Amelia Earhart's Last Flight - Red River Dave McEnery "In the early days of radio in the 1930s, each station featured live talent rather than records, and many artists would travel from time to time from one station to another. Income of the various entertainers was from selling song books, pictures and sometimes even sponsors. While travelling from one station to another, sometimes as much as a hundred and even a thousand miles, the talent would play and sing anywhere to pick up travelling money. This included schools, night clubs, parks and churches. After the show, money was thrown on the floor or maybe a hat was passed, and the travelling troupe moved on. This was called 'busking.' 'Amelia Earhart's Last Flight' was a busking song and a sure moneygetter. It was written around a campfire in New York state in 1937, shortly after we received word of Miss Earhart's disappearance."  — Red River Dave