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George Reneau

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Real name
George McKinney Reneau
Born
May 18, 1902
Died
December 1933
Country
United States
Comments
Pioneering blind country music singer, guitarist and harmonica player from Knoxville, Tennessee. He recorded from April 1924 to June 1927.

NOTE: Gene Austin actually "ghost sang" the vocals on all of Reneau's vocal performances. At the time, Austin was an unknown singer. He later started getting dual billing with Reneau on their recordings and then went on to much greater fame as a solo artist.
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Originals

Covers by George Reneau

Title Performer Release date Originally by
(Lester McFarland, George Reneau) August 1927 Smith's Sacred Singers
i 1924 (unknown)
i August 1924 (unknown)
December 1925 Carl T. Sprague
listen on Internet Archive 1925 George Reneau
August 1924 Billy Murray
(Lester McFarland, George Reneau) 1927 Fiddlin' John Carson
December 1924 Bentley Ball
August 1924 Edward Allen and Charles Hart
1925 Edward Allen and Charles Hart
August 1924 Steve Porter
1924 Steve Porter
May 1925 Ernest Thompson
July 1924 Henry Whitter
listen on Internet Archive 1925 Henry Whitter
1925 Charlie Poole accomp. by The North Carolina Ramblers
June 1926 Mrs. William Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
December 1924 (unknown), (unknown), Frederick H. Potter
May 1925 (unknown)
1925 Samantha Bumgarner
December 1924 (unknown)
  July 1925 May C. Hyers REL, Hattie Nevada REC
May 1925 Byron G. Harlan
May 1925 Vernon Dalhart
1925 (unknown)
1926 Henry Whitter
July 1924 Charles Lewis Stine, Henry Whitter
August 1924 Billy Golden
i May 1925 Billy Golden
December 1925 Fiddlin' John Carson
listen on Internet Archive August 1924 Miss Morgan & Mr. Stanley
(Lester McFarland, George Reneau) August 1927 The Jenkins Family
July 1925 Eva Davis
(Lester McFarland, George Reneau) 1927 (unknown)
August 1924 (unknown)
1925 (unknown)

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Picture from Life's Other Side Smoky Mountain Twins (Lester McFarland, George Reneau) August 1927 Regal [US1]
Bad Companions George Reneau December 1925 Vocalion [US]
Blue Ridge Blues George Reneau August 1924 Vocalion [US]
Casey Jones George Reneau August 1924 Vocalion [US]
Dark Eyes - On Top of Old Smoky Sid Harkreader - George Reneau 1926 Vocalion [US]
Gambling on the Sabbath Day George Reneau 1925 Vocalion [US]
Here, Rattler, Here (Calling the Dog) George Reneau August 1924 Vocalion [US]
Life's Railway to Heaven The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau April 1925 Edison Blue Amberol
Little Brown Jug The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau 1924 Edison
Lonesome Road Blues The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau 1925 Edison
Old Rugged Cross George Reneau June 1926 Vocalion [US]
Rock All Our Babies to Sleep George Reneau May 1925 Vocalion [US]
Sara Jane Collins Brothers - The Pride of Kentucky (Lester McFarland, George Reneau) 1927 Paramount
Smoky Mountain Blues George Reneau December 1924 Vocalion [US]
The C & O Wreck George Reneau December 1924 Vocalion [US]
The Prisoner's Song George Reneau May 1925 Vocalion [US]
The Sinking of the Titanic George Reneau 1925 Vocalion [US]
The Wreck on the Southern 97 George Reneau July 1924 Vocalion [US]
Turkey in the Straw George Reneau August 1924 Vocalion [US]
Turkey in the Straw The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau May 1925 Edison
Turkey in the Straw The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau June 1925 Edison Blue Amberol
Two Orphans George Reneau 1926 Vocalion [US]
Wild and Reckless Hoboes George Reneau August 1925 Vocalion [US]
Wild Bill Jones George Reneau July 1925 Vocalion [US]
You'll Never Miss Your Mother 'Till She's Gone Smoky Mountain Twins (Lester McFarland, George Reneau) 1927 Regal [US1]
You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone The Blue Ridge Duo - Gene Austin and George Reneau 1925 Edison
You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone George Reneau August 1924 Vocalion [US]
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