The Original Carter Family - Are You Lonesome Tonight? (1936).

[1926 - Written by Roy Turk (Lyrics) and Lou Handman (Music).
First Recorded by Vaughn De Leath in 1927
who is widely thought to be the First Female Performer to sing on the Radio.
Adapted by AP Carter].

Issued on Decca 5240 B
Also Recorded 1936 on Transcription [unissued - Released 1975]

Recorded 8 June 1936 Decca Studios, 50 West 57th Street, New York City
A.P. [vcl] ,Sara [autoharp/vcl leader], Maybelle [gt/vcl]

Alvin Pleasant (AP) Delaney Carter (1891 - 1960)
Sara Dougherty Carter (1898 - 1979)
Maybelle Addington Carter (1909 - 1978)

Maybelle was married to A.P.'s Brother EZRA CARTER who was Sara's 1st COUSIN...All three were Born & Raised in South Western Virginia

The day before the 1st Recording Session (August 1 1927) AP persuaded Sara & Maybelle to make the trip from Maces Spring VA to BRISTOL TN to Audition for Record Producer RALPH PEER who was seeking new talent.....The SESSIONS now called the BRISTOL SESSIONS included performances by JIMMIE RODGERS & 17 other Acts...They Received $50 for each song they Recorded plus half a cent Royalty on every copy sold of each song they Registered as "COPYRIGHT"...By the end of 1930 they had sold 300,000 Records in the USA....To expand his repertoire in the early 1930's AP befriended LESLIE RIDDLE a black guitar player from Kingsport TN who accompanied AP on his song Collecting trips

Elected to the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME in 1970

[Remi-B-Goode]

again it's impossible that these song is derived from the 1927 "jazz orchestra" version. It is just that they have the same title, that's all, even the lyrics are differents.