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| Length = | Label = King (4497) | Writer = Tiny Bradshaw, Lois Mann aka Syd Nathan | Producer = }} "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (or "The Train Kept A-Rollin'") is a song first recorded by American jazz and rhythm and blues musician Tiny Bradshaw in 1951. Originally performed in the style of a jump blues, it has been reworked into a "classic guitar riff song for the ages".〔 〕 Bradshaw borrowed lyrics from an earlier song and set them to an upbeat shuffle arrangement that inspired other musicians to perform and record it. Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio made an important contribution in 1956 – they added a prominent three-note minor key repeating guitar line to the song, which features an early use of intentionally distorted guitar in rock music. In 1965, the Yardbirds popularized the song as an early psychedelic blues rock song, due largely to Jeff Beck's fuzz-toned guitar work. Theirs soon became the most copied arrangement with recordings by a variety of musicians. After guitarist Jimmy Page joined the group, the Yardbirds recorded an updated version with new lyrics as "Stroll On" for the film ''Blowup'' in 1966. With a highly charged rhythm section and a dual lead guitar attack by Beck and Page, it is seen as a forerunner to heavy metal. When the Yardbirds broke up in 1968, "Train Kept A-Rollin'" was adopted as a concert opener by Page's new band, Led Zeppelin, during its early (and again later) touring years. The song also became an important part of Aerosmith's early live repertoire and in 1974, they recorded it for their second album. Their version is actually a two-part song – the first has a slower, groove-oriented arrangement, while the second uses that of the Yardbirds. Aerosmith turned it into a hard rock standard and a staple of classic rock radio; it remains one of their most popular tunes. "Train Kept A-Rollin'" has been performed and recorded by numerous other artists. ==Original song== Tiny Bradshaw and his band first recorded "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" in 1951. The song is described as a "jump opus" by music researcher Peter Grendysa and "a vibrant mid-tempo song with a boogie-woogie bass line and a shuffling drumbeat" by music writer Larry Birnbaum. The introductory section of the song features scat singing by Bradshaw answered by a chorus. His lyrics, with early jazz hipster references, are delivered in Bradshaw's "hearty, grainy" vocal: Bradshaw based his lyrics on "Cow-Cow Boogie", a 1942 song about a singing cowboy. He rewrote lines such as "a ditty he learned in the city" and "get along, get hip little doggies, and he trucked 'em on down the old fairway" to meet his new scenario. Although the King Records single lists "Bradshaw-Mann" as the songwriters, reissues and subsequent recordings of "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" credit Tiny Bradshaw, Lois Mann (a pseudonym of King Records owner Syd Nathan), and Howard Kay. BMI, the performing rights organization, lists the songwriters/composers as "Myron C. Bradshaw, Sydney Nathan, and Howard Kay".〔 〕 According to Birnbaum, "Mann's name was plainly added to allow Syd Nathan to siphon off a share of the publishing royalties, as label owners routinely did in those days; as for Kay, his identity remains a mystery". The recording session took place on October 6, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The musicians who performed on the record were: Bradshaw on vocal, Leslie Ayers and Lester Bass on trumpets; Andrew Penn on trombone; Ted "Snooky" Holbert on alto and baritone sax; Red Prysock and Rufus Gore on tenor saxes; Jimmy Robinson on piano; Clarence Mack on bass; and Phillip Paul on drums. Bradshaw's recording was released by King Records in late 1951. It was reviewed by ''Billboard'' magazine, which commented using jump parlance: "The singer comes thru with a great vocal on a rockin' novelty, with some solid chorus and ork (aka swing band ) backing. Tune builds all the way. Platter could catch a lot of change."〔 〕 However, it did not appear on the charts of the nation's most popular R&B songs, such as those compiled by ''Billboard''. Although Bradshaw had five other records that reached the R&B top ten, "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" remains his best-known recording and continues to be popular with Shag dancers (a type of swing dance) on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. 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「Train Kept A-Rollin'」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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