B. F. Shelton

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B. F. Shelton
Born January 1, 1902(1902-01-01)
Flag of the United States Clay County, Kentucky, USA
Died 1963
Genre(s) Folk
Occupation(s) Singer
Banjo
Instrument(s) Vocals
Banjo
Harmonica
Guitar
Years active 1927
Label(s) Victor Records

B. F. Shelton was a singer and banjoist who recorded a number of songs for Victor Records at the Bristol Sessions in Bristol, Tennessee on July 29, 1927. Shelton traveled from Corbin, Kentucky where he worked as a barber to Bristol for the sessions with gospel singer and preacher Alfred Karnes. Four of the recordings survive today, "Darling Cora", "Pretty Polly", "Oh Molly Dear" and "Cold Penitentiary Blues". He never recorded again. Shelton was born in 1902 in Clay County, Kentucky and died in 1963.

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