<P> The earliest country recording of a Frankie song is Ernest Thompson's 1924 Columbia recording of "Frankie Baker", which is listed in Tony Russell's Country Music Records A Discography, 1921 - 1942, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 978 - 0195366211 . Thompson was a blind street singer from Winston - Salem, North Carolina . </P> <P> As a jazz standard it has also been recorded by numerous bands and instrumentalists including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Bunny Berigan, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman . Champion Jack Dupree set his version in New Orleans, retitling it "Rampart and Dumaine ." </P> <P> Ace Cannon recorded an instrumental version for his 1994 album Entertainer . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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