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You Can't Stop a Tattler
"You Can't Stop a Tattler" is a gospel blues song, written by Washington Phillips (18801954) and recorded by him for Columbia Records in 1929 (vocals and zither). The song is in two parts, intended to occupy both sides of a 10-inch 78 rpm record. However, it remained unreleased for many years. Part 2 was included on the 1971 album "This Old World's in a Hell of a Fix" (Biograph ). Both parts were included on
as "Part 2"; he also includes two verses from Part 1, which seems to have been unreleased at the time); and when Linda Ronstadt covered that version on her 1976 album, "Hasten Down the Wind". It has since been recorded several times.
Recordings.
- 1929Washington Phillips, "You Can't Stop a Tattler, Part 1"
- 1929Washington Phillips, "You Can't Stop a Tattler, Part 2"
- 1974Ry Cooder, "Tattler" on the album "