Mule Train

Mule Train is a song by Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange, was published in 1949 and 1949/50, became a number -one hit in the United States.

The Songriter team Glickman (1903-1981), Heath (1890-1965) and Long (1905-2006) wrote for the Western Mule Train Smoking Gun ( Original title: Singing Guns, 1950, Director: RG Springsteen ), with Vaughn Monroe, Ella Raines and Walter Brennan in the lead roles. Mule Train is vorgestelt in the film by Vaughn Monroe. The film was soon forgotten, but Mule Train was one of the most successful novelty songs of the year; Vaughn Monroe's version of the song (released in late 1949 on RCA Victor 20-3600, with the Singing My Way Back Home B-Side ) came in the top ten, but an even bigger success was the cover version of Frankie Laine. When he Mitch Miller introduced the song over the phone what the singer initially horrified:

Mitch Miller was finally able to persuade the singer to record some takes of Mule Train, in which he was accompanied by Miller on guitar, accordion, drums and background vocals. The song gave the team the first million-selling hit ..

The song received a 1951 Oscar nomination for Best Song. The oaths burst lines of the song are: Mule train, yeah, yeah. Mule train: clip - clopping over petty hill and plain.

Frankie Laine's version of Mule Train was with his roughness and angularity at the time for the audience as the song " a white American singer something completely unusual. " Production of Mule Train also established the career of Mitch Miller; highlighted here is the early use of sound effects. Will Friedwald described in this context Miller as " the inventor of rock'n'roll mentality. "

Laine's version of the song appeared on Mercury Records 78-5345, with the Carry Me Back To Old Virginny B-side, and stood six weeks (November 26, 1949 - January 6, 1950 ) at number one in the United States. Vaughn Monroe's version made ​​it to # 10 of the U.S. charts; more cover versions of Mule Train took in the 1940s and 50s alongside also Tennessee Ernie Ford ( Capitol CL 13237, 1949, # 9 Pop, # 1 Country ), Burt Ives (on Columbia), Bing Crosby (Brunswick, # 4 in the pop charts ), Gordon MacRae (# 14 Pop ), Frank Ifield (Columbia 1963), Bob Summers, Freddie & The Heartaches ( Dot, 1961), Rex Turner ( Varsity ), Gene Autry (Columbia ) and Woody Herman and His Orchestra with Nat King Cole ( Capitol ) on.