The song was an extended production number in the 20th Century Fox film Sun Valley Serenade. On the May 7, 1941, original recording by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra in Hollywood on RCA Bluebird, the featured singer was Tex Beneke, who was accompanied by Paula Kelly, the Modernaires (vocals), Billy May, John Best, Ray Anthony, R.D. The Glenn Miller recording, RCA Bluebird B-11230-B, became the #1 song across the United States on December 7, 1941, and remained at #1 for nine weeks on the Billboard Best Sellers chart. 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Den blir sett på som et tidlig bidrag til Berlinmurens fall.[9]. Hans gitar er stemt i «G open tuning» (D-G-D-G-H-D). In 1978, the studio group Tuxedo Junction recorded a disco version that hit the American Top 40; it peaked at No. Den første ble spilt inn på plate i 1947 av Bully Buhlan («Zug nach Kötzchenbroda»). The song achieved its success that year even though it could not be heard on network radio for much of 1941 due to the ASCAP boycott.[7]. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Miller managed to earn a living working as a freelance trombonist in several bands. The 78-rpm was recorded on May 7, 1941, for RCA Victor's Bluebird label and became the first to be certified a gold disc on February 10, 1942, for 1,200,000 sales. Øystein Sunde ga ut en akustisk gitar-basert versjon i september 1981 på musikkalbumet Barkebille boogie. "Chattanooga Choo Choo" is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and composed by Harry Warren. Den andre ble spilt inn på plate av rockmusikeren Udo Lindenberg i 1983 og ble meget populær på grunn av dens politiske innblanding. Karoles versjon bærer tittelen «Toget til Sørum». The song was written by the team of Mack Gordon and Harry Warren, allegedly while traveling on the Southern Railway's Birmingham Special train. Once owned and operated by the Southern Railway, the station was saved from demolition after the withdrawal of passenger rail service in the early 1970s, and it is now part of a 30-acre (12-hectare) resort complex, including the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel, and numerous historical railway exhibits. The train station in Chattanooga was called Terminal Station. [15], "Chattanooga Choo Choo" has been performed in numerous TV shows, including several episodes of M*A*S*H, 1967 episodes of The Red Skelton Show and The Lawrence Welk Show, and a 2006 episode of Midsomer Murders. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Durin…. The arrangement was by Jerry Gray. [1], Den ble først fremført av Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly og The Modernaires, så av Dorothy Dandridge til et akrobatisk dansenummer med The Nicholas Brothers. In addition to the railroad exhibits at "the Choo Choo", there are further exhibits at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, in east Chattanooga. Sangens inspirasjonskilde var et lite damplokomotiv av typen 2-6-0 som tilhørte Cincinnati Southern Railway. [14] In addition, the athletic mascot of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was, for a time, a rather menacing-looking anthropomorphized mockingbird named Scrappy, who was dressed as a railroad engineer and was sometimes depicted at the throttle of a steam locomotive. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Melodien har blitt brukt to ganger til vesttyske sanger. Tittelen var «Sonderzug nach Pankow». [4][5][6] The flip side of the single was "I Know Why (And So Do You)", which was the A side. [16], In addition to TV shows, "Chattanooga Choo Choo"' has been sung in numerous movies, including the 1950 movie The Big Lift, the 1957 movie Peyton Place, the 1970 film Tora! Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Hotel guests can stay in half of a restored passenger railway car. The Chattanooga Choo Choo Songfacts explains that the inspiration for this song was a wood-burning steam locomotive owned by the Cincinnati Southern …, The Chattanooga Choo Choo Songfacts explains that the inspiration for this song was a wood-burning steam locomotive owned by the Cincinnati Southern Railway, but it was written by Mack G…, Alton Glenn Miller was born in Clarinda, Iowa on March 1, 1904. The song has been recorded by numerous artists, including Beegie Adair, the Andrews Sisters, Ray Anthony, Asleep at the Wheel, BBC Big Band, George Benson, John Bunch, Caravelli, Regina Carter, Ray Charles, Harry Connick, Jr., Ray Conniff, John Denver, Ernie Fields, Stéphane Grappelli and Marc Fosset, John Hammond, Jr., the Harmonizing Four, Harmony Grass, Ted Heath, Betty Johnson, Susannah McCorkle, Ray McKinley, Big Miller, the Muppets, Richard Perlmutter, Oscar Peterson, Spike Robinson, Harry Roy, Jan Savitt, Hank Snow, Teddy Stauffer, Dave Taylor, Claude Thornhill, the Tornados, and Guy Van Duser. Innspillingen med Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, RCA Bluebird N-11230-B, ble den første til å bli sertifisert som gullplate 10. februar 1942 for et salg på 1,2 millioner eksemplarer.[3]. «Chattanooga Choo Choo» var med i spillefilmen Høyfjellets sang (Sun Valley Serenade) (1941) med Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, The Modernaires, Milton Berle og Joan Davis i hovedrollene. This is followed by the vocal introduction of four lines before the main part of the song is heard. Dining at the complex includes the Gardens restaurant in the Terminal Station itself, The Station House (which is housed in a former baggage storage room and known for its singing waitstaff) and the "Dinner in the Diner" which is housed in a restored 1941 Class A dining car. In the early 1990s a two-channel recording of a portion of the Sun Valley Serenade soundtrack was discovered, allowing reconstruction of a true-stereo version of the film performance. Ray McKinley and the Crew Chiefs on vocals was released as a V-Disc by the U.S. War Department, one of a series of recordings sent free by the U.S. War Department to overseas military personnel during World War II. The first was created and performed in 1947 by the German pop singer Bully Buhlan (, Lindenberg's version was adapted by Dutch singer, This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 20:49. [2][3] The transcription of this award ceremony can be heard on the first of three volumes of RCA's "Legendary Performer" compilations released by RCA in the 1970s. Tora! Sangens inspirasjonskilde var et lite damplokomotiv av typen 2-6-0 som tilhørte Cincinnati Southern Railway.Det er nå en del av Norfolk Southern Railway System. The composition was nominated for an Academy Award in 1941 for Best Song from a movie. After the entire song is sung, the band plays two parts of the main melody as an instrumental, with the instruments imitating the "WHOO WHOO" of the train as the song ends. Both songs deal with trains, and both songs start with (different) translations of "pardon me". Denne siden ble sist redigert 31. des. Go directly to shout page. Details in the song don't align with The Birmingham Special, however, which suggests they took a large amount of artistic license. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. Begge handler om tog og begge starter med (forskjellige) oversettelser av «pardon me». As soon as possible, he traded the instrument for an old horn, which he practiced diligently. Karole og P. E. Pedersen har skrevet norsk tekster. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. It closed in 1970, and was later repurposed as the "Chattanooga Choo Choo vacation and entertainment complex," with a high-end hotel, a restaurant, convention center and apartment complex. 10:45. Det er nå en del av Norfolk Southern Railway System. In the 1970s, the tune was used in the UK on an advertisement for, A cover by Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums was featured in the 2005 film, A modern interpretation of the song was recorded by, The tune was adopted twice for German songs. It was originally recorded as a big band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and featured in the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade. The song was an extended production number in the 20th Century Fox film Sun Valley Serenade. The Glenn Miller recording, RCA Bluebird B-11230-B, became the #1 song across the United States on December 7, 1941, and remained at #1 for nine weeks on the Billboard Best Sellers chart. The flip side of the single was "I Know Why (And So Do You)", which was the A side. As soon as possible, he traded the instrument for an old horn, which he practiced diligently. De skrev den mens de reiste med Southern Railways «Birmingham Special»-tog. Honecker, a former brass band drummer of Rotfrontkämpferbund, and Lindenberg exchanged presents in form of a leather jacket and a metal shawm in 1987. Innspillingen ble opptatt i Grammy Hall of Fame i 1996. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. [12][13] Sunde ga den tittelen «The Cat That Chewed Your New Shoes» som mest sannsynlig er en fonetisk vri på «Chattanooga Choo Choo». Derfor ble sangen vidt utbredt (skjønt forbudt) i DDR. It opened in 1908 and was a major transportation hub in the '30s and '40s.