Pardon Me Boys
by Lianne Schneider
Title
Pardon Me Boys
Artist
Lianne Schneider
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art
Description
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" is a 1941 song by Harry Warren (music) and Mack Gordon (words). It was originally recorded as a big-band/swing tune by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra and featured in the 1941 movie "Sun Valley Serenade".
The Glenn Miller recording, RCA Bluebird B-11230-B, became the #1 song across the United States on December 7, 1941, and remained as #1 for nine weeks on the Billboard Best Sellers chart. The song opens with a dialog between a passenger and a shoeshine boy:
Pardon me, boy
Is that the Chattanooga choo choo?
Track twenty-nine
Boy, you can gimme a shine
I can afford
To board a Chattanooga choo choo
I've got my fare
And just a trifle to spare
You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore
Dinner in the diner
Nothing could be finer
Than to have your ham an' eggs in Carolina
When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far
Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep it rollin'
Woo, woo, Chattanooga there you are
There's gonna be
A certain party at the station
Satin and lace
I used to call "funny face"
She's gonna cry
Until I tell her that I'll never roam
So Chattanooga choo choo
Won't you choo-choo me home?
Chattanooga choo choo
Won't you choo-choo me home?
The 78-rpm was recorded on May 7, 1941, for RCA Victor's Bluebird label and became the first to be certified a gold disc on February 10, 1942, for 1,200,000 sales. The transcription of this award ceremony can be heard on the first of three volumes of RCA's "Legendary Performer" compilations released by RCA in the 1970s. In the early 1990s a two-channel recording of a portion of the Sun Valley Serenade soundtrack was discovered, allowing reconstruction of a true-stereo version of the film performance.
The song was written by the team of Mack Gordon and Harry Warren while traveling on the Southern Railway's Birmingham Special train. The song tells the story of traveling from New York City to Chattanooga. The inspiration for the song, however, was a small, wood-burning steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 type which belonged to the Cincinnati Southern Railway, which is now part of the Norfolk Southern Railway system. That train is now a museum artifact. From 1880, most trains bound for America's South passed through the southeastern Tennessee city of Chattanooga, often on to the super-hub of Atlanta. The Chattanooga Choo Choo did not refer to any particular train, though some have incorrectly asserted that it referred to Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway's Dixie Flyer or the Southern Railway's Crescent Limited.
The composition was nominated for an Academy Award in 1941 for Best Song from a movie.
In 1996, the 1941 recording of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
This is an original photograph, digitally enhanced, painted and textured.
Sincere thanks to the following for featuring this image:
1 WEEKLY ALL STARZ - NADINE AND BOB
SIGNATURE STYLE ART - SHARON
TODAY'S BEST ART - CHAD
3 A DAY WAITING ROOM ART - PAMELA
EXCELLENT SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS - JOE
TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS - VALERIE
ARTISTS BEST FIVE ARTWORKS - TINA
ART FROM THE PAST - JOUKO
PREMIUM FAA ARTWORKS - DAN
ART WITH FLAIR - WILLIAM
Copyright Lianne Schneider 2014
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May 19th, 2014
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Comments (69)
Sharon Burger
can you hear the chugga chugga and the hiss of steam...beautiful Lianne,a trip back in time...l/f
Alec Drake
Congratulations Lianne on your feature in "Life Is What Happens". We are pleased to share this marvelous example of your work with the group members and visitors. fav
Ian Mitchell
Love steam trains.......excellent capture and treatment Lianne.......very clever work, cool vintage feel....v/f t/p/g+ !!
Anne-Elizabeth Whiteway
Lianne, I love this work. The colors and all the details are very impressive. Hey! the song is now on my mind. I'm glad you included the description with the lyrics because I did not know all of the lyrics even tho' I've heard the song many times. Bravo for you Lianne. LF
EMONA Art
You so beautifully created this image, Lianne!!! Love a lot the chromatic and the lighting, so special and so masterfully rendered...:) LFG+
Will Borden
Lianne~~a very intriguing image and I sure like this particular vintage steam locomotive- superbly presented, as always!! F&L&Twt!
Lianne Schneider
A much overdue thank you to Jouko, Dan and William for featuring this vintage piece in their wonderful groups - ART FROM THE PAST, PREMIUM FAA ARTWORKS and ART WITH FLAIR. I'm so very appreciative.