[78-L] Trains + music,

[David Lennick]

LITTLE RED CABOOSE..Big Jon & Sparky
IN THE BAGGAGE CAR AHEAD..Vernon Dalhart
THE LONESOME TRAIN (Earl Robinson-Millard Lampell)
CLICKETY CLACKETY TRAIN..Scotty MacGregor (kids record)
SHLOIMY THE SUBWAY TRAIN..Arnold Stang
SLEEPYTOWN TRAIN..Glenn Miller
ON THE 5:15..American Quartet, Collins & Harlan, others
BAGDAD EXPRESS..David Seville
DAYBREAK EXPRESS..Duke Ellington
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY LOCAL..Duke Ellington
NIGHT TRAIN (stolen from the above)..Buddy Morrow
THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY (Woody Guthrie)
WHIZZIN' AWAY ALONG THE TRACK (from Carmen Jones)
SUPER CHIEF..Count Basie
WRECK OF THE OLD 97 and various alternate titles
JOHN HENRY, of course....
CASEY JONES, aber naturlich


dl

Bob Rice wrote:
>  Hey ya missed "Funicula Funicula", for the opening of a new funicular RR in 
> Italy?
> 
>     And the classic "On the New York, New Haven, and Hartford" Much more 
> musical title than, Long Island Rail Road(two words) as in their 1830's 
> charter!Or Pennsylvania RR, no Pennsy songs? Sigh.
> 
>   "On the Atcheson, Topica and the Sante Fe"   RR's with long winded titles 
> fair well here?
> 
>    Pathetic, er, I mean" Pacific Electric Railway Waltz?"
> 
>    " Toronto Subway Song?" Gees! I Missed THAT one? Anybody got a copy?
> 
>    Like "Subway Glide?" Seems Subways evoke song writers, too? Not to 
> mention Trolley cars?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 1:16 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Trains + music, was Re: Leaving negative feedback and 
> variable speed turntable^
> 
> 
>> We've done this dozens of times..dozen't hurt to compile them again.
>>
>> THE RUNAWAY TRAIN..Vernon Dalhart
>> CHOO CHOO TRAIN..Doris Day
>> CORONATION SCOT..Sidney Torch and other orchestras
>> PACIFIC 231 (Honegger)
>> THE LITTLE TRAIN OF THE CAIPIRA (Villa Lobos)
>> AY AY CHUG A CHUG..Peggy Lee
>> DOWN BY THE STATION..4 Preps, Others
>> BAHNFAHRT aka CHOO CHOO TRAIN RIDE..Hans Schindler's Orchestra
>> ALL POINTS WEST..Paul Whiteman, Rudy Vallee
>> CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO..Glenn Miller
>> ROCK ISLAND LINE..Leadbelly, Lonnie Donegan, Stan Freberg
>> TRAIN TO THE ZOO..The Weavers (uncredited on original CRG release)
>> MTA..Kingston Trio (who redid this as a 7-Up jingle in 1961..sellouts!)
>> SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO..various
>> GOIN' HOME TRAIN (from Call Me Mister)..Lawrence Winters
>> MIDNIGHT SPECIAL..Weavers and others
>> THE TORONTO SUBWAY SONG..Ozzie Williams
>> TRAINS..Reginald Gardiner (no music, but great vocal effects!)
>>
>> Mustn't be greedy.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Bob Rice wrote:
>>>> Uh oh. Trains and 78s - better watch out!
>>>> A long time collector in the UK and I have discussed the possible
>>>> correlation between 78 collecting and train-spotting. Both involve long
>>>> lists of memorized numbers and fascination to the point of obsession.
>>>> Could it be the hypnotic effect of train cars passing and records going
>>>> round and round have something to do with these pleasurable diversions
>>>> as well?
>>>> M
>>>    Yes!For SURE! Think of "Dance of the Hours" and the sounds of 8 wheel
>>> freight cars passing by, on a rail joint?Heard alot of that in my Con 
>>> Rail
>>> freight train daze! Alota other RR sounds come to mind with music. Take 
>>> the
>>> A train as the older subway cars made series-parallel on their motor
>>> controls?Alotta RR sounds are in old, Pop music, if ya listen for it? 
>>> Maybe
>>> this is why I like it?
>>>
>>>    Anybody else?
>>>
>>>    Bob, retired engineer.