Mule Train

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"Mule Train" is a classic American country and pop song, best known for its whip-crack sound effects and its popularity in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

All labels observed (1)

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Mule Train canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithEra post-World War II popular music ⓘ
chartSuccess hit in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hit in the United States ⓘ
composer Fred Glickman ⓘ
Hy Heath ⓘ
Johnny Lange ⓘ
Ramblin’ Tommy Scott ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalImpact recognized as a classic Western-themed pop song ⓘ
decadeOfPeakPopularity 1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
firstPopularizedBy Bing Crosby ⓘ
Frankie Laine ⓘ
Tennessee Ernie Ford ⓘ
Vaughn Monroe ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
hasNotableCoverVersion Bing Crosby version ⓘ
Frankie Laine version ⓘ
Tennessee Ernie Ford version ⓘ
Vaughn Monroe version ⓘ
hasStyle novelty song elements ⓘ
hasTheme American West ⓘ
freight hauling by mule train ⓘ
influencedBy cowboy songs ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Fred Glickman ⓘ
Hy Heath ⓘ
Johnny Lange ⓘ
Ramblin’ Tommy Scott ⓘ
mediaType audio recording ⓘ
notableFeature whip-crack sound effects ⓘ
partOf American popular song repertoire ⓘ
publicationPeriod early 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
recordedBy Bing Crosby ⓘ
Frankie Laine ⓘ
Tennessee Ernie Ford ⓘ
Vaughn Monroe ⓘ
releaseYear 1949 ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
usesSoundEffect whip crack ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tennessee Ernie Ford → notableSong → Mule Train ⓘ
Frankie Laine → notableWork → Mule Train ⓘ
Ernest Jennings Ford → notableSong → Mule Train ⓘ