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"The Wabash Cannonball" (arranged by Joel Leach) is known as the unofficial "second" fight song of Kansas State University, having been played since the late 1960s. It was the only piece of sheet music rescued from the KSU music department in the Nichols Hall fire of 1968, [ 7 ] and grew in popularity with students and fans.
Wabash Cannonball is an LP record album produced in 1977 by the National Geographic Society. [1] The album was part of a series of sound recordings called "An American adventure" which also included "Barbershop Days" (1977), "Song of the Cumberland Gap in the days of Daniel Boone" (1977), "Westward Ho!" (1977), and "In the good old summertime ...
All songs performed by Russell, excluding A1. All tracks composed by artist listed. A1 Wabash Cannonball : Vocals – Willie Nelson and Leon Russell 2:43; A2 Oh Lonesome Me : Written-By – Don Gibson 2:32; A3 Tennessee Waltz : Lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King 2:30; A4 "Heartaches by the Number" : Written-By – Harlan Howard 2:44
"Promised Land" is a song lyric written by Chuck Berry to the melody of "Wabash Cannonball", an American folk song. The song was first recorded in this version by Berry in 1964 for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in December 1964, it was Berry's fourth single issued following his prison term for a Mann Act conviction.
In the early 1930s, A. P. Carter befriended Lesley "Esley" Riddle, a black guitar player from Kingsport, Tennessee.Esley accompanied A.P. on his song-collecting trips. Many songs, such as "Motherless Children" and "Wabash Cannonball" found here, were traditional folk songs that were copyrighted by A.
"Wildcat Victory" is Kansas State University's official fight song. [1] It was written in 1927 [2] by Harry E. Erickson, when the school was still known as Kansas State Agricultural College. In addition to this song, the Kansas State University Marching Band also commonly plays "Wabash Cannonball" as an alternate fight song. [3]
"Pan American" was Williams' attempt to rewrite Roy Acuff's immensely popular version of the Carter Family's "Wabash Cannonball." Along with the church, Acuff was arguably Williams' biggest musical influence; in 1952 he insisted to Ralph Gleason, "He's the biggest singer this music ever knew. You booked him and you didn't worry about crowds.
Toggle Track listing subsection. 2.1 Side one. ... Chet was reissued on CD in 2006 combined with Music From Nashville, My Home ... "Wabash Cannonball" (Carter ...