Story - Popular Contemporary Railroad Songs

Compiled by Le Roy Barnett

HIGHLY POPULAR CONTEMPORARY RAILROAD SONGS (Chronological Order)

• Midnight Special (1936) (Sister Rosetta Tharpe); 1964 Johnny Rivers

• Tuxedo Junction (1940) (Glen Miller)

• Chattanooga Choo Choo (1945) (Glen Miller)

• Sentimental Journey (1945) (Les Miller)

• Choo Choo Ch’boogie (1946) (Louis Jordan)

• Mystery Train (1953) (Elvis Presley)

• Last Train to Clarksville (1956) (Monkees)

• Rock Island Line (1956) (Lonni Donnigan)

• Freight Train (1957) (Elizabeth Cotton)

• This Train is Bound for Glory (1930?); (Peter, Paul & Mary, 1962)

• Midnight Train to Georgia (1973) (Gladys Knight & the Pips)

• Love Train (1972) (O’Jay’s)