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In 1934 Kelly Pace and inmates of Cummins Prison Farm in Gould, Arkansas were the first to record "Rock Island Line". It was part of the Lomax collection of American folk music. Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) recorded the tune a couple of years later and

Paul Evans hit with "Seven Little Girls" and "Happy Go Lucky Me". Paul is also a gifted composer with hits like "Roses Are Red" for Bobby Vinton, "I Gotta Know" by Elvis Presley, "Happiness Is" for the Ray Coniff Singers", "Johnny Will" by Pat Boone,