Today the American highways are populated
by truckers but before the trucks arrived on the scene, goods were
transported by railroad - leading to countless stories, anecdotes and
legends that have found their way into the music of the country &
western, rhythm & blues and rock & roll scenes and eventually
into pop music. There were stories about specific trains, the heroic
deeds of railroaders - and the hobos, those fare-dodging tramps who
travelled the length and breadth of the country and who were brutally
combated by the railroaders and their bosses. These stories have been
compiled on this 10 CD box set - many performed by well-known stars
while other tracks are true rarities. An absolute "must have" for fans
of the great music of the 1950s.
Train-Songs Vol. 1
01. Pan American - Hank Williams
02. Choo Choo Train - Doris Day
03. Streamline Train - Ken Colyer
04. Mule Train - Frankie Laine
05. Doggone That Train - Hank Snow
06. Lonesome Train - Johnny Burnette
07. Lightnin' Express - The Everly Brothers
08. Hey Porter - Johnny Cash
09. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
10. Big Iron - Marty Robbins
11. Railroad Man - Alan Lomax & The Ramblers
12. The Golden Rocket - Johnny Horton
13. Smoke Along The Track - Stonewall Jackson
14. I'm Movin' On - Don Gibson
15. Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
16. The Log Train - Hank Williams
17. Glory Train - Ricky Nelson
18. Tennessee Ghost Train - Jimmy Dale
19. Oo Ee Train - Bobby Darin
20. This Train - Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys
Train-Songs Vol. 2
01. Yonder Comes A Sucker - Jim Reeves
02. Train To Nowhere - The Champs
03. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Bill Haley & The Comets
04. Come On Train - Lloyd George
05. Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff
06. Big Wheels - Hank Snow
07. Train Whistle Blues - Bonnie Lou
08. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle - Hank Williams
09. Freight Train - Rusty Draper
10. Black Smoke And Blue Tears - Clyde Arnold
11. Freight Train Boogie - Red Foley
12. Bop Train - Bill Justis
13. This Train - Hank Thompson
14. Watchin' The 710 Roll By - Buck Griffin
15. Union Train - Arthur Baird's Skiffle Group
16. If I Were A Train - Teresa Brewer
17. They Call Me A Hobo - Curly Lee
18. Midnight Train - Johnny Burnette
19. Big Wheels Rollin' - Johnny Horton
20. Train Rock - Johnny Boni
Train-Songs Vol. 3
01. John Henry - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
02. The Gospel Train - Laurie London
03. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
04. Railroad Blues - Sam Mcgee
05. Waiting For A Train - Jim Reeves
06. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Bill Haley & The Comets
07. Worried Man Blues - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
08. Put Me On The Train To Carolina - Louvin Brothers
09. Take The First Train Out Of Town - Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys
10. The Last Ride - Hank Snow
11. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Louis Jordan
12. The First Train Headin' South - Johnny Horton
13. I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow
14. Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys
15. Night Train - The Four Lovers
16. Streamlined Cannonball - Tennessee Ernie
17. Catch That Train - Lee Emerson
18. Coal Smoke, Valve Oil And Steam - Johnny Horton
19. Lonesome Train - Johnny Talley
20. One Way Ticket - Neil Sedaka
Train-Songs Vol. 4
01. Sentimental Journey - Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra
02. Mister Train - Phil Bo
03. The Train With The Rhumba Beat - Rusty Draper
04. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Kenny Roberts
05. The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Johnny Burnette
06. The Golden Rocket - Hank Snow
07. Jukebox Cannonball - Bill Haley & The Comets
08. Hobo Boogie - Red Foley
09. Lost John - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
10. The Wreck Of Old No. 9 - Carroll Free
11. Hobo Bop - Tommy Nelson
12. Pan American - Hawkshaw Hawkins
13. Night Train - Ken Patrick
14. Chic-A-Choo Freight - Bob Newman
15. Hobo Bill's Last Ride - Jimmie Rodgers
16. Casey Jones - Ken Colyer Skiffle group
17. Evil Train - The Bradley Boys
18. Mystery Train - Little Junior Parker & The Blue Flames
19. Richmond, Chicago, Mexico And Home - Sonny Miller
20. Train Time Blues - Roy Brown
Train-Songs Vol. 5
01. Train Of Love - Johnny Cash
02. Agent Men Denver - Bob Ayres & The Secret
03. The Woo Woo Train - The Valentines
04. The Train With The Rhumba Beat - Johnny Horton
05. The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Tiny Bradshaw
06. Midnight Train - Jimmy Jackson's Rockin' Skiffle
07. One More Ride - Hank Snow
08. That Long Black Train - Franklin Stewart
09. Streamliner Boogie - Jimmie O'Neal
10. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
11. Long Long Train - Bill Mack
12. Train Whistle Blues - Jimmie Rodgers
13. Hobo - Benny Martin
14. Tennessee Ghost Train - Jimmie Dale
15. Hey Mister Porter - Ralph Pruitt
16. All Aboard For Oklahoma - Spade Cooley
17. Keep Old Central Rolling - Jerry Pitts
18. Train Time Blues - Amos Milburn
19. Gonna Take An Express Train - Jimmy Starr
20. The Train Is Leavin' - Lowell Fulson
Train-Songs Vol. 6
01. Big Train - Art Law
02. Night Train To Memphis - Red Foley
03. There Goes That Train - Rollee McGill
04. Railroad Crossing - Cliff Shepherd
05. I'm So Lonely - Bill Flagg
06. Lonesome Train Blues - Hank Penny
07. Side Track Daddy - Lanie Walker
08. Rolling Home - Larry Harvey
09. Lonely Lonely Train - Sonny Anderson
10. Hobo Bill's Last Ride - Hank Snow
11. Down Bound Train - Ken Colyer
12. Goodbye Train - Jim Foley & The Big Beats
13. Lonesome Train Boogie - Cousin Joe Maphis
14. Big Train - Tommy Faile
15. Waiting For A Train - Jimmie Rodgers
16. Folsom Prison - Norman Sullivan
17. Lonesome Train - Freddy Jacobs
18. Now Ride The D Train - Al Sears
19. Tough Train - The Champs
20. Mainliner - Little Esther
Train-Songs Vol. 7
01. Mystery Train - Vernon Taylor
02. Big Wheels Rollin' - Johnny Horton
03. Mail Train - Billy Joe Tucker
04. Black Train - Rudy Thacker
05. Boxcar Willie - Marty Martin
06. Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
07. Wreck Of The Ol' Number Nine - Gene Parson
08. Take The A Train - Bob Wills
09. Midnight Train - Eddie Plew & The Juniors
10. Long Gone Night Train - Gene Norman & The Rocking Rockets
11. Big Black Train - Arlie Miller
12. The Wreck Of The Old '97 - Hank Snow
13. The Train's Done Gone - Ray Scott
14. Hell Train - Billy Strange & His Orchestra
15. The Midnight Line - Bob Riley
16. Let's Go - Chuck Manning & The Rhythm Ranch Boys
17. Stop Rockin' That Train - Ivory Joe Hunter
18. Freight Train Blues - Gene & Jerry
19. Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train - Mabel Scott
20. Train Train - Ronnie Murray
Train-Songs Vol. 8
01. Freight Train - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
02. Ben Dewberry's Final Run - Hank Snow
03. One Way Track - Hank Davis
04. allas Limited - Homer Zeke
05. Wabash Cannonball - Lonnie Donegan
06. Going Back To Dixie - Wayne Busbice
07. One More Ride - Johnny Cash
08. Box Car Blues - Hank Spurling
09. Train Whistle Nightmare - Joe Lewis
10. Leavin' Town - Jimmy North
11. Skiffle Group Railroad Bill - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
12. Midnite Express - Willie Tremain's Thunderbirds
13. Move On Down The Track - Floyd Fletcher
14. Mean Train - Grover Pruitt
15. The Cattle Train - Don Lang Skiffle Group
16. Ride That Train - Leon James
17. Lonesome Train Boogie - Eddie Cletro
18. Steam Whistle Jump - Earl Bostic
19. Old black Choo Choo - Maddox Brothers & Rose Old black
20. Florida Special - Wilbert Harrison
Train-Songs Vol. 9
01. The Mystery Of No. 5 - Hank Snow
02. Big Black Train - Stanley Johnson
03. Down Bound Train - Chuck Berry
04. The Devil's Train - The Chuck-A-Lucks
05. Lost Train - The Jades
06. Fireball Mail - Roy Acuff
07. Midnight Train - Wayne Newman
08. Wreck Of The Old '97 - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
09. Memory Train - Zen Fuller
10. Pan American Boogie - Lonnie Glosson
11. The Ghost Of Casey Jones - Rod Morris
12. The Northern Line - Sonny Stewart & His Skiffle Kings
13. South Bound Line - Tracy Pendarvis
14. Train Whistle Boogie - Charles Dean
15. 6.5. Special - Don Lang Skiffle Group
16. Gravy Train - The York Brothers
17. This Train - Reverend Ballenger
18. On The Gravy Train - Bus Moten
19. Big Wheel - Cecil Foutch
20. Night Ride - Big Jay McNeely
Train-Songs Vol. 10
01. California Zephyr - Jimmy Jackson's Rockin' Skiffle
02. Wreck Of The Old '97 - Johnny Cash
03. Loco Choo Choo - The Miller Brothers
04. Long Black Train - Jody Reynolds
05. Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford
06. Woman Train - Hank Davis
07. Groovy Train - Wade Cagle
08. Freight Train Boogie - Johnny Tyler
09. Going Back To Memphis - Gene Simmons
10. Heartbreak Train - Doug Corby
11. Mister Freight Train - Johnny Nelms
12. Choo Choo Train - Tommy Sena
13. Railroad Engineer - Joe Lewis
14. Railroad Stomp - Eddie Carter
15. The Engineer's Child - Hank Snow
16. Eight More Miles To Louisville - Bob Cort's Skiffle Group
17. Freight Train Blues - Jack Kingston
18. Train Time - Louis & Frosty
19. I'm Rollin' On - Bill Clifton
20. Intercity - Tennessee
01. Pan American - Hank Williams
02. Choo Choo Train - Doris Day
03. Streamline Train - Ken Colyer
04. Mule Train - Frankie Laine
05. Doggone That Train - Hank Snow
06. Lonesome Train - Johnny Burnette
07. Lightnin' Express - The Everly Brothers
08. Hey Porter - Johnny Cash
09. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
10. Big Iron - Marty Robbins
11. Railroad Man - Alan Lomax & The Ramblers
12. The Golden Rocket - Johnny Horton
13. Smoke Along The Track - Stonewall Jackson
14. I'm Movin' On - Don Gibson
15. Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
16. The Log Train - Hank Williams
17. Glory Train - Ricky Nelson
18. Tennessee Ghost Train - Jimmy Dale
19. Oo Ee Train - Bobby Darin
20. This Train - Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys
Train-Songs Vol. 2
01. Yonder Comes A Sucker - Jim Reeves
02. Train To Nowhere - The Champs
03. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Bill Haley & The Comets
04. Come On Train - Lloyd George
05. Wabash Cannonball - Roy Acuff
06. Big Wheels - Hank Snow
07. Train Whistle Blues - Bonnie Lou
08. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle - Hank Williams
09. Freight Train - Rusty Draper
10. Black Smoke And Blue Tears - Clyde Arnold
11. Freight Train Boogie - Red Foley
12. Bop Train - Bill Justis
13. This Train - Hank Thompson
14. Watchin' The 710 Roll By - Buck Griffin
15. Union Train - Arthur Baird's Skiffle Group
16. If I Were A Train - Teresa Brewer
17. They Call Me A Hobo - Curly Lee
18. Midnight Train - Johnny Burnette
19. Big Wheels Rollin' - Johnny Horton
20. Train Rock - Johnny Boni
Train-Songs Vol. 3
01. John Henry - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
02. The Gospel Train - Laurie London
03. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
04. Railroad Blues - Sam Mcgee
05. Waiting For A Train - Jim Reeves
06. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Bill Haley & The Comets
07. Worried Man Blues - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
08. Put Me On The Train To Carolina - Louvin Brothers
09. Take The First Train Out Of Town - Freddie Bell & The Bell Boys
10. The Last Ride - Hank Snow
11. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Louis Jordan
12. The First Train Headin' South - Johnny Horton
13. I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow
14. Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys
15. Night Train - The Four Lovers
16. Streamlined Cannonball - Tennessee Ernie
17. Catch That Train - Lee Emerson
18. Coal Smoke, Valve Oil And Steam - Johnny Horton
19. Lonesome Train - Johnny Talley
20. One Way Ticket - Neil Sedaka
Train-Songs Vol. 4
01. Sentimental Journey - Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra
02. Mister Train - Phil Bo
03. The Train With The Rhumba Beat - Rusty Draper
04. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Kenny Roberts
05. The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Johnny Burnette
06. The Golden Rocket - Hank Snow
07. Jukebox Cannonball - Bill Haley & The Comets
08. Hobo Boogie - Red Foley
09. Lost John - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
10. The Wreck Of Old No. 9 - Carroll Free
11. Hobo Bop - Tommy Nelson
12. Pan American - Hawkshaw Hawkins
13. Night Train - Ken Patrick
14. Chic-A-Choo Freight - Bob Newman
15. Hobo Bill's Last Ride - Jimmie Rodgers
16. Casey Jones - Ken Colyer Skiffle group
17. Evil Train - The Bradley Boys
18. Mystery Train - Little Junior Parker & The Blue Flames
19. Richmond, Chicago, Mexico And Home - Sonny Miller
20. Train Time Blues - Roy Brown
Train-Songs Vol. 5
01. Train Of Love - Johnny Cash
02. Agent Men Denver - Bob Ayres & The Secret
03. The Woo Woo Train - The Valentines
04. The Train With The Rhumba Beat - Johnny Horton
05. The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Tiny Bradshaw
06. Midnight Train - Jimmy Jackson's Rockin' Skiffle
07. One More Ride - Hank Snow
08. That Long Black Train - Franklin Stewart
09. Streamliner Boogie - Jimmie O'Neal
10. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
11. Long Long Train - Bill Mack
12. Train Whistle Blues - Jimmie Rodgers
13. Hobo - Benny Martin
14. Tennessee Ghost Train - Jimmie Dale
15. Hey Mister Porter - Ralph Pruitt
16. All Aboard For Oklahoma - Spade Cooley
17. Keep Old Central Rolling - Jerry Pitts
18. Train Time Blues - Amos Milburn
19. Gonna Take An Express Train - Jimmy Starr
20. The Train Is Leavin' - Lowell Fulson
Train-Songs Vol. 6
01. Big Train - Art Law
02. Night Train To Memphis - Red Foley
03. There Goes That Train - Rollee McGill
04. Railroad Crossing - Cliff Shepherd
05. I'm So Lonely - Bill Flagg
06. Lonesome Train Blues - Hank Penny
07. Side Track Daddy - Lanie Walker
08. Rolling Home - Larry Harvey
09. Lonely Lonely Train - Sonny Anderson
10. Hobo Bill's Last Ride - Hank Snow
11. Down Bound Train - Ken Colyer
12. Goodbye Train - Jim Foley & The Big Beats
13. Lonesome Train Boogie - Cousin Joe Maphis
14. Big Train - Tommy Faile
15. Waiting For A Train - Jimmie Rodgers
16. Folsom Prison - Norman Sullivan
17. Lonesome Train - Freddy Jacobs
18. Now Ride The D Train - Al Sears
19. Tough Train - The Champs
20. Mainliner - Little Esther
Train-Songs Vol. 7
01. Mystery Train - Vernon Taylor
02. Big Wheels Rollin' - Johnny Horton
03. Mail Train - Billy Joe Tucker
04. Black Train - Rudy Thacker
05. Boxcar Willie - Marty Martin
06. Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
07. Wreck Of The Ol' Number Nine - Gene Parson
08. Take The A Train - Bob Wills
09. Midnight Train - Eddie Plew & The Juniors
10. Long Gone Night Train - Gene Norman & The Rocking Rockets
11. Big Black Train - Arlie Miller
12. The Wreck Of The Old '97 - Hank Snow
13. The Train's Done Gone - Ray Scott
14. Hell Train - Billy Strange & His Orchestra
15. The Midnight Line - Bob Riley
16. Let's Go - Chuck Manning & The Rhythm Ranch Boys
17. Stop Rockin' That Train - Ivory Joe Hunter
18. Freight Train Blues - Gene & Jerry
19. Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train - Mabel Scott
20. Train Train - Ronnie Murray
Train-Songs Vol. 8
01. Freight Train - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group
02. Ben Dewberry's Final Run - Hank Snow
03. One Way Track - Hank Davis
04. allas Limited - Homer Zeke
05. Wabash Cannonball - Lonnie Donegan
06. Going Back To Dixie - Wayne Busbice
07. One More Ride - Johnny Cash
08. Box Car Blues - Hank Spurling
09. Train Whistle Nightmare - Joe Lewis
10. Leavin' Town - Jimmy North
11. Skiffle Group Railroad Bill - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
12. Midnite Express - Willie Tremain's Thunderbirds
13. Move On Down The Track - Floyd Fletcher
14. Mean Train - Grover Pruitt
15. The Cattle Train - Don Lang Skiffle Group
16. Ride That Train - Leon James
17. Lonesome Train Boogie - Eddie Cletro
18. Steam Whistle Jump - Earl Bostic
19. Old black Choo Choo - Maddox Brothers & Rose Old black
20. Florida Special - Wilbert Harrison
Train-Songs Vol. 9
01. The Mystery Of No. 5 - Hank Snow
02. Big Black Train - Stanley Johnson
03. Down Bound Train - Chuck Berry
04. The Devil's Train - The Chuck-A-Lucks
05. Lost Train - The Jades
06. Fireball Mail - Roy Acuff
07. Midnight Train - Wayne Newman
08. Wreck Of The Old '97 - Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group
09. Memory Train - Zen Fuller
10. Pan American Boogie - Lonnie Glosson
11. The Ghost Of Casey Jones - Rod Morris
12. The Northern Line - Sonny Stewart & His Skiffle Kings
13. South Bound Line - Tracy Pendarvis
14. Train Whistle Boogie - Charles Dean
15. 6.5. Special - Don Lang Skiffle Group
16. Gravy Train - The York Brothers
17. This Train - Reverend Ballenger
18. On The Gravy Train - Bus Moten
19. Big Wheel - Cecil Foutch
20. Night Ride - Big Jay McNeely
Train-Songs Vol. 10
01. California Zephyr - Jimmy Jackson's Rockin' Skiffle
02. Wreck Of The Old '97 - Johnny Cash
03. Loco Choo Choo - The Miller Brothers
04. Long Black Train - Jody Reynolds
05. Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford
06. Woman Train - Hank Davis
07. Groovy Train - Wade Cagle
08. Freight Train Boogie - Johnny Tyler
09. Going Back To Memphis - Gene Simmons
10. Heartbreak Train - Doug Corby
11. Mister Freight Train - Johnny Nelms
12. Choo Choo Train - Tommy Sena
13. Railroad Engineer - Joe Lewis
14. Railroad Stomp - Eddie Carter
15. The Engineer's Child - Hank Snow
16. Eight More Miles To Louisville - Bob Cort's Skiffle Group
17. Freight Train Blues - Jack Kingston
18. Train Time - Louis & Frosty
19. I'm Rollin' On - Bill Clifton
20. Intercity - Tennessee