Gordon Jenkins Crescent City Blues
Its melody borrows heavily from the 1930s instrumental crescent city blues by little brother montgomery.
Gordon jenkins crescent city blues. Jenkins crescent city blues is a slow moving orchestral love song about a woman dreaming of leaving her midwestern town. Johnnys came out in 1955 as you can see it was heavily influenc. If i owned that lonesome whistle if that railroad train were mine i bet id find a man a little further down the line.
The original version of folsom prison blues. It is a torch song about a lonely woman hoping to leave the midwestern town of crescent city. In contrast cashs folsom prison blues picks up the tempo for his guitar centered song about a lonely prisoner longing for his freedom.
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Crescent city blues is a song written by composer gordon jenkins and sung by beverly mahr and released on his seven dreams album in 1953. Johnny cash roots branches. The shocker though is jenkins rare 1953 recording of crescent city blues jenkins was one of the most respected pop composer arrangers of the 40s and 50s and his recording with vocal by.
Johnny cashs folsom prison blues vs. Crescent city blues gordon jenkins. Check out crescent city blues by gordon jenkins on amazon music.
Cashs hit so closely follows crescent city that writer gordon jenkins was. Beverly mahr the ralph brewster singers. Top songs by gordon jenkins.