[78-L] Trains + music,

[Royal Pemberton]

'Railroad rag'--Arthur Collins....and didn't Duke Ellington have
something called 'Choo choo'?

On 12/21/08, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 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.
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