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Songwriter (s) Steve Goodman. Producer (s) Kris Kristofferson, Norbert Putnam. " City of New Orleans " is a country folk song written by Steve Goodman (and first recorded for Goodman's self-titled 1971 album), describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans on the Illinois Central Railroad 's City of New Orleans in bittersweet and nostalgic ...
Steve Goodman. Steven Benjamin Goodman[1] (July 25, 1948 – September 20, 1984) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago. He wrote the song "City of New Orleans", which was recorded by Arlo Guthrie and many others including John Denver, The Highwaymen, and Judy Collins; in 1985, it afforded Goodman the Grammy songwriter ...
1981. Length. 6:02. Songwriter (s) Steve Goodman. " A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request " is a folk song written by Steve Goodman in 1981 and first performed by him on a WGN radio show that year. The song tells the story of a Chicago Cubs fan looking back at decades of supporting the struggling baseball team. Goodman wrote the song in the spring of ...
2:12 (Single without WGN version) Label. Red Pajamas Records. Songwriter (s) Steve Goodman. " Go Cubs Go ", " Go, Cubs, Go " or " Go, Cubs, Go! " is a song written by Steve Goodman in 1984. [1] At various times the Goodman version of the song has been the official Chicago Cubs team song and the official Cubs victory song, playing after every ...
Steve Goodman. (album) Steve Goodman is the debut album of singer/songwriter Steve Goodman, released in 1971. It included both of his most well-known compositions: "City of New Orleans", first covered by Arlo Guthrie, and an early version of " You Never Even Call Me by My Name," which, with some modifications, was covered by David Allan Coe. In ...
Jessie's Jig & Other Favorites. (1975) Somebody Else's Troubles is an album by singer/songwriter Steve Goodman, released in 1972. The record received favorable reviews but failed to sell. Goodman soon left Buddah Records and signed with Elektra Records. [1] Bob Dylan contributes piano on the title song under the pseudonym of Robert Milkwood Thomas.
City of New Orleans. (album) City of New Orleans is a studio album by the American musician Willie Nelson, released by Columbia Records in 1984. [1] The title track was written and originally recorded by Steve Goodman; his version was released in 1971. The next year, Arlo Guthrie became the first to have a hit with the song. [2]
Goodman released the song on his eponymous 1971 debut album Steve Goodman to little acclaim. It was more famously recorded by country music singer David Allan Coe on his 1975 album Once Upon a Rhyme. It was the third single release of Coe's career and his first Top Ten hit, reaching a peak of number eight on the Billboard country singles charts.