Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III (June 3, 1927 – July 3, 2007) was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax" (which became Benny Hill's signature tune). Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville Sound" for most of his professional career.
During his forty plus career, Randolph performed in hundreds of venues alongside many artists in pop, rock, jazz, and country music. He played on many recording sessions with Elvis Presley and also performed on soundtracks for a number of Presley's motion pictures, one popular song being "Return to Sender".
"The Wabash Cannonball" is an American folk song about a fictional train, thought to have originated in the late nineteenth century. Its first documented appearance was on sheet music published in 1882, titled "The Great Rock Island Route" and credited to J. A. Roff. All subsequent versions contain a variation of the chorus:
A rewritten version by William Kindt appeared in 1904 under the title "Wabash Cannon Ball".
The Carter Family made one of the first recordings of the song in 1929, though it was not released until 1932. Another popular version was recorded by Roy Acuff in 1936. The Acuff version is one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide.
Following the Opryland's closure in 1997, Wabash Cannonball was disassembled and sold to Premier Parks. After being stored at Old Indiana Fun Park in Thorntown, Indiana for several years, the ride was scrapped in 2003.
Layout
Wabash Cannonball was a stock model roller coaster manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, a clone of Knott's Berry Farm's Corkscrew.
The ride began when the train rolled out of the station into a short U-turn. Following the turn was the 70-foot-tall (21m) lift hill. Once the train was at the top of the hill, the train dipped down again into a banked turn. The banked turn then took riders down toward the first drop, which gave a sensation of airtime. Following the drop, the train then ascends a small hill and goes down a turn towards the double corkscrew element.
Wabash Cannonball is an LP record album produced in 1977 by the National Geographic Society. The album was part of a series of sound recordings called "An American adventure" which also included "Barbershop Days" (1977), "Song of the Cumberland Gap in the days of Daniel Boone" (1977), "Westward Ho!" (1977), and "In the good old summertime" (1979).
The music on Wabash Cannonball is principally American folk songs and popular music about railroads and trains.
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Wabash Cannonball · Boots Randolph
Boots Randolph's Greatest Hits
℗ 1976, 1982 CBS Recordings Inc.
Released on: 1988-09-27
Producer: Unknown
Composer, Lyricist: A.P. Carter
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Boots Randolph - Wabash Cannonball.
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Thomas & Friends-Wabash Cannonball (Boots Randolph Version)
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Wabash Cannon Ball
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Wabash Cannon Ball · Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
Movin' On
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1969-11-01
Composer, Lyricist: A.P. Carter
Producer: Danny Davis
Arranger: Bill McElhiney
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Wabash Cannonball (Late)
Sid Meier's Railroads music
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Boots Randolph - Boots Randolph Medley (Live)
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Ray Stevens, Chet Atkins, & Boots Randolph - "Yakety Sax/Axe" (Live on Nashville Now, 1993)
Today is Boots Randolph's Birthday! Ray and Boots were great friends who loved to play music together. Here is Ray, Boots, and Chet Atkins together on Nashville Now (hosted by Ralph Emery) in 1993 performing his classic hit "Yakety Sax"!
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Wabash Cannonball · Boots Randolph
Boots Randolph's Greatest Hits
℗ 1976, 1982 CBS Recordings Inc.
Released on: 1988-09-27
Prod...
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Wabash Cannonball · Boots Randolph
Boots Randolph's Greatest Hits
℗ 1976, 1982 CBS Recordings Inc.
Released on: 1988-09-27
Producer: Unknown
Composer, Lyricist: A.P. Carter
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Wabash Cannonball · Boots Randolph
Boots Randolph's Greatest Hits
℗ 1976, 1982 CBS Recordings Inc.
Released on: 1988-09-27
Producer: Unknown
Composer, Lyricist: A.P. Carter
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Wabash Cannon Ball · Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
Movin' On
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Mu...
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Wabash Cannon Ball · Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
Movin' On
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1969-11-01
Composer, Lyricist: A.P. Carter
Producer: Danny Davis
Arranger: Bill McElhiney
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Wabash Cannon Ball · Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
Movin' On
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1969-11-01
Composer, Lyricist: A.P. Carter
Producer: Danny Davis
Arranger: Bill McElhiney
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Boots Randolph - Official Video for “Boots Randolph Medley (Live)", available now!
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Today is Boots Randolph's Birthday! Ray and Boots were great friends who loved to play music together. Here is Ray, Boots, and Chet Atkins together on Nashville...
Today is Boots Randolph's Birthday! Ray and Boots were great friends who loved to play music together. Here is Ray, Boots, and Chet Atkins together on Nashville Now (hosted by Ralph Emery) in 1993 performing his classic hit "Yakety Sax"!
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Today is Boots Randolph's Birthday! Ray and Boots were great friends who loved to play music together. Here is Ray, Boots, and Chet Atkins together on Nashville Now (hosted by Ralph Emery) in 1993 performing his classic hit "Yakety Sax"!
www.RayStevens.com
www.RayStevensCabaRay.com
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Wabash Cannonball · Boots Randolph
Boots Randolph's Greatest Hits
℗ 1976, 1982 CBS Recordings Inc.
Released on: 1988-09-27
Producer: Unknown
Composer, Lyricist: A.P. Carter
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Wabash Cannon Ball · Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
Movin' On
℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1969-11-01
Composer, Lyricist: A.P. Carter
Producer: Danny Davis
Arranger: Bill McElhiney
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Boots Randolph - Official Video for “Boots Randolph Medley (Live)", available now!
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Today is Boots Randolph's Birthday! Ray and Boots were great friends who loved to play music together. Here is Ray, Boots, and Chet Atkins together on Nashville Now (hosted by Ralph Emery) in 1993 performing his classic hit "Yakety Sax"!
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Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph III (June 3, 1927 – July 3, 2007) was an American musician best known for his 1963 saxophone hit "Yakety Sax" (which became Benny Hill's signature tune). Randolph was a major part of the "Nashville Sound" for most of his professional career.
During his forty plus career, Randolph performed in hundreds of venues alongside many artists in pop, rock, jazz, and country music. He played on many recording sessions with Elvis Presley and also performed on soundtracks for a number of Presley's motion pictures, one popular song being "Return to Sender".
From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the green and flowing mountains to the south belt by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome, and known quite well by She's the combination known as the Wabash Cannon Ball Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar As she glides along the woodlands, o'er the hills and by the shore Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear that lonesome hobo squall You're travelling through the jungles on the Wabash Cannon Ball She came down from Birmingham, one cold December day As she rolled into the station, you could hear all the people say There's a girl from Tennessee, she's long and she's tall She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar as she glides along the woodland, o'er the hills and by the shore hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear that lonesome hobo squall you're travelling through the jungles on the Wabash Cannon Ball Our Eastern states are dandy, so the people always say From New York to St. Louis and Chicago by the way From the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall No changes can be taken on that Wabash Cannon Ball Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar As she glides along the woodland, o'er the hills and by the shore Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear that lonesome hobo squall You're travelling through the jungles on the Wabash Cannon Ball Here's to Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand And always be remembered 'round the courts of Alabam' His earthly race is over and the curtains 'round him fall We'll carry him home to victory on the Wabash Cannon Ball Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar As she glides along the woodland, o'er the hills and by the shore Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear that lonesome hobo squall You're travelling through the jungles on the Wabash