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"Freight Train" is an American folk song written by Elizabeth Cotten in the early 20th century, and popularized during the American folk revival and British skiffle [1] period of the 1950s and 1960s.
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (née Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) [1] [2] [3] was an influential American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. [4]
In 1989 it was reissued by Smithsonian Folkways as SFW40009 featuring Mike Seeger's updated notes with comments on Cotten's life, musical style, and song lyrics. The album is also known as Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes and was originally released as Elizabeth Cotten: Negro Folk Songs and Tunes.
On June 20, 2023, three days before the soundtrack's release, Cocker released his original song for the film, "Dear Alien (Who Art in Heaven)", [7] which was co-written with Hawley and Anderson. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] On June 22, Cocker and Hawley performed at an Asteroid City immersive exhibition in London, playing "Dear Alien" and a second song they ...
In late 1956, whilst recording the song "Freight Train" – written by folk blues singer Elizabeth Cotten [3] – for Oriole Records, studio owner Bill Varley suggested they should add a female singer. [4] As a result, folk singer Nancy Whiskey was invited to join the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group, and they re-recorded the song with her vocals. [3]
"Freight Train" w. Paul James & Fred Williams m. trad arr. Elizabeth Cotton "The French Can-Can Polka" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Jacques Offenbach "From This Moment On" w.m. Cole Porter "Frosty the Snowman" w.m. Steve Nelson & Jack Rollins "Fugue For Tinhorns" w.m. Frank Loesser "Get Out Those Old Records" w.m. Carmen Lombardo & John Jacob Loeb
A man wanted for questioning in the death of a woman set ablaze on a subway train is seen in a combination of still images from surveillance video in New York City on Dec. 22, 2024.
The song "Freight Train", sung by Nancy Whiskey with the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group, appears in full in the Bermondsey Town Hall concert sequence at the end of the 1957 film The Tommy Steele Story. [6] Also, in 2023, "Freight Train", sung by Whiskey, was featured in Wes Anderson's film Asteroid City. [7]