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1894; 130 years ago (1894) Songwriter (s) Traditional. "I've Been Working on the Railroad" is an American folk song. The first published version appeared as "Levee Song" in Carmina Princetonia, a book of Princeton University songs published in 1894. [1] The earliest known recording is by The Shannon Quartet, released by Victor Records in 1923.
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in all major musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
Lyricist: Wallace Saunders, T. Lawrence Seibert. " The Ballad of Casey Jones ", also known as " Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer " or simply " Casey Jones ", is a traditional American folk song about railroad engineer Casey Jones and his death at the controls of the train he was driving. It tells of how Jones and his fireman Sim Webb raced their ...
Music video. "Hey Soul Sister" on YouTube. " Hey, Soul Sister " is a song by American rock band Train. It was written by lead singer Pat Monahan, Amund Bjørklund, and Espen Lind. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Save Me, San Francisco (2009). The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and ...
"Meet Virginia" is the debut single of American roots rock band Train, released in 1998 from their self-titled debut album. Originally serviced to adult album alternative radio in March 1998, the song took over a year to gain popularity on mainstream radio, eventually reaching number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 2000, becoming Train's first top-20 hit and their first single ...
Song. Written. 1948. Songwriter (s) Paul Mills, Slim Gaillard. " Down by the Station " (also known as " Down at the Station ") is a popular song written by Paul Mills and Slim Gaillard and first recorded by The Slim Gaillard Trio in 1947. [1] The song was most famously recorded by Tommy Dorsey in 1948.
Producer (s) Nick Davis. Genesis. " Driving the Last Spike " is the third track on the Genesis album We Can't Dance, released in 1991. The song's lyrics by Phil Collins are about the Navvies: railway workers of the 19th century, many of whom died constructing Britain 's railways. The song narrates the thoughts and feelings of an unnamed railway ...
help. " Waiting for a Train " is a song written and recorded by Jimmie Rodgers and released by the Victor Talking Machine Company as the flipside of "Blue Yodel No. 4" in February 1929. The song originated in the nineteenth century in England. It later appeared in several song books, with variations on the lyrics throughout the years.