So Long Pal Explained

So Long Pal
Published:	copyrighted Albert Poindexter, Troup, Texas^[1]
Type:	single
Artist:	Al Dexter and His Troopers
B-Side:	Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry
Released:	February 6, 1944
Recorded:	March 18, 1942^[2]
Studio:	CBS Columbia Square Studio, Hollywood, California^[3]
Genre:	Country (Hillbilly)
Label:	Okeh 6718
Prev Title:	Pistol Packin' Mama / Rosalita
Prev Year:	1943
Next Year:	1945

"So Long Pal" is a 1944 song by Al Dexter and His Troopers. The song was the follow-up to Al Dexter's two-sided hit, "Pistol Packin' Mama"/"Rosalita". It was recorded on March 18, 1942, along with "Rosalita" and the b-side "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry". "So Long Pal" stayed at the number one position on the Folk Juke Box chart for thirteen weeks in 1944.^[4] The B-side would also hit number one on the same chart.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Library of Congress. Copyright Office.. Catalog of Copyright Entries 1942 1 Music New Series Vol 37 Pt 3. 1942. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.. United States Copyright Office. English.
2. Web site: Al Dexter . countrydiscoghraphy2.blogspot.com . 16 July 2021.
3. Book: Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0195139895. New York. 315.
4. Web site: Billboard-1944-09-23 YB pg 366 . google books . 1944. 16 July 2021.
5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 104.