1957 HITS ARCHIVE: Freight Train Chas. Mc Devitt Skiffle Group ( Nancy Whiskey, vocal)

Freight Train (Cotten) by the Chas. McDevitt Skiffle Group, featuring Nancy Whiskey British musician McDevitt led one of the more influential mid1950s skiffle groups in the UK; and in the U. S. it was Rusty Draper who had the more popular (and more lyrically benign) 1957 release of Elizabeth Cotten s early 20th Century folk tune: Billboard Pop Chart Peak: 40 UK Chart Peak: 5 ref: Asteroid City THE 1957 HITS ARCHIVE here in one place, a goodquality library of originalreleaseversion bestsellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1957 (some were recorded in 1956).