| Sing the Folk Hits With Jack Narz | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1959 |
| Recorded | 1958–1959 |
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| Length | 24:41 |
| Label | Dot Records |
Sing the Folk Hits With Jack Narz is a studio album by radio and television personality Jack Narz and featuring the Mort Lindsey orchestra. It was released by Dot Records in 1959. [1] [2] [3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rovin' Gambler" | Mort Lindsey | 1:50 |
| 2. | "Wreck of the John B" | Bob Kitsis | 1:58 |
| 3. | "10,000 Miles" | Mort Lindsey | 2:12 |
| 4. | "Goodnight Irene" | Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax | 2:02 |
| 5. | "Tom Dooley" | Bob Kitsis | 2:14 |
| 6. | "Jimmy Brown the Newsboy" | A.P. Carter | 2:01 |
| 7. | "A Worried Man" | Tom Glazer, Dave Guard | 2:32 |
| 8. | "Clementine" | Mort Lindsey | 2:26 |
| 9. | "Erie Barge Canal" | Thomas S. Allen, Dickinson, Copeland | 1:58 |
| 10. | "Skip to My Lou" | Mort Lindsey | 1:32 |
| 11. | "On Top of Old Smokey" | Lou Savarese | 2:13 |
| 12. | "Highly Hope-Up" | Hood, Copeland | 1:43 |
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