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Midnight Special (Kentucky Headhunters Album)
Midnight Special may refer to: Music * "Midnight Special" (song), a 1905 song popularized by Lead Belly ** '' The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs'', a 1940 album by Lead Belly ** ''Midnight Special'' (Lead Belly album), 1947 * ''Midnight Special'' (Al Smith album), 1961 * ''Midnight Special'' (Harry Belafonte album), 1962 * ''Midnight Special'' (Jimmy Smith album), 1961 * ''Midnight Special'' (Uncle Kracker album), 2012 Other * ''Midnight Special'' (film), a 2016 feature film by Jeff Nichols * ''The Midnight Special'' (film), a 1930 pre-Code sound film * ''The Midnight Special'' (radio), an American syndicated folk and roots music program * ''The Midnight Special'' (TV series), a 1972–1981 late-night American musical variety series * ''The Midnight Special'' (train), an American night train formerly operated by the Chicago and Alton Railroad and the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Special (song)
"Midnight Special" is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South. The song refers to the passenger train ''Midnight Special'' and its "ever-loving light" (sometimes "ever-living light"). The song is historically performed in the country-blues style from the viewpoint of the prisoner and has been performed by many artists. History Lyrics appearing in the song were first recorded in print by Howard Odum in 1905: However, these lyrics are known to be floater lines, appearing in various African-American songs of that period, notably in the "Grade-Songs", which are about prison captains and have nothing to do with a train or a light. The first printed reference to the song itself was in a 1923 issue of ''Adventure'' magazine, a three-times-a-month pulp magazine published by the Ridgway Company. In 1927 Carl Sandburg published two different versions of "Midnight Special" in his ''The American Songbag'', the first published versions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Special And Other Southern Prison Songs
''The Midnight Special and Other Southern Prison Songs'' is an album by Lead Belly and the Golden Gate Quartet, recorded for Victor Records in 1940 and released a few months later. In 1939, Lead Belly was back in jail for assault after stabbing a man in a fight in Manhattan. The ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, who had started to make field recordings of folk music for the Library of Congress, helped raise money for Lead Belly's legal expenses. It was Lomax's original intent to record songs in prison, but instead a recording studio was used. To create a "prison" feel Lomax suggested that the Golden Gate Quartet back Lead Belly. However, the Golden Gate Quartet was a polished, professional group, and Lead Belly had to teach them how to sing as a group of prisoners would sing the selected songs. The album was issued with extensive notes and song texts prepared by Alan Lomax. According to Charles Wolfe and Kip Lornell, "it was one of the finest public presentations of Leadbelly's musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Special (Lead Belly Album)
''Midnight Special'' is an album by Lead Belly Huddie William Ledbetter (; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk music, folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, Virtuoso, virtuosity on the twelve-string guita ..., Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston, recorded in 1946 and released as an album in 1947. In October 1946, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston went into the studio to record for producer Moe Asch. They recorded eight tracks, six of which were released to the public. Initially those tracks were released as singles, but eventually they were collected into a three-disc 10" 78 rpm album, ''Midnight Special'' (catalog number, Disc 726). Ultimately, this would be the last album Lead Belly would release while he was still alive. Track listing References 1947 albums Lead Belly albums {{folk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Special (Al Smith Album)
''Midnight Special'' is the second album by jazz/blues vocalist Al Smith featuring saxophonist King Curtis recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label early the following year. accessed October 31, 2018 Reception reviewer Alex Henderson stated: "''Midnight Special'' finds Smith backed by a rock-solid quintet ... Smith has a big, full, rich voice, and he uses it to maximum advantage throughout this excellent album ... With the right exposure, Smith might have become a major name in 1960s blues and R&B – he certainly had the chops and the talent. But, unfortunately, he never enjoyed the commercial success that he ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Special (Harry Belafonte Album)
''The Midnight Special'' is a 1962 album by Jamaican-United States, American singer, Harry Belafonte. The album notably contains the first officially-released recording by Bob Dylan, who plays harmonica on the title track. For many years the Belafonte session was thought to have been Bob Dylan’s first professional recording, simply because this RCA Victor album was released first. However, documentation found in 2001 in the RCA vaults along with the tapes dates the session definitively as having been recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, in February 1962. This places it later than Bob's recording session with folksinger Carolyn Hester, which dates from September 1961, also in New York City, although her album was not released until later in 1962. Track listing Critical reception Pig River Records praise [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Special (Jimmy Smith Album)
''Midnight Special'' is an album by the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.Blue Note discography accessed November 26, 2010 The album was recorded at the same session that produced '''' (1960). Reception The review by called the album "highly recommended". ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Special (Uncle Kracker Album)
''Midnight Special'' is the fifth studio album by Uncle Kracker, released on November 20, 2012 under Sugar Hill Records. It his first full-length country album and his first not to involve Kid Rock in any capacity. As of 2022, ''Midnight Special'' is his most recent album. Track listing Personnel * Robert Bailey Jr. - background vocals * Mark Beckett - drums * Tom Bukovac - electric guitar * John Catchings - cello * Mark Douthit - saxophone * Dan Dugmore - slide guitar * Nick Garvin - background vocals * Vicki Hampton - background vocals * J. T. Harding - background vocals * Mike Haynes - trumpet * Uncle Kracker - lead vocals * Randy McCormick - Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, piano, Wurlitzer * Brent Mason - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar * Gary Prim - accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Special (film)
''Midnight Special'' is a 2016 American science fiction film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, and produced by Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones. The film stars Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Martell, and Sam Shepard. It is Nichols's fourth full-length film and his first studio production. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Shannon plays a father who escapes with his son from both the government and a cult after they discover that his son has special powers. The film began a theatrical release on March 18 by Warner Bros. Pictures, expanding wider in subsequent weeks. Plot In a motel, Roy Tomlin and his friend Lucas watch an AMBER Alert for 8-year-old Alton Meyer and his reported abductor, Roy, while the boy reads on the floor. At the Ranch, a religious cult in rural Texas, Pastor Calvin Meyer dispatches two of his parishioners to retrieve Alton. He then faces his congre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Special (film)
''The Midnight Special'' is a 1931 pre-Code sound film produced and released by independent film maker Chesterfield. It was directed by Duke Worne and starred Glenn Tryon and Merna Kennedy. The film is preserved at the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.116 c.1978 by The Library of Congress Cast *Glenn Tryon as Gerald Boone *Merna Kennedy as Ellen Harboard *Mary Carr as Mrs. Boone *Phillips Smalley as Mr. Harboard *Jimmy Aubrey Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English actor who worked with both Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in v ... as Joe *Tom O'Brien as Dan Padden *Norman Phillips Jr. as Billy References External linksThe Midnight Special at IMDb.com* 1931 films American independent films 1931 drama films American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Special (radio)
''The Midnight Special'' is a syndicated radio show broadcast on Chicago, Illinois radio station, WFMT- FM (98.7 MHz) since 1953.''‘Midnight Special’ going like 60'' By Robert Feder December 13, 2013 ''The Daily Herald'' https://www.robertfeder.com/2013/12/29/midnight-special-going-like-60/ Retrieved August 17, 2020 It is a showcase for folk and roots music from historical and contemporary artists. The show also features comedy sketches and show tunes. The official description is: "folk music & farce, show tunes & satire, madness & escape." The show is named after the well known folk song of the same name, which is often associated with Lead Belly, whose version of the song is used as the show's opening theme. The show title also tied into its time slot, as it was broadcast on WFMT near midnight every Saturday. it begins at 9 p.m. and ends at midnight and is Chicago's longest running radio program. In 1953, Mike Nichols (later notable as a comedian, writer, actor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Midnight Special (TV Series)
''The Midnight Special'' is an American late-night musical variety series originally broadcast on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981.Promotional site for the DVD re-issue The 90-minute program followed the Friday night edition of ''''. Like its syndicated late-night cousin '' Don Kirshner's Rock Conc ...
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