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But how did her name get used in "Frankie and Johnny"?

Posted by:	showtunetrivia 07:12 pm EDT 05/05/15
In reply to:	Nellie Bly - PatrickHSF 12:48 pm EDT 05/05/15

In the famous fatal love triangle, the name of the Other Woman in the song is "Nellie Bly," though the reallife counterpart (1899) was named Alice. And lest this be seen as offtopic, "Frankie and Johnny" was part of the 1944 folk song revue, SING OUT, SWEET LAND. Laura

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