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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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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)