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Elizabeth Cotten " 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.
The album included her signature recording "Freight Train", a song she wrote in her early teens. [7] In 1984, her live album Elizabeth Cotten Live!, won her a Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, at the age of 90. [8] That same year, Cotten was recognized as a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the ...
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. [3] [4] It is best known for containing the earliest recording of her classic "Freight Train." The album cover was designed by Ronald Clyne. [4]
Asteroid City takes place in an Arizona desert town in 1955, and its soundtrack contains 17 country and western songs that were originally recorded and released during that time period. [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
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, a children's book by Donald Crews; Freight Train (folk song), a song by Elizabeth Cotten; Freight Train, a 2010 album by Alan Jackson; Freight Train (Nitro song), a song by glam metal band Nitro; Freight Train Studios, a former recording studio owned by Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes
The song "Freight Train" by Elizabeth 'Libba" Cotten was inspired by the train that ran on the State University Railroad spur past her house on Lloyd St, and which served the needs of Carr Mill. [6] Cotten wrote the song in the early 1900s, as a young teenager.