Frankfort Special
Titel: Frankfort Special
Längd: 2:55
Kompositörer: Sid Wayne och Sherman Edwards
Utgivare: Gladys Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1960-05-06
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 13:00-19:00 och 20:15-22:00
Inspelningsplats: Radio Recorders Studio B – Hollywood, CA
Matrix: L2PB 3680
Tagning master: 10
Producent: Joseph Lilley och Hal Wallis
Studiotekniker: Thorne Nogar
Musiker:
Gitarr: Scotty Moore
Gitarr: Tiny Timbrell
Gitarr: Neal Matthews
Bas: Ray Siegel
Trummor: D. J. Fontana
Trummor Bernie Mattinson
Piano: Dudley Brooks
Dragspel: Jimmie Haskell
Tamburin: Hoyt Hawkins
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires
Första utgivning: G.I. Blues (LSP-2256)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
Elvis In Germany (NL 43730)
The E.P. Collection (EP-1)
G.I. Blues The Alternate Takes (RCX 1)
Alternativa tagningar:
Take 13 (fast version) Elvis: A Legendary Performer Vol. 3 (CPL1-3082), G.I. Blues The Alternate Takes (RCX 1)
Låten var med i filmen ”G.I. Blues”
Text:
Is this train the Frankfort Special?
Ain’t this outfit something special?
Ah, we heard rumors from the bases
Frankfort girls got pretty faces
Go, Special, go, blow whistle, blow
Frankfort Special’s got a special way to go
Whoa, oh, oh
Now when we get to our headquarters
We’ll be good boys and follow orders
Now don’t take girls from one another
No, no, no, no, no
We’ll treat a sailor like a brother
Go, Special, go; blow, whistle, blow
Frankfort Special’s got a special way to go
Whoa, oh, oh
Round wheels singin’ on a long flat track
Boiler bustin’ to blow its stack
Towns and villages flyin’ by
Farewell, frauleins; don’t you cry
You’ll soon get another G.I.
Come on, train, and get the lead out
Well, one more day we gotta sweat out
Frantic frauleins at the station
They’re ready for a celebration
Go, Special go, blow whistle, blow
Frankfort Special’s got a special way to go
Go, Special, go, blow whistle, blow
Frankfort Special’s got a special way to go
Whoa, oh, oh
Come on, train, and get the lead out
Oh, one more day we gotta sweat out
Frantic frauleins at the station
They’re ready for a celebration
Go, Special, go, blow whistle, blow
Frankfort Special’s got a special way to go
Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, oh
Whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh
Whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh
