[78-L] Trains + music, was Re: Leaving negative feedback and variable speedturntable^Moretraining!

[David Lennick]

CLICK CLACK..Dickie Doo & The Don'ts
RAILROAD TRAIN SAMBA..Bernie Green (not on 78, but right era)
ROCK ISLAND (from The Music Man) (also no 78, but right era)
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE..Rusty Draper, Vaughn Monroe
HOBO YOU CAN'T RIDE THIS TRAIN..Louis Armstrong
DOWN BY THE RAILROAD TRACK..Frank Crumit

dl

Gregg Kimball wrote:
> Big Railroad Blues, Cannon's Jug Stompers
> 
> Pan American Blues, DeFord Bailey
> 
> Life's Railway to Heaven, a two-fer when performed by the Southern Railroad 
> Quartet
> 
> Railroad Daddy, Welby Toomey and Dock Roberts
> 
> If I Die a Railroad Man, Green Bailey
> 
> Fate of Talmadge Osborne, Ernest Stoneman ("many a man's been murdered by 
> the railroad")
> 
> "You take the Katy, and I'll take the Santa Fe, doggone my bad luck soul" --  
> Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bad Luck Blues
> 
> Gregg K
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bud Black" <banjobud at cfl.rr.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 1:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Trains + music,was Re: Leaving negative feedback and 
> variable speedturntable^Moretraining!
> 
> 
>> "It Takes A Long, Long Train With A Red Caboose To Carry My Blues Away" -
>> Peggy Lee; Capitol Record
>>
>> Bud
>>
>>
>> -------Original Message-------
>>
>> From: Bob Rice
>> Date: 12/21/08 13:35:39
>> To: 78-L Mail List
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Trains + music,was Re: Leaving negative feedback and
>> variable speed turntable^Moretraining!
>>
>>  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
>>>