Lonesome Whistle: An Anthology of American Railroad Song

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Big Railroad Blues
▶ CD 2: Travellin’ Blues
▶ CD 3: Blow Yo’ Whistle Freight Train
▼ CD 4: The Train Kept A’ Rollin’
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1Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)
Sleepy John Estes?:??
2Streamline Train
Cripple Clarence Lofton?:??
3Santa Fe Blues
Smith Casey?:??
4Orange Blossom Special
recording of:
Orange Blossom Special
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Thomas Rouse
publisher:
Glanco Music (BMI-affiliated) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
The Rouse Brothers?:??
5Special Stream Line
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-08)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
Bukka White?:??
6The Midnight Special
Huddie Ledbetter?:??
7Rock Island Line
Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Quartet?:??
8C. & N.W. Railroad
Byron Parker & his Mountaineers?:??
9Gospel Cannon Ball
Karl & Harty?:??
10Hobo Blues
Yank Rachell?:??
11Mean Old Frisco Blues
Arthur Crudup?:??
12Lining Train (Line ’Em)
Lead Belly?:??
13Lonesome Train
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee?:??
14G.M. & O. Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-07-02)
double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1945-07-02)
guitar:
Sid Cox (on 1945-07-02)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1945-07-02)
piano:
Eddie Boyd (blues pianist) (on 1945-07-02)
Sonny Boy Williamson?:??
15Pan American
recording of:
Pan American (on 1947-02-13)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
Hank Williams?:??
16Hard Travelin’
Woody Guthrie?:??
17Train Fare Home
Muddy Waters?:??
18Railroad Station Blues
T‐Bone Walker?:??
19This Train
Reverend Robert Ballinger?:??
20Mystery Train
cover recording of:
Mystery Train
writer:
Junior Parker and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hi Lo Music, Mijac Music, MJ Publishing Trust, Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Hilo Music Inc. (in 1953)
Elvis Presley?:??
21Folsom Prison Blues
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
Johnny Cash?:??
22Smokestack Lightnin’
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1956-01)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (in 1956-01)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (in 1956-01)
guitar:
Willie Johnson (American electric blues guitarist) (in 1956-01) and Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) (in 1956-01)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (in 1956-01)
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard (in 1956-01)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 285)
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning (in 1956-01)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Howlin’ Wolf5?:??
23Down Bound Train
recording of:
Down Bound Train
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Chuck Berry?:??
24Train Kept A Rollin’
double bass:
Dorsey Burnette (on 1956-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Murray M. "Buddy" Harman, Jr. (on 1956-07-02)
guitar:
Paul Burlison (on 1956-07-02) and Johnny Burnette (on 1956-07-02)
vocals:
Johnny Burnette (on 1956-07-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) (from 1956 to present)
recorded at:
Bradley Studio (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-07-02)
cover recording of:
The Train Kept a Rollin’ (on 1956-07-02)
writer:
Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay and Lois Mann
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated), Fort Knox Music Co, Quartet Music Inc. and Trio Music, Inc. (publisher)
part of:
Twins (1988)
Johnny Burnette & the Rock ’n’ Roll Trio?:??
25I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
cover recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Peer-Southern Productions, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
Johnny Cash?:??

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ASIN:US: B007CMD54M [info]