Sampiro
October 5, 2011, 8:25pm
7867
Songs about trains
Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
Wabash Cannonball - Carter Family / Roy Acuff
Wreck of the Ol’ 97/ Grayson & Whitter
Authority heavily disputed in books and in lawsuits. Grayson & Whitter were the original singers but it’s been covered many times and was a hit for many others.
Songs about trains
Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
Wabash Cannonball - Carter Family / Roy Acuff
Wreck of the Ol’ 97/ Grayson & Whitter
Stop That Train - Vanilla Ice
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
A metaphorical train in this case
Songs about trains
Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
Wabash Cannonball - Carter Family / Roy Acuff
Wreck of the Ol’ 97/ Grayson & Whitter
Stop That Train - Vanilla Ice
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Train kept a rollin’/ Various
Also a metaphorical train I suspect
Sampiro
October 5, 2011, 11:51pm
7872
Songs about trains
Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
Wabash Cannonball - Carter Family / Roy Acuff
Wreck of the Ol’ 97/ Grayson & Whitter
Stop That Train - Vanilla Ice
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Train kept a rollin’/ Various
Train Train - Blackfoot
Blood on the Coal- The Folksmen
A song from A Mighty Wind . I would totally go see the Folksmen if they ever go Tourin’ again.
Songs about trains
Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller
Wabash Cannonball - Carter Family / Roy Acuff
Wreck of the Ol’ 97/ Grayson & Whitter
Stop That Train - Vanilla Ice
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Train kept a rollin’/ Various
Train Train - Blackfoot
Blood on the Coal- The Folksmen
Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot
Crazy Train - Ozzy Ozboz
Cover songs more successful than the original release and the artist.
Joan Jett - I love Rock N Roll - The Arrows
Sampiro
October 6, 2011, 1:03am
7875
Cover songs more successful than the original release and the artist.
Joan Jett - I love Rock N Roll - The Arrows
Dolly Parton- I Will Always Love You- Whitney Houston
Dolly scored big with the song but Whitney sold more copies (and earned more money for Dolly) than Dolly’s three chartings with it combined.
Cover songs more successful than the original release and the artists
Joan Jett - I love Rock N Roll - The Arrows
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Sampiro
October 6, 2011, 2:04am
7877
Cover songs more successful than the original release and the artists
Joan Jett - I love Rock N Roll - The Arrows
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone
Cover songs more successful than the original release and the artists
Joan Jett - I love Rock N Roll - The Arrows
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone
Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Cover songs more successful than the original release, and the artists
Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll - The Arrows
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone
Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary
Ponch8
October 6, 2011, 2:13am
7880
Cover songs more successful than the original release, and the artists
Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll - The Arrows
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone
Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary
Otis Redding - Respect - Aretha Franklin
Sampiro
October 6, 2011, 2:44am
7881
Cover songs more successful than the original release, and the artists
Joan Jett - I Love Rock N Roll - The Arrows
Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
Bob Dylan - All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Little Richard- Tuttie Frutti- Pat Boone
Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
John Denver - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary
Otis Redding - Respect - Aretha Franklin
Dick Burnett- Man of Constant Sorrow- The Soggy Bottom Boys/ Dan Tyminski
Dan Tyminski did the vocals that George Clooney synced.