By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 10:00 am:

HEY GANG,HOW MANY SONGS CAN YOU NAME THAT MENTION TRAINS?[I TOOK A TRIP ON A TRAIN..AND I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU,DINAH WASHINGTON...SAID TO THE MAN AT THE RAILROAD STATION,I WANT A TICKET JUST FOR ONE..DESTINATION ANYWHERE,THE MARVELETTES...FIRST YOU GET IN A BIG BOSS LINE AND WORKOUT LIKE A TRAIN ON A TRACK..DO THE CHOO CHOO..ARCHIE BELL AND THE DRELLS...LUCKY FOR ME THE TRAIN WAS DARK AND THE NIGHTIME HID MY TEARS..I CRIED ALL THE WAY HOME,THE DRAMATICS]ALL ABOARD!

By Sue (152.163.188.68) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 10:36 am:

"Ticket to Ride" -- the Beatles

By Sue (152.163.188.68) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 10:37 am:

Oops and "Love Train" - The O'Jays and "Peace Train" -- Cat Stevens.

By Nish (66.119.33.135) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 10:49 am:

"How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone" - The Supremes
"Shine On" - Ruth Brown
"Little Black Train" - Dominoes
"People Get Ready" - Impressions

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 10:54 am:

Station Man - Fleetwood Mac
Trains and Boats & Planes - Dionne Warwick
Train Round The Bend - Velvet Underground
Mystery Train - Jr Parker , Elvis , The Band
Are You Lonely For Me (which many people remember as Last Train To Jacksonville - ok ,that doesnt count but it's great) Freddie Scott
Gone Dead Train - Randy Newman , Crazy Horse

SteveK

By LTLFTC (12.210.76.205) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 10:56 am:

Oh , I misread - I thought you meant "train" in the title - I guess "Jacksonville" counts then

stevek

By Dick Gamble (216.93.77.92) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 11:29 am:

Rock Island Line...Lead Belly
Take the A train...Duke Ellington
Lonesome Whistle Blues...Hank Williams

By Dick Gamble (216.93.77.92) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 11:30 am:

Forget one.
Canadian Railroad Trilogy..Gordon Lightfoot

By Jim G (152.163.188.68) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 11:42 am:

"Choo Choo Ch Boogie" Louis Jordan
"Happy Go Lucky Local", "Lightnin'", "Daybreak Express" by Duke Ellington.
"Honky Tonk Train" by Meade "Lux" Lewis is the classic boogie-woogie composition. Boogie-Woogie really is the rhythm of a train, the drive of a locomotive.

So many songs in American music, especially in Black culture, are train centered. Trains offer an opportunity, a chance to escape, the possibility of a better life somewhere else. This was markedly true during the Great Depression.

By john dixon (205.188.209.38) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 11:46 am:

Catch A Train-Free
Last Train To Clarksville-The Monkees
Train Train-Blackfoot
Train Kept A Rollin'- Johnny&Dorsey Burnette's Rock and Roll Trio, The Yardbirds, Aerosmith
Westbound #9-Flaming Ember
Click Clack-Captain Beefheart

By Dick Gamble (216.93.77.92) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 11:47 am:

Hobo Blues..John Lee Hooker

Night Train..Buddy Morrow

Night train to Georgia...Gladys Knight

By Jim G (152.163.188.68) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 11:54 am:

Dick,
Just a piece of trivia if you're interested...
"Night Train" in fact is "Happy Go Lucky Local", retitled & recorded by ex-Ellington tenor man Jimmy Forrest. It was popular at strip joints (so I'm told)!

By Nikki (24.46.200.124) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 12:27 pm:

Night Train 66 Style - Tommy Wills (inst'l)

Gotta Get On the Train - Twilighters

There Goes That Train - Trebelaires (this is a super dyn-o-mite R&B female group with awesome harmony!)

The Train - Magnetics

Night Train - Kids From Cleveland

Ride On My Train - Harrison Jones (this one really smokes!!)

Tennessee Train - 4 Knights

Train (Choo-Choo) - Cardinals

Nikki
http://www.harmonytrain.com

By dvdmike (12.84.119.23) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 12:42 pm:

Take The "A" Train
Tuxedo Junction
The Atcheson, Topeka And The Santa Fe
Train Called Freedom

By soulie dave uk (62.254.64.5) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 01:03 pm:

Freedom Train, James Carr.
Memphis Train, Rufus Thomas.
Train tour to Rainbow City, The Pyramids.

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.68) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 02:09 pm:

Don Thomas-Come on Train/Train start moving-NUVJ(NO.1001).
Al Green&The Soul Mates-Back up Train-Hot Line Music.
James Brown-Night Train-(uk)Parlaphone(us)King.
James Carr-Friendship Train-(uk)B&C Records.
The O'Jays-Love Train-(uk)CBS.
Gladys Knight-Midnight Train to Georgia-Tamla Motown(uk).
Little Esther-Mainliner-Federal.
Betty O'Brian-She'll Be Gone-Liberty(no.55365)
Fifth Dimension-Train keep on Moving-(uk)Liberty.
Eddie Holland-Leaving Here-Motown.
Jimmy Ruffin-Gonna give her all the Love I got-Tamla Motown(uk).also by (I think)Benny Gordon on Wand records.
Fred McDowell-The train I ride.
Roosevelt Sykes-The train is coming.
Lonnie Brooks-The Train and the Horse.
Clarence'Gatemouth'Brown-Choo Choo Boogie.
Louis Jordan-Take the A train.
Leroy Carr-Mean old Train Blues.
Joe Turner-Midnight Special Train.

oops sorry about that,just went on a Blue's holiday.I am currently looking through my blues collection of c.d's and saw this thread.
Dont forget for all these 'Train'compilations,that they wouldnt get anywhere without Billy Butler's 'Right Track'.(sorry).
Mel in Bluesville U.K.

By R&B (138.238.41.118) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 02:27 pm:

HEY MEL,NO APOLOGIES EVER NEEDED,JUST KEEP EM COMIN IF YOU GOT EM CAUSE YOU'RE STILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL THE MAN,YOUR PAL R&B!

By MEL&THEN SOME9 (195.219.7.68) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 02:32 pm:

R&B,
Thanks man,I needed that,was on board to Downsville,but now on board to Dreamsville(sammy ambrose).
Later R&B,
MEL(still prospectin').

By Dick Gamble (216.93.11.101) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 04:51 pm:

Here's one train you don't want to be on...which should surely accelerate the morbidity rate of this thread.

"DEATH'S BLACK TRAIN IS COMING"

The Reverend J.M. Gates

Columbia Records
14145-D
April 1926

Dick

By Soulpuss (24.102.217.36) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 05:06 pm:

"THE TRAIN" CHARLES JACKSON.
"ENGINE NUMBER 9" WICKED PICKETT

By stephanie (206.214.1.19) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 08:28 pm:

Choo Choo Train by the Box Tops..
Stephanie

By PhilH (203.220.98.80) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 08:59 pm:

"That Train Is Gone" - Chuck Willis
"Waitin' At The Station" - Aaron Neville
"Midnight Special" - Leadbelly, CCR, dozens of others
"Texas And Pacific" - Louis Jordan
"Me And Bobby McGee" - Kris Kristofferson, Janis Joplin, Thelma Houston, etc ("Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train")
"Waterloo Sunset" - The Kinks ("Terry meets Julie Waterloo Station every Friday Night" and "Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo Underground")
"Stop That Train" - The Wailers (the basis of Scotty's "Draw Your Breaks" on THE HARDER THEY COME soundtrack)
"Stop That Train" - Milt Matthews (a nice little obscurity on H & L)

Phil

By PhilH (203.220.98.80) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 09:10 pm:

I forgot Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - "the midnight train is whining low".

"Rainy Night In Georgia" - Tony Joe White, Brook Benton, Ray Charles - "found me a place in a boxcar"

"I'm Movin' On" - Hank Snow, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley - "that big eight-wheeler movin' down the track means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back".

Mel - I haven't heard Little Esther's "Mainliner", but I'm wondering if, in view of her, er, reputation, it mightn't be about something else?

Phil

By Jim Feliciano in Detroit. (152.163.188.68) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 09:18 pm:

It's the ultimate "TRAIN" 'hit'--
"PARTY TRAIN" by the GAP BAND... 'this' one, KICKS ASS.

By Mark Speck (65.56.219.164) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 11:13 pm:

"Lovin' Up a Storm"--Jerry Lee Lewis ("...like a train goin' 'round the bend")

Best,

Mark

By Mark Speck (65.56.219.164) on Saturday, February 22, 2003 - 11:24 pm:

Any South Park fans here? How about "Poo Choo Train", sung by Mr. Hankey and Cartman in one of the South Park Christmas specials, about a train made of crap?

Best,

Mark (being very silly)

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.14) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 02:01 am:

Phil,
Thats exactly what I thought but its nothing to do with Narcotics.
And what an absolutly incredible track(pun)it is.As always with a voice like she had.
mel.

By padgburyman (195.93.50.9) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 02:28 am:

Midnight train to Georgia.

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.32) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 02:46 am:

Okeh Mark,
how about Casey Jones
and his (dont know the proper title)
'steamin'an'a rollin' or was it called
'The Cannonball Express'.
Cant recall the title but can still sing the lyrics to it from the series all those years ago.
Mel(about to Hobo' it).

By Uptight (24.55.6.144) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 08:07 am:

There was a children's record called "Little Red Caboose" (Chug, Chug, Chug) by Peggy Ann.

By Mark Speck (64.159.101.148) on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 03:52 pm:

Not only is there the theme from the Casey Jones TV show, but also "Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead ("Drivin' that train/High on cocaine...")

Best,

Mark

By douglasm (68.113.15.28) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 10:54 am:

Wasn't there a pop hit by Edward Bear (?) called "I'm A Train"?
"Going down to the Breakers yard
I'm a train, I'm a track
I'm a chucka train, yea"

By Livonia Ken (136.2.1.101) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 11:02 am:

"(It's Not the Express) It's the J.B.s Monaurail" - The JBs

Kind of an answer to B.T. Express' "Express".

Regards,
Ken

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 11:18 am:

"Do The Choo-Choo Part 1 & 2" - Jack Ashford (Blaze Records) 1975
"Train Keeps On Riding" - The Pasadenas (Columbia Records) 1989
"Back Up Train" - Al Green & the Soul Mates (Hot Line Music Journal) 1967
"Trains & Boats & Planes" - Dionne Warwick (Scepter Records) 1966
"We're On The Right Track" - Ultra High Frequency (Wand Records) 1973 & Blue Magic (Atlantic/WMOT) circa 1974

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By TonyRussi (68.18.225.134) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 12:36 pm:

How 'bout "Locomotion"Little Eva, "Soul Train"Mary Wells(From Servin Up Some Soul LP)

By Livonia Ken (136.2.1.101) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 12:38 pm:

How about the Count Bishops' (British 70s band) "Train Train". The first time I heard this was via a Billy Bragg cover around my freshman year in college. It was on the same BB album that featured "Levi Stubbs' Tears".

Regards,
Ken

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 04:18 pm:

"Funky Soul Train"/"Robert & WQ'S Funky Soul Train" - Robert Parker (NOLA Records) 1967
"Soul Train" - Curley Moore (Hot Line Records) 1965

Three rare New Orleans soul classics.

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.26) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 04:55 pm:

"Express Train" - Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band !

"FRiendship Train" - Gladys and the Pips

"Train To Nowhere" - Rare Earth / Savoy Brown

"Been On A Train" - Laura Nyro
(Esther Phillips should've done this .... awesome)

By Dick Gamble (216.93.58.232) on Monday, February 24, 2003 - 06:15 pm:

"Mean old train"...John Lee Hooker

"Southbound Train"...Muddy Waters

By Mark Speck (65.56.57.5) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:20 am:

"I'm a Train" is by Albert Hammond, not Edward Bear. It was one of his follow-ups to "It Never Rains in Southern California".

Best,

Mark

By Jim Dunn (24.46.200.124) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 12:54 am:

Here's a few more.

219 Train- Moonglows
Midnight Flyer (name of train)- Rivieras and also the Tramps
Same Train- Golden Gate Quartet
Golden Gate Gospel Train- Golden Gate Quartet
Gospel Train- Harmony Kings of WTND


All aboard !

Jim

By Dick Gamble (216.93.11.64) on Tuesday, February 25, 2003 - 01:10 pm:

"Downbound Train" Chuck Berry

"All Aboard" Chuck Berry

"Train Fare Home Blues" Muddy Waters

By medusa9e (66.73.14.28) on Monday, March 03, 2003 - 08:35 pm:

Back Up Train, Al Green first hit recording (I think). It was a song about a guy leaving his girl behind, then he thought about what they had between them, and he decided not to leave, so he asked the Conductor to back the train up and turn it around.

By Soul Sister (65.43.153.219) on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 10:53 pm:

Memories (Wish that I could catch a night train to the past...) by The Manhattans Back Up This Train by Al Green Night Train