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Background[edit]

~~The earliest known recording, titled "When That Great Ship Went Down", is from August 1927 and recorded by William and Versey Smith in Chicago, Illinois~~

This is not correct. I have an earlier recording than the one cited here by Ernest Stoneman recorded circa January 8, 1925. It is simply entitled The Titanic. There was an earlier recording (ca. January 4, 1924), also by Stoneman, which was never issued according to Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942 (Tony Russell & Bob Pinson / Oxford University Press, 2004, p.872). ISBN: 0195139895 and ISBN-13: 978-0195139891, it is 1200 pages in total... I'd say the authoritative source on such recordings after 2004. The unissued recording is reportedly in "OK" shape.

The sound recording I mention above is available as an MP3 file from Last.FM and a variety of other sources on the network. It is part of the 3-CD collection People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938 [box set], on the Tompkins Square label (October 25, 2007), track 1-23 "The Titanic" by Ernest V. Stoneman. This track is followed by 1-24, the William and Versey Smith recording mentioned in the article to close out disc 1 of this three disc set.

You are absolutely correct. The page previously cited for that part was from 2000, and has been updated to use the more recent sources. Thanks! I hope my making the change here to reflect it was ok. Bcola (talk) 20:27, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chorus[edit]

The text says that the chorus demonstrates the schadenfreude, but the lyrics quoted are the first verse, not the chorus.... ("It was sad.. etc) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.219.236.1 (talk) 21:27, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In Popular Culture[edit]

Sung by Paul Newman and Brandon De Wilde after a night out in the film Hud [[1]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chalmersforthree (talk • contribs) 07:51, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Phillipe Le Mercier Laroche Black Titanic passenger[edit]

A Haitian engineer and descendant of Emperor Desalines Joseph Laroche and his French wife and children were among the passengers of the Titanic http://www.blackpast.org/?q=gah/laroche-joseph-phillipe-lemercier-1889-1912