Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)

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"Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)" is a classic 1930 country song by Jimmie Rodgers that became highly influential in both country and blues music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
alsoKnownAs Blue Yodel #8 NERFINISHED
Mule Skinner Blues NERFINISHED
composer Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1930s
featuresVocalStyle yodel
firstPerformer Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED
genre blues
country
hillbilly music
hasCulturalSignificance classic of early country music
highly influential recording
standard in bluegrass repertoire
standard in country repertoire
hasInfluenced bluegrass music
blues music
country music
honky-tonk
hasNotableCover Bill Monroe NERFINISHED
Doc Watson NERFINISHED
Dolly Parton NERFINISHED
George Jones NERFINISHED
Lonnie Donegan NERFINISHED
Merle Haggard NERFINISHED
Odetta NERFINISHED
Roy Acuff NERFINISHED
The Fendermen NERFINISHED
The Osborne Brothers NERFINISHED
Van Morrison NERFINISHED
hasQuality yodeling
inspiredBy blues tradition
work songs
language English
lyricist Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED
mainSubject labor
mule skinner
work songs
originallyPublishedIn 1930
partOfSeries Blue Yodel NERFINISHED
performer Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1930
recordedBy Jimmie Rodgers NERFINISHED
seriesOrdinal 8

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Jimmie Rodgers notableWork Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)