
| Bonnie James Campbell | |
| I'll Never Get Drunk No More | |
| Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down | |
| Cluck Old Hen | |
| Cindy | |
| Lord Randall | |
| Down in the Valley | |
| Blackberry Wine | |
| Handsome Molly | |
| Got No Sugar Baby Now | |
| Record labels | Folk Legacy Records |
| Folkways Records | |
| Nationality | American |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1329123 |
Frank Proffitt Life story
Frank Noah Proffitt was an Appalachian old time banjoist who preserved the song "Tom Dooley" in the form we know it today and was a key figure in inspiring musicians of the 1960s and 1970s to play the traditional five-string banjo.
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