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Night Train To Memphis
Take that night train to Memphis Night Train to Memphis lyrics © Peermusic
Take that night train to Memphis Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG
And when you arrive at the station Rights Management
I’ll be right there to meet you
I’ll be right there to greet you To listen follow this link...
So don’t turn down my invitation
ome people think the king of country music is
Halleluiah, halleluiah SHank Williams. Others believe the king of
I’ll be shoutin’ halleluiah, all the day country music is George Strait. Still others believe
Oh, we’ll have a jubilee it is A.P. Carter, or Jimmie Rodgers. In truth, it
Down in Memphis, Tennessee was Roy Acuff, or so he called himself. And with
And I’ll shout halleluiah, all the way the impressive songwriting catalogue he amassed
over his legendary career, and his work with Acuff/
Take that night train to Memphis Rose to make sure songwriters got their due in the
Take that night train to Memphis recording process, his career was one of the pillars
You know how I’m longing to see you the country music songwriting industry was built
Leave at three-fifty-seven upon.
And arrive at eleven
Then I’ll be shoutin’ halleluiah
Roy Claxton Acuff (September 15, 1903 –
Halleluiah, halleluiah November 23, 1992) was an American country
I’ll be shoutin’ halleluiah, all the day music singer, fiddler, promoter, and freemason.
Oh, we’ll have a jubilee Known as the “King of Country Music”, Acuff is
Down in Memphis, Tennessee often credited with moving the genre from its early
And I’ll shout halleluiah, all the way string band and “hoedown” format to the
singer-based format that helped make it
Take that night train to Memphis internationally successful. In 1952, Hank Williams
Take that night train to Memphis told Ralph Gleason, “He’s the biggest singer this
Tell that engineer to pull the throttle open music ever knew. You booked him and you didn’t
Keep that engine stack a-smokin’ worry about crowds. For drawing power in the
I’m not kiddin’, I’m not jokin’ South, it was Roy Acuff, then God.”
And I’ll soon be with my girl, I’m hopin’
Acuff began his music career in the 1930s and
Halleluiah, halleluiah gained regional fame as the singer and fiddler for
I’ll be shoutin’ halleluiah, all the day his group, the Smoky Mountain Boys. He joined
Oh, we’ll have a jubilee the Grand Ole Opry in 1938, and although his
Down in Memphis, Tennessee popularity as a musician waned in the late 1940s,
And I’ll shout halleluiah, all the way he remained one of the Opry’s key figures and
promoters for nearly four decades. In 1942, Acuff
Halleluiah, halleluiah and Fred Rose founded Acuff-Rose Music, the first
I’ll be shoutin’ halleluiah, all the day major Nashville-based country music publishing
Oh, we’ll have a jubilee company, which signed such artists as Hank
Down in Memphis, Tennessee
And we’ll shout halleluiah, all the way Williams, Roy Orbison, and the Everly Brothers.
In 1962, Acuff became the first living inductee into
Source: LyricFind the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Songwriters: Owen Bradley / Marvin Hughes /
Beasley Smith (Source Wikipedia)
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