The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley - 1958 【COMPLETE ✧】

Watch this performance of Tom Dooley to see how the Kingston Trio's harmonies and stage presence helped spark the American folk revival: How Many People Pronounce The R In Arm In 1950 vs 2016 Brilliant Maps Facebook• Jan 7, 2026

: The song's popularity occurred just as rock and roll was beginning to dominate, yet it successfully brought "folk back into the mainstream" and into the "DNA of rock and roll". The Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley - 1958

Released in 1958, "Tom Dooley" became a "mammoth hit" that reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts and sold over three million copies. Watch this performance of Tom Dooley to see

The song is based on the 1866 murder of in Wilkes County, North Carolina. The man convicted of the crime was Tom Dula (pronounced "Dooley" in the local dialect), a Confederate veteran and farmhand. The song is based on the 1866 murder