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"Rock Island Line" is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad , it appeared as a folk song as early as 1929. The first recorded performance of "Rock Island Line" was by inmates of the Arkansas Cummins State Farm prison in 1934.
"Somebody That I Used to Know" is a song written, produced and performed by Belgian-Australian musician and singer Gotye, featuring vocals from New Zealand singer Kimbra. The song samples Luiz Bonfá's 1967 instrumental song "Seville", with additional instrumentations of beats and a xylophone playing a melody based on "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep".
The theme song to the 2008-2010 TV series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack is a version of the song with modified lyrics, referring to "a place called Candied Island" instead of "Big Rock Candy Mountain". The series itself echoes the song, as it features two hobo-like characters searching for the fabled paradise of Candied Island.
Rock Island Line is an album by Johnny Cash on vinyl format, later released on CD, with a few train and fun songs included of which some were from different albums before. Track listing [ edit ]
Rock Island Line may refer to: Rock Island Line, the traditional song; Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, believed to be the line mentioned in the traditional song; Rock Island District, the Metra commuter rail line; Rock Island Line (album), the Johnny Cash album
Laine sang an eclectic variety of song styles and genres, stretching from big band crooning to pop, western-themed songs, gospel, rock, folk, jazz, and blues. He did not sing the soundtrack song for High Noon , which was sung by Tex Ritter , but his own version (with somewhat altered lyrics, omitting the name of the antagonist, Frank Miller ...
With a washboard, tea-chest bass, and a cheap Spanish guitar, Donegan played folk and blues songs by artists such as Lead Belly and Woody Guthrie. [5] This proved popular and in July 1954 he recorded a fast version of Lead Belly's "Rock Island Line", [4] featuring a washboard but not a tea-chest bass, with "John Henry" on the B-side. [5]
Iain David McGeachy OBE (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist.Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums and received frequent critical acclaim.