"So Long Pal"
Single by Al Dexter and His Troopers
B-side"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry"
PublishedApril 3, 1942 (1942-04-03) copyrighted Albert Poindexter, Troup, Texas[1]
ReleasedFebruary 6, 1944
RecordedMarch 18, 1942[2]
StudioCBS Columbia Square Studio, Hollywood, California[3]
GenreCountry (Hillbilly)
LabelOkeh 6718
Songwriter(s)Al Dexter
Al Dexter and His Troopers singles chronology
"Pistol Packin' Mama / Rosalita"
(1943) 		"So Long Pal"
(1944) 		"I'm Losing My Mind Over You"
(1945)

"So Long Pal" is a 1944 song by Al Dexter and His Troopers. The song was the follow-up to Al Dexter's two-sided hit, "Pistol Packin' Mama"/"Rosalita". It was recorded on March 18, 1942, along with "Rosalita" and the b-side "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry". "So Long Pal" stayed at the number one position on the Folk Juke Box chart for thirteen weeks in 1944.[4] The B-side would also hit number one on the same chart.[5]

References

  1. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1942). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 1 Music New Series Vol 37 Pt 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  2. ^ "Al Dexter". countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ Russell, Tony (2004). Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 315. ISBN 0195139895.
  4. ^ "Billboard-1944-09-23 YB pg 366". google books. 1944. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 104.


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