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What band leader recorded the popular song that gave Dick "Night Train" Lane his nickname?

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Here's to you Jim:

I will try to keep up on these. It may not be daily and I will also probably be posting some trivia from the NFL as a whole. Good luck and have fun.

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OK so here is the deal. Years ago I found an LA Rams Trivia Game in a Goodwill. I pretty much bought it as a piece of memorabilia. Now with the Rams moving back, I thought it might make for a fun game for some of us old timers. Odd thing is that about 70% of the questions have nothing to do with the Rams.

So here is what I will do. I will post the questions that are Rams related and let you guys answer. I will then post the answers the next day. These are not easy questions as far as I can tell but maybe the memory function of my brain has been compromised.
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Now I'm Totally Confused...

I thought Axl Rose and Slash recorded that song!

WTF
 
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RhodyRams said:
Nope, but they probably did drink their share of it !!!

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That drink IS the reason they came up with that song btw. Those fuckers used to drink that cheap shit all the time when they still didn't have any money. Kind of a funny story... but true...check it out.
 
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Selassie I said:
That drink IS the reason they came up with that song btw. Those fuckers used to drink that cheap crap all the time when they still didn't have any money. Kind of a funny story... but true...check it out.
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That was one lousy band that made is SUPER big..........terrible songwriting for the most part and Rose has one of the worst voices in the history of rock. He makes Geddy Lee sound like an opera singer.

In the late 80's and early 90's you couldn't get away from them and I couldn't stand their music.

 
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Man... no love for Ziggy.
 
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I didn't think many would get this one and let's just say you guys didn't disappoint.:ROFLMAO:

The song Night Train has a somewhat convoluted history. It was first recorded by sax player Jimmy Forrest in 1951 but never made any headway. The opening sax riff was originally done by Johnny Hodges on the song "That's the Blues, Old Man". Hodges was the long time alto sax player for none other than Duke Ellington. Hodges had a fairly short solo career before returning to Ellington's band.

BUT - in 1952, Buddy Morrow hit the charts with his recording of Night Train and that is when Mr. Lane got his nick name. By the way, Morrow's version was a straight instrumental and the opening riff was a trombone rather than a sax.

Though many songs have been named "Night Train" - ranging from blues to rock to country, the later "versions" really had nothing to do with the original. I'm not sure you could really call any of them covers except maybe James Brown's version as it incorporates a couple of the original riffs, though the lyrics have nothing in common with the original.

With all that, I can see why many of you thought Duke Ellington. Doesn't make you right though.:sneaky:

The answer of course is Buddy Morrow even if @RhodyRams thinks he knows the right answer. Wikipedia is often wrong on these things. Jimmy Forrest's name is on the old LPs but it was Buddy Morrow's version that was actually put to vinyl and therefore would have been the one being played by Tom Fears. :p

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
 
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