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Released on Rhino, also Boys Don’t Cry (The Cure), You Are My Sunshine (Ray Charles) and Dance Into the Light (Phil Collins)
Produced by Steve Cropper, also Tramp (Otis Redding), (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding) and The Happy Song (Dum‐Dum) (Otis Redding)
Written by Sir Mack Rice, also Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett), Respect Yourself (The Staple Singers) and What’s Up With That (ZZ Top)
Part of The Best of Rufus Thomas: Do the Funky Somethin’, also Somebody Stole My Dog and Jump Back
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Steve Cropper produced 42 songs on fono
Rufus Thomas wrote 20 songs on fono
Rufus Thomas’s most frequent co-writer is Sir Mack Rice (5 songs together)
Rufus Thomas first appears on fono in 1960, 31 years before this song
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Rufus Thomas, Sir Mack Rice and Willie Sparks
- Produced by
- Steve Cropper
- Released on
- Rhino
- Written by
- Rufus Thomas, Sir Mack Rice and Willie Sparks
- Produced by
- Steve Cropper
- Released on
- Rhino
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Steve Cropper
Same writer: Sir Mack Rice
Same label: Rhino
Same release: The Best of Rufus Thomas: Do the Funky Somethin’
Same producer: Steve Cropper
Same writer: Sir Mack Rice
Same label: Rhino
Same release: The Best of Rufus Thomas: Do the Funky Somethin’
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Memphis Train was produced by Steve Cropper
The Memphis Train was produced by Steve Cropper
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Memphis Train was written by Rufus Thomas
The Memphis Train was written by Rufus Thomas
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Memphis Train was written by Sir Mack Rice
The Memphis Train was written by Sir Mack Rice
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz The Memphis Train was written by Willie Sparks
The Memphis Train was written by Willie Sparks
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz The Memphis Train is part of the release The Best of Rufus Thomas: Do the Funky Somethin’
The Memphis Train is part of the release The Best of Rufus Thomas: Do the Funky Somethin’
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Rhino is the label of the song The Memphis Train
Rhino is the label of the song The Memphis Train
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Memphis Train was released on 1991