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)

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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