NIGHT TRAIN - Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra - 1952

[rodney49342]

First heard it at the Old Gayety Burlesque in Detroit and have seen a lot of Strippers disrobe to it. The Strip clubs nowdays most of the girls are McVue Dancers with no tease or talent and dance only to Rap/Hip-Hop. Anyways this song is a classic and I have had it since back in the day of good music.

[lovelytrix00]

Who's the bass player on this recording?

[Teddyb1939]

I may still have the 78 rpm somewhere, always loved the power of this record. thanks for posting, great stuff.

[Citylife6]

love that tune ever since it first came out ,and the dance halls were alive.

[Rusty350]

Love it....every stripper on Bourbon Street has worked this one. Fantastic.

[JRNipper]

I found a great copy of this 78 in an antique store the other day and when I went to pay for it the cashier dropped it on the counter and of course, it broke....aaarrrggg! Little slivers of shellac all over the place. Thanks for posting, you have a very nice copy, love it!

[MyChemicalRomance714]

makes me wanna play my sax!! =]

[MrHansglueck]

OMG I was a kid in Germany when they used to play this [Geboren Hans Glueck]

[kaunasprince]

That is a time when pop music required musicianship.I am glad that that was my era.

[johnnymassacre]

@kaunasprince Haha yeah we have it bad nowadays...

[Teddyb1939]

Shades of Kenton, powerful stuff. I remember this in the charts & dancing to it at the youth club,

[patjack1956]

One of Buddy's best! I love it.

[whayes8084]

Dick "Night Train" Lane

[myhqmusicetnad]

very very good more orchestra stuff please!

[Ilovekirby]

This is the first version I ever heard. My Grandma plays this song off of a cassette tape in her car. Im a kid but I appreciate this song, anyway

[raveon09]

The Best!

[guywalker29]

oooooooo seeing that turntable takes me back. Weighs about 12 pounds with a motor and gearshift you could drive to work. Kudos.

[litvak36]

Those of us who grew up in the 50's and 60's know that "Night Train" is the best strippers song of all time like "In the Mood" is the best Lindy song.

[kaunasprince]

@litvak36 I never thought of it as a stripper song,but I guess it could be.I just like the arrangement.

[NeilThompson30]

This actually got into the British Charts in 1953! - got to number 12.

[Myrtle791]

Dave here. I bought a Garrard record changer and a Telefunken stereo radio in Germany in 1962-ish. Great combination. Inspection of the Garrard mechanism revealed one of the most complicated changing mechanisms ever! I was reminded of what the American technician who worked on my Telefunken said. The circuitry was great, but it looked like the parts of the chassis had each been put in as an afterthought. The Garrard looked that way to me.

[davypeters100]

Buddy was the best!

[davidpalmquist]

Muni "Moe" Zudekoff (Buddy Morrow), trombonist, bandleader: born New Haven, Connecticut 8 February 1919; died c. 27 September 2010. He performed with the Tommy Dorsey ghost band the Friday before he died.

[tpt1111]

A true giant in the music world..

Worked with him briefly and it was a great experience, he will be missed!!!

[USRoute66]

Buddy Morrow: February 8th, 1919 - September 27th, 2010. Rest in peace my friend, I will truly miss you.

[billboy508]

hAD THIS 78 0N ITS RELEASE AND PLAYED IT INTO THE GROUND!GREAT TO HEAR IT AGAIN .THANKS FOR POSTING.

[wackernie2009]

Popular the year I turned 9!!! Haven't heard it since......I think this YouTube thing just might pan out...many thanks!

[generationll]

Dunkle,yes there was.He was #81 of THe Detroit Lions called Dick "The Night Train"Lane.

[generationll]

Buddy Murrow did another version of this song that I am much more familiar with

[Dunkleosteus9]

Didn't they name a football player after this?

[somersetdc]

@kennyrocksable- yes, for me Buddy Morrow's version is better than the original version by Jimmy Forest. And yes, Morrow's version is more commercialized and meant to appeal to a wider range of people. Does that make it bad or derrivative?...not in my opinion. It is smoother and more sultry. Still, you have to give credit to the original writer and arranger, Jimmy Forest.

Thank, Kenny, Good question for the Youtube community!

[JuneBee55]

I used to go mad on this in 1952! It was played all the time on BBC radio.  Very nostalgic. This and Earl Bostic's Flamingo and Bill Snyder's Bewitched. The three favourites of my youth.

[MNBluestater]

Very difficult to compare arrangers because each is a creation of the composer or writer. That's not fair. However, Morrow's take is smooooooooth. :0) . Shaken, not stirred..........

[rdadal]

Memory. I was at the Chicago Theater when they had stage shows between movies. The Harmonicats were on stage. A voice comes from the balcony, "Play Night Train!" After a couple of songs, the voice again, "Play Night Train!" They finished their stint. Singer June Valli comes on stage. The voice again, "Will you sing Night Train?!"

[shatinterry]

Listen to it over & over, It is an excellent piece, perfect arrangement, there is heart & soul in the muisc, no doubt better version than Jimmy Forrest's...

[PJDooWop]

Now that is one clean sounding 78. One of your many high quality posts as far as content and quality are concerned. Thank you!

[Myrtle791]

Dave here. This version definitely seems to have more polish than the Jimmy Forrest arrangement, w/apologies to Jim.

Best version I ever heard, though, was by a German band that used to play on Saturday nights at a place called the Cafe

zum Quelle (Cafe at the well) in Landshut,

Germany in the early '60's. Bandleader/

sax-player could really make that horn wail! Played it as the evening's finale, to great applause! What a time we had then!

[fitzpjo]

One of my all time favorites-tnx for posting

[lostmymindin79]

Great, thanks for sharing and I do prefer it to Jimmy Forrest's original. Now I have to hunt one copy...

[ragtimemarkbirnbaum]

totally cool----------------

sexy music!

[annaLaPointe]

definitely my favorite. Perfect burlesque striptease tune!!

[3728parkie]

I like this version better than Jimmy Forrest or any of the earlier ones. Buddy Morrow perfected the arrangement. It has the most feeling.

[GETTINGYOUNGERONE]

I do love the James Brown verstion with the howling tenor sax but I must agree that this is one of the best orchestrated one I 've heard so far. I'm a musician and looking for good arrangements so must see if I can get this one. Thanks.