In 28 days it began. In 28 weeks it spread. In 28 years it evolved.

In the mid-twenties one of the most popular songs in the land was the lugubrious lament of a dispirited convict who wished he had the wings of an angel. Some 5,000,000 copies and phonograph records of ...

Just Walkin’ in the Rain, by music historian and song publisher Jay Warner, examines Bragg and his groups, recounts the Prisonaires’ rise, and illuminates the singer’s ties to Tennessee Gov. Frank ...