Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

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Sub-Optimal Credits

CD 1
Track 1:
Liner notes:
Little Richard - Royal Crown Hair Dressing ad

Back:
Little Richard - WLAC commercial on back

Track 19:
Jingle for White Rose petroleum jelly.

CD 2
Track 1:
Liner notes:
John Richbourg - John R Theme / Ernie's Record Mart commercial
Shy Guy Douglas - Monkey Doin' Woman

Back:
John Richbourg - WLAC air check
Shy Guy Douglas - Monkey Doin' Woman

Annotation last modified on 2015-04-14 04:19 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Nashville Jumps
Cecil Grant2:57
2Buzzard Pie
Rudy Green2:43
3Skip's Boogie
alto saxophone:
Freddy Young (sax player)
bass:
Clifford McCray
drums (drum set):
Kid King
piano:
Skippy Brooks
Kid King’s Combo2:56
4L&N Special
Christine Kittrell2:34
5Sittin' Here Drinking
Christine Kittrell3:31
6Just Walkin' in the Rain
recording of:
Just Walkin’ in the Rain
writer:
Johnny Bragg, Buddy Killen and Robert Riley
The Prisonaires2:46
7If You and I Could Be Sweethearts
The Varieteers2:20
8Baby Let's Play House
bass:
Clifford McCray
drums (drum set):
Kid King
guitar:
Arthur Gunter
piano:
Skippy Brooks
saxophone:
Freddy Young (sax player)
vocals:
Arthur Gunter
recording of:
Baby Let’s Play House
lyricist and composer:
Arthur Gunter
publisher:
Campbell Connelly (Australia) P/L, Embassy Music Corp., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd. and LPGV Music (BMI)
Arthur Gunter2:46
9Christene
producer:
Roy Hall (US rockabilly pianist & songwriter)
bass:
James Watkins (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Milt Turner
piano:
Otis Hayes
saxophone:
Hank Crawford
vocals:
Hank Crawford
Little Hank & The Rhythm Kings2:47
10It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)
Louis Brooks and His Hi-Toppers2:41
11Rollin' Stone
The Marigolds2:55
12You Can Make It If You Try
producer:
Ted Jarrett
recording of:
You Can Make It If You Try
lyricist and composer:
Ted Jarrett
publisher:
John Stedman Music Publishing
Gene Allison2:10
13Rockin' the Joint
producer:
Ken Nelson (US record producer (’48‐’76) Capitol Records, country music)
piano:
Esquerita
vocals:
Esquerita
Esquerita2:03
14Let's Trade a Little
piano:
‘Pig’ Robbins
vocals:
Audrey Bryant
Audrey Bryant2:07
15Say You Really Care
Roscoe Shelton2:27
16Somebody, Somewhere
recording engineer:
Gene Allison (Nashville soul)
producer:
Ted Jarrett
vocals:
Larry Birdsong (Nashville soul)
Larry Birdsong2:36
17Pipe Dreams
Jimmy Beck & His Orchestra2:17
18WLAC Commercial
spoken vocals:
Little Richard
Little Richard0:29
19White Rose (theme)
vocals:
Gene Allison (Nashville soul) and Earl Gaines
Earl Gaines2:03
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Monkey Doin' Woman
Shy Guy Douglas3:13
2What'd I Say (live)
cover recording of:
What’d I Say
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Mijac Music, MUAC Music, Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Etta James3:18
3Really, Part 1
Johnny Jones & The Imperial 72:13
4Just Like Him
Frank Howard & The Commanders2:35
5Anna (Go to Him)
recording of:
Anna (Go to Him) (in 1962)
lyricist:
Arthur Alexander (country soul singer)
composer:
Arthur Alexander (country soul singer) (in 1962-08)
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation, Richie Becker's Music Inc., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Arthur Alexander42:51
6Snap Your Fingers
recording of:
Snap Your Fingers
writer:
Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) and Alex Zanetis
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
Joe Henderson3:01
7Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Nashville version)
producer:
Shelby Singleton
guitar and solo guitar:
Jerry Kennedy (in 1962)
piano:
Ray Stevens (US singer‐songwriter & comedian) (in 1962)
vocals:
Ruth Brown (in 1962)
recording of:
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean
writer:
Herb Lance (Herbert J. Lance) (in 1952), Charlie Singleton (Jazz saxophone player) (in 1952) and John Wallace (bass player for Harry Chapin) (in 1952)
Ruth Brown2:58
8Something Tells Me
producer:
John Richbourg
vocals:
Sam Baker (US folk/country blues singer/songwriter, b. 1954)
performer:
The Mar‐Keys
Sam Baker2:26
9Sunny
producer:
Jerry Ross (Philadelphia soul composer/producer)
recorded at:
Bell Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1966)
recording of:
Sunny (in 1966)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Hebb
publisher:
MRC Music Corp., Portable Music Co., Inc., Unichappell Music and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
Bobby Hebb42:49
10I Want To (Do Everything for You)
recorded in:
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (in 1965-07)
producer:
Buddy Killen
vocals:
Joe Tex (American southern soul musician) (in 1965-07)
recording of:
I Want To (Do Everything for You) (in 1965-07)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Tex (American southern soul musician)
Joe Tex2:09
11Bigger and Better
The Hytones2:25
12Since I Met You Baby
The Avons2:43
13The Chokin' Kind
cover recording of:
The Chokin’ Kind
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs (SOCAN) and Wilderness Music Publishing Co.
Joe Simon2:43
14She Shot a Hole in My Soul
Clifford Curry2:27
15Gotta Get Yourself Together
The Valentines2:32
16Soul Shake
recording of:
Soul Shake
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson2:26
17Reconsider Me
recording of:
Reconsider Me
writer:
Margaret Lewis and Mira Smith
Johnny Adams3:50
18Everlasting Love
recording of:
Everlasting Love (in 1967)
writer:
James “Buzz” Cason and Mac Gayden
publisher:
Alberts, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. and Rising Sons Music Inc. (in 1967)
Robert Knight2:59

Credits

Release

mastering:Joseph M. Palmaccio
manufactured by and distributed by:Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. (not for release label use! distributor/manufacturer fka Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc., renamed as Universal Music Group Distribution in 2006)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Country Music Foundation, Inc. (from 2004 to present)
mastered at:Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2257079 [info]
ASIN:US: B0001DMWFW [info]

Release group

part of:Rolling Stone: The 25 Best Country-Soul Albums (2024-03-28) (number: 20) (order: 24)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/588445 [info]
Wikidata:Q7033536 [info]