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"Mystery Train" is a song recorded by American blues musician Junior Parker in 1953. Considered a blues standard,〔 〕 Parker, billed as "Little Junior's Blue Flames", recorded the song for producer/Sun Records owner Sam Phillips and it was released on the Sun label. The song was written by Junior Parker (aka Herman Parker), with a credit later given to Phillips.〔 〕 One commentator noted "One of the mysteries about 'Mystery Train' was where the title came from; it was mentioned nowhere in the song".〔 The song uses lyrics similar to those found in the traditional American folk music group Carter Family's "Worried Man Blues", itself based on an old Celtic ballad,〔 and their biggest selling record of 1930: :The train arrived sixteen coaches long :The train arrived sixteen coaches long :The girl I love is on that train and gone Parker's lyrics include: :Train I ride sixteen coaches long :Train I ride sixteen coaches long :Well, that long black train carries my baby home〔 "Mystery Train" was the follow-up single to Junior Parker's 1953 number five Billboard R&B chart release "Feelin' Good" (Sun 187). Accompanying Parker (vocal) is his backup band the "Blue Flames", whose members at the time are believed to have included:〔 Floyd Murphy (guitar),〔Floyd Murphy is a brother of Matt "Guitar" Murphy. 〕 William Johnson (piano), Kenneth Banks (bass), John Bowers (drums), and Raymond Hill (tenor sax). ==Elvis Presley version== Elvis Presley's version of "Mystery Train" was first released on August 20, 1955 as the B-side of "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (Sun 223). Presley's version would be ranked #77 on ''Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2003. It was again produced by Sam Phillips at Sun Studios, and featured Presley on vocals and rhythm guitar, Scotty Moore on lead guitar, and Bill Black on bass. Moore used a country lead break,〔Blue Moon Boys. page 48〕 and toward the end of the record is an echo of the 1946 "Sixteen Tons" by Merle Travis.〔Tosches, Nick. ''Country - the Twisted Roots of Rock 'n' Roll''. DeCapo Press, 1985. pg 54. ISBN 0-306-80713-0〕 For Presley's version of "Mystery Train", Scotty Moore also borrowed the guitar riff from Junior Parker's "Love My Baby" (1953),〔(PARKER, Little Junior : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music )〕 played by Pat Hare. Victor released a pop version of the song by "The Turtles" with backing by the Winterhalter ork (Victor 6356) in December 1955. Billboard wrote that Presley's version had "cut a swath in the country field." Paired with "I Forgot to Remember to Forget", the record was in the Top 10 in Billboard's C&W listings.〔Billboard Dec 17, 1955. Reviews of New Pop Records. p 56, 61.〕 RCA Victor rereleased this recording in December 1955 (#47-6357) after acquiring it as part of a contract with Presley.〔(Presley, Elvis (RCS Artist Discography) samples and labels )〕 This issue of the song peaked at # 11 on the national ''Billboard'' Country Chart.〔(Elvis Presley's Sun Recordings )〕 Although "Mystery Train" is now considered to be an "enduring classic", the flip side of this record "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" reached the ''Billboard'' National Country music chart #1 position by February 1956, remained there for 5 weeks, and stayed on the charts for 39 weeks.〔The Blue Moon Boys - The Story of Elvis Presley's Band. Ken Burke and Dan Griffin. 2006. Chicago Review Press. page 46. ISBN 1-55652-614-8 〕 The May 12, 1956 issue of Billboard listed "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" at the #1 "Country & Western" "Top Juke Box Hit Records" for the period January–April 1956 with no mention of "Mystery Train".〔Billboard May 12, 1956. page 56〕 It was the first recording to make Elvis Presley a nationally known country music star.〔 Black, who had success with the Bill Black Combo, once said to a visitor to his house in Memphis, as he pointed to a framed 78rpm Sun Record of "Mystery Train" on the wall, "Now ''there'' was a record."〔The Blue Moon Boys - The Story of Elvis Presley's Band. Ken Burke and Dan Griffin. 2006. Chicago Review Press. page 152. ISBN 1-55652-614-8 〕 Presley's version of the song was also ranked the third most acclaimed song of 1955, by Acclaimed Music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Acclaimed Music Top 3000 songs )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mystery Train」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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