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1081:"The 'Man in the Glass' has many faces, it seems"
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882:"Dale Wimbrow (vocalist : baritone vocal)"
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808:songwriter (with Casem & Charlie Abbott)
53:Peter Dale Wimbrow was born June 6, 1895, in
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901:"Dale Wimbrow (instrumentalist: ukulele)"
888:. Regents of the University of California
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519:vocal solo, ukulele (self accompaniment)
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677:"Every Moon's a Honeymoon (With You)"
150:and was interred at Dale Cemetery in
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985:allmusic.com AMG Artist ID P 337111
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304:"So Long North (I'm Headin' South)"
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652:"Think of Me, Thinking of You"
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493:Dale Wimbrow Rubeville Tuners
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440:Dale Wimbrow Rubeville Tuners
334:Dale Wimbrow Rubeville Tuners
307:Dale Wimbrow Rubeville Tuners
290:Released on diamond disc and
206:Swamp Cabbage and Angel Wings
202:(Washburn Printing Co., 1931)
1139:"The Good Old Eastern Shore"
1101:. www.bbc.co.uk. 2012-10-26.
627:"The Good Old Eastern Shore"
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751:"That's What I Call Heaven"
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