"""Clarkesville"", which is a much more rare spelling, now used only for a town in Georgia. Hart got the idea for the lyrics when he turned on the radio and heard the end of The Beatles' ""Paperback Writer"". He thought Paul McCartney was singing ""Take the last train"", and decided to use the line when he found out McCartney was actually singing ""Paperback Writer"". Hart knew that ""The Monkees"" TV series was being pitched as a music/comedy series in the spirit of The Beatles movie ""A Hard Day's Night"", so he was hoping that by emulating The Beatles, this song"
"well – the singles ""Last Train to Clarksville"", written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and ""I'm a Believer"" written by Neil Diamond and the first two Monkees albums were produced and released in time to catch the initial wave of the television program's popularity. The lead guitar on ""Last Train To Clarksville"", ""Valleri"" and the Monkees theme was written and played by Louie Shelton. After a year, the Monkees wanted a chance to play their own instruments on the records. They also wanted more control over which songs would be released as singles. Further, when word belatedly came out"
"I knew I had to see if Flynnville Train were as good performing live as they are on the disc. They were more than I could have expected and I signed them on the spot. You will hear great things from this band."" Their self-titled debut album was released on September 11, 2007. It produced two charting singles with ""Last Good Time"" and ""Nowhere Than Somewhere"", which reached No. 47 and No. 50 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs charts, respectively. A third single, ""Tequila Sheila"", failed to chart. A fourth single was released in 2009, intended to be the"
"summer of 1965. They were the opening for prominent Swedish acts, even for the British rock band, The Who at Hovet. In November of the same year, they made an appearance on the television program, ""Drop-in"", which was followed by studio recording. The band recorded three singles, the first being ""Last Train to Liverpool"" backed with ""Hungry for Love"". Linqvist composed ""Last Train to Liverpool"" and the rest of the band's original material. Despite the lack of commercial success, the band expanded their touring schedule to other countries including Finland, Denmark, and Germany. For two years, the band conducted successful"
"Flynnville Train Flynnville Train is an American country rock band. Their self-titled debut album was released on September 11, 2007, and it produced two singles on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs charts. The band is composed of Brian Flynn (lead vocals), Brent Flynn (lead guitar), Joseph Shreve (bass guitar), and Tommy Bales (drums). The band was officially signed to Show Dog Nashville on June 21, 2006, after five years of playing local venues independently. Said Toby Keith regarding his signing of the band: ""As soon as I got the CD I put it on and was hooked. Right then"
"guitar sound became their biggest hit (it was also one of the first songs Eddie Van Halen learned to play on brother Alex's guitar). The song stayed on the Billboard charts for 17 weeks (it peaked at #37); the single, backed with “Bongo Party”, and the soundtrack album both sold well. Rumors have stated that the melody in ""Blues Theme"" was stolen from The Monkees' guitar lick in ""Last Train to Clarksville"", but ""Last Train to Clarksville"" was recorded on July 25, 1966 and ""The Wild Angels"" debuted in the theaters on July 20, 1966. Davie Allan & the Arrows"
"Track"", which was released in September 2013. Flynnville Train Flynnville Train is an American country rock band. Their self-titled debut album was released on September 11, 2007, and it produced two singles on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot Country Songs charts. The band is composed of Brian Flynn (lead vocals), Brent Flynn (lead guitar), Joseph Shreve (bass guitar), and Tommy Bales (drums). The band was officially signed to Show Dog Nashville on June 21, 2006, after five years of playing local venues independently. Said Toby Keith regarding his signing of the band: ""As soon as I got the CD I put"
"Last Train to Satansville Last Train to Satansville is the sixth EP release by English alternative rock band Swervedriver. Produced by Alan Moulder and Swervedriver, the EP was promotionally released in 1993 through A&M Records with a digipak packaging. The lead track ""Last Train to Satansville"", which was included in the band's second studio album ""Mezcal Head"", was also released as a single in 1994. The band's cover of The Who song, ""In the City"", was included in the 1993 tribute album, ""Who Covers Who?. Andy Kellman of Allmusic regarded the tracks ""Cars Converge on Paris"" as ""laggard and mediocre,"
"Last Train (song) ""Last Train to Heaven"" is a song written by Paul Kelly for the album, ""Gossip"" (September 1986), which was performed by his group, Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls. It was re-written as ""Last Train"", a dance-orientated remake, and is the first single released by Christine Anu. Anu and Kelly performed ""Last Train"" as a duet, which was issued on 20 September 1993 and peaked at No. 93 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in the following month. It was listed at No. 61 on national radio, Triple J's Hottest 100 for 1993. In 1986 Paul Kelly"
"song's key from G to A-flat. The single, notably similar to the group's first hit ""Last Train to Clarksville"", was identified by Michael Nesmith as their intended first single in 1966. The track was not a major hit, only managing to reach No. 56 on the U.S. charts, while reaching No. 34 in Australia. Despite the single's poor chart performance, the album charted on the Billboard Top 40 Albums chart at 32. Micky Dolenz's ""Just a Game"" had originally been written during the sessions of the ""Headquarters"" album, while Nesmith's ""Don't Wait for Me"" was the first released product of"
"Original Castaways"" Band.. https://www.facebook.com/dennis.craswell.123456789/ The Castaways The Castaways are an American rock band from the Twin Cities in Minnesota. Their first and only hit single was ""Liar, Liar"". Written by band leader James Donna and drummer (and band co-founder) Dennis Craswell, the song was produced by Timothy D. Kehr and released by Soma Records, reaching number 12 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in 1965. ""Liar, Liar"" was later featured in the films ""Good Morning, Vietnam"" and ""Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"" and was covered by Debbie Harry in ""Married to the Mob"". The Castaways performed ""Liar, Liar"" in"
"attached to a kick-drum pedal. Hotchkiss had been the lead singer for L.A.-based Apostles. After deciding to form a full band, the duo recruited Jimmy Stafford on guitar, Charlie Colin on bass, and Scott Underwood on drums, thus solidifying Train's lineup in 1994. Train attempted to get signed under Columbia Records in 1996, but were rejected. Subsequently, the band decided to release their first self-titled CD independently. By 1997, they were touring nationally, opening concerts for bands such as Barenaked Ladies, Hootie & the Blowfish, Cracker and Counting Crows. ""Train"" is the band's eponymous debut album. Initially released on Aware/RED,"
"for their first tour of the UK. They have so far released a 12"" called ""Ultraviolence"", an EP entitled ""Switchblade"", a split 6"" along with Crystal Castles and another EP, ""C.Y.O.A."" 12"". Their song ""Dance Till Dawn"" was featured on The CW show ""Gossip Girl"". Their debut album ""Ride or Die"" was released by Skrillex’s OWSLA label on April 15, 2014. The group formed in 2005 when Lo asked Ben to compose a soundtrack for the first HEARTSREVOLUTION ice cream truck. Their name comes from a Huggy Bear song called ""Her Jazz” which referenced boy/grrrl revolutionaries. ""Ride or Die"" explores"
"Lonely Train ""Lonely Train"" is the debut single by hard rock band Black Stone Cherry, from their self-titled album, which was released on July 18, 2006. It peaked at #14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Billboard chart, and was selected as a free single on iTunes in July 2006. ""It's about friends who've served in the military,"" noted singer Chris Robertson, ""and it's kinda anti-war, although we're very grateful for the men and women who fight for our country."" With a heavy chugging riff, deep growly vocals, and distorted and aggressive heavy metal sound, 'Lonely Train' is atypical of the"
"Brownsville Station (band) Brownsville Station is an American rock band from Michigan that was popular in the 1970s. Original members included Cub Koda (guitarist/vocalist), Mike Lutz (guitarist/vocalist), T.J. Cronley (drummer), and Tony Driggins (bassist/vocals). Later members included Henry ""H-Bomb"" Weck (drummer) and Bruce Nazarian (guitarist/vocalist). They are remembered for the top-10 hit single ""Smokin' in the Boys Room"" (1973). Brownsville Station was formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1969. Brownsville Station's early albums included song covers from bands which had inspired them. In 1970, they released their debut studio album, ""No BS"", on a Warners Bros. label. Their biggest hit,"
"Next Plane to London ""Next Plane to London"" is the debut single by the American folk rock band, The Rose Garden. The single, released by Atco Records, became the band's only Top 20 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 when it peaked at number 17. It would later reappear on the group's 1968 studio album, ""The Rose Garden"". ""Next Plane to London"" became one of the most memorable one-hit wonders of the late sixties, yet has never been recorded by another prominent group. The band's first incarnation was as the Blokes, a Byrds-inspired band. The Blokes recorded their own material,"
"to Nova Scotia. The original members were brothers David Henman on guitar and Ritchie Henman on drums. Their cousin Jim Henman joined in on bass and Myles Goodwyn completed the sound on lead vocals and guitar. In early 1970 the band relocated to Montreal. Shortly after arriving in their new home the band was signed by Aquarius Records. They recorded and released their debut album ""April Wine"" in September 1971. The album spawned their first single, ""Fast Train"", which received fairly steady airplay on radio stations across Canada and established Myles Goodwyn as the band's main songwriter. The single's success"
"and Minor Threat both recorded versions of ""(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"" and it was often played live by Toy Love. The Japanese new wave pop group the Plastics recorded a synthesizer and drum-machine version of ""Last Train to Clarksville"" for their 1979 album ""Welcome Back."" Glenn A. Baker, author of ""Monkeemania: The True Story of the Monkees,"" described the Monkees as ""rock's first great embarrassment"" in 1986: Like an illegitimate child in a respectable family, the Monkees are destined to be regarded forever as rock's first great embarrassment; misunderstood and maligned like a mongrel at a ritzy dog show,"
"Hurricane""), Loretta Lynn (""Country In My Genes""), George Strait (""Hollywood Squares""), Trisha Yearwood (""Lonesome Dove""), Kathy Mattea (""Lonesome Standard Time""), Diamond Rio (""Mama, Don't Forget To Pray For Me"") and Bradley Walker (""When I'm Hurtin'"") . Cordle also has a career of his own, with his band Lonesome Standard Time. He founded the band in 1990 with his friend Glen Duncan. He received a Grammy nomination for the group's debut album, self-titled, in 1992. In 2005 Cordle's band played at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. On his album 2007 ""Took Up and Put Down"", his sings ""The First Train Robbery""; a"
"to Clarksville"" was released as a single shortly before the release of the album and went to the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. It was the only hit single from the album. ""I'll Be True to You"" was previously released as a single by The Hollies in January 1965 under the title ""Yes I Will"". The album was recorded in several separate sessions around Los Angeles from July 5–25, 1966. Early sessions were produced by the trio of Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Jack Keller; later sessions were produced by Boyce and Hart. Michael Nesmith produced two sessions"
"Railers released an EP in May 2014 titled ""The Railers: The Geraldine Session"". The EP includes six songs that were all recorded live in one session. They released a single on September 24, 2014 titled ""Kinda Dig the Feeling"". The song was also featured on the season 3 premiere of ABC's TV series ""Nashville"". The Railers The Railers are a country band based out of Nashville, Tennessee. The band is composed of brothers and Missouri natives Jordan and Jonathan Lawson, & Arizona native Cassandra Lawson. Jordan, Jonathan and Cassandra met at Northern Arizona University and moved to Nashville in 2004."
"group's Southern rock-style sound. The video's use of black and white evokes a dark, gloomy feeling. In it, the band play in a warehouse in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, which they considered an appropriate setting for the song's sentiment. The song was featured in the wrestling game ""WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007"". It was used as the theme song for the 2006 The Great American Bash PPV. Lonely Train ""Lonely Train"" is the debut single by hard rock band Black Stone Cherry, from their self-titled album, which was released on July 18, 2006. It peaked at #14 on the Mainstream"
"their new name. The tape contained versions of ""Being Boiled,"" ""Toyota City"" and ""Circus of Death."" Ware's friend Paul Bower of Sheffield new-wave band ""2.3"", who had just recorded a single for Bob Last's Edinburgh-based independent label Fast Product, took their demo to Last and he signed the band. The band released their first single, ""Being Boiled,"" in June 1978 which became Fast Product's third release. Although a limited release – because it was unique and at odds with everything else on the market – it was picked up on by ""NME"" who championed the band, although one guest reviewer,"
"band in Rhinebeck, New York, on August 5, 2013. The single from the EP, ""Impossible"" is currently streaming exclusively at Billboard.com. Ryan has been on the road in support of ""Stay Awhile"". Recently opening for Andy Grammer, Ryan has previously toured with Parlotones, Bon Jovi, Train, The Script, Rob Thomas, Collective Soul, O.A.R. and David Cook. Star opened for Bon Jovi on three dates of their Bon Jovi Live tour in March 2011, and for the Goo Goo Dolls during the October–November 2011 stretch of their Something for the Rest of Us Tour. ""Last Train Home"" was featured on the"
"distributed it on a national scale, and promoted the band by booking television appearances on ""American Bandstand"" and ""Where the Action Is"". On October 29, 1966, after a steady climb up the charts, the single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week before being overtaken by The Monkees' ""Last Train to Clarksville"". It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. The next two singles for ""Question Mark and the Mysterians"", ""I Need Somebody"" and ""Can't Get Enough of You Baby"", also charted, but were nowhere near as successful"
"of their first single, Kennedy left the band and was replaced with a drum machine, dubbed ""Bonecrusher Roland"" by the band. Their debut single, ""100,000 Morrisseys"", appeared in late 1989, which was written by Aylward and Johnson. The lyrics deal with English rock group The Smiths' front man, Morrissey. The single received many negative reviews but was played on John Peel's radio show. It uses a sample of the beginning of ""This Charming Man"" and samples other Smiths' songs (including ""William, It Was Really Nothing"" and ""Accept Yourself"") throughout the track. It was seen by Jason Heller of The A.V."
"first hit single version of ""I Heard It Through the Grapevine"" in 1967, which led to several hit singles for Motown's Soul Records label, including ""Nitty Gritty"", ""Friendship Train"", ""If I Were Your Woman"" and ""Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"", before leaving the label for Buddah Records in 1973, where they recorded the hits ""Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"", ""I've Got to Use My Imagination"" and their number-one hit single, ""Midnight Train to Georgia"". Contractual difficulties with their labels forced the group to record side projects until 1980 when they signed"
"the album in the UK and then moved to North America in late 1993 to join Shudder to Think and The Smashing Pumpkins, solidifying a strong American following in the process. In early 1994 the album's second single, ""Last Train to Satansville"", was released. Critics and fans alike were drawn to Hindmarsh's deeper, harder-hitting drumming and Franklin's stream-of-consciousness narrative, describing it as ""the height of alt-rock badassery ... with a monster guitar riff and chunky rhythm"" and a ""menacing spaghetti western bite."" The single, along with ""Duel"", would be featured with songs from other A&M artists in the video game"
"Taylor (born in 1940; died December 7, 1987). Bivins, Lovett, and Kelley were graduating from Lincoln High School, while Taylor and Smith were graduating from Snyder High School. All five enlisted in the armed forces and came together as a group following their discharges from their respective branches. The group's first single was ""For the Very First Time,"" released in 1964 by Carnival Records. They continued recording successfully with songs written by various members of the group. In 1968, the group received the ""Most Promising Group"" award by NATRA. In 1969, the group moved to the De Luxe record label,"
"Abramson saw the band at New Dilly's Pub and later signed them to a management contract. Abramson was able to land a contract with RCA Records. He then placed Pure Prairie League as an opening act with many of the concerts he produced at that time. Their eponymous first album used a Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post cover showing a trail-worn cowboy, named Luke, who would appear on the cover of every Pure Prairie League recording thereafter. After releasing their debut album (recorded in New York City) in March 1972 and embarking on a nationwide tour, Call, Caughlan and Lanham"
"is the complete exclusion of any songs sung by Mike Nesmith, who was still with the group at the time. (The Nesmith-penned ""Mary, Mary"" does make an appearance.) Additionally missing were three B-sides that charted in the Billboard Hot 100: ""The Girl I Knew Somewhere,"" ""Words,"" and ""Tapioca Tundra."" ""Take a Giant Step,"" the B-side to ""Last Train to Clarksville,"" and ""Goin' Down,"" the B-side to ""Daydream Believer,"" are also absent. Instead, ""Cuddly Toy"" and ""Zor And Zam"" were included, despite not being singles nor being as famous as other possible tracks, such as the aforementioned opening theme to the"
"as a duo, were soon joined by bass guitarist/vocalist Jez Kerr and then guitarist/trumpeter Martin Moscrop, the band playing without a drummer for a year. The band's name is taken from the lyric of Brian Eno's song ""The True Wheel"" from the 1974 album ""Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)"". Their early influences included Parliament, Funkadelic, and Earth, Wind and Fire. This early line-up, with a bass-heavy industrial/funk sound, recorded the group's debut single, ""All Night Party"", released by Factory Records in September 1979 (the label's first single artist release), with Factory label boss Tony Wilson also becoming their manager, proclaiming"
"lead-off single to a new album, however, the single never charted and no album was released. In April 2009, Flynnville Train and Show Dog Nashville parted ways. Flynnville Train's second album, ""Redemption"", was released in July 2010 with the independent label Next Evolution Records. In July 2012, Flynnville Train released the single ""The One You Love."" The song was penned by Richard and Fred Young and Doug Phelps of The Kentucky Headhunters. Brent Flynn, Flynnville’s lead guitarist relates: “Richard pitched it to us, and as soon as we heard it we knew we had to record it. We've performed it"