Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906, Elmar, Arkansas – July 17, 1983, New Orl… Read Full Bio ↴Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906, Elmar, Arkansas – July 17, 1983, New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American blues musician, also known as "The Honeydripper". He was a successful and prolific cigar-chomping blues piano player, whose rollicking thundering boogie-woogie was highly influential.

Sykes had a long career spanning the pre-war and postwar eras. His pounding piano boogies and risqué lyrics characterize his contributions to the blues. He was responsible for influential blues songs such as "44 Blues", "Driving Wheel", and "Night Time Is the Right Time".
He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Gennett Records Walk of Fame in 2011.

Born in Elmar, Arkansas, Sykes grew up near Helena but at age 15, went on the road playing piano with a barrelhouse style of blues. Like many bluesmen of his time, he travelled around playing to all-male audiences in sawmill, turpentine and levee camps along the Mississippi River, gathering a repertoire of raw, sexually explicit material. His wanderings eventually brought him to St. Louis, Missouri, where he met St. Louis Jimmy Oden.
In 1929 he was spotted by a talent scout and sent to New York to record for Okeh Records. His first release was "'44' Blues" which became a blues standard and his trademark. He quickly began recording for multiple labels under various names including 'Easy Papa Johnson', 'Dobby Bragg' and 'Willie Kelly'. After he and Oden moved to Chicago he found his first period of fame when he signed with Decca Records in 1934. In 1943, he signed with Bluebird Records and recorded with 'The Honeydrippers'.
In Chicago, Sykes began to display an increasing urbanity in his lyric-writing, using an eight-bar blues pop gospel structure instead of the traditional twelve-bar blues. However, despite the growing urbanity of his outlook, he gradually became less competitive in the post-World War II music scene. After his RCA Victor contract expired, he continued to record for smaller labels, such as United, until his opportunities ran out in the mid 1950s.
Roosevelt left Chicago in 1954 for New Orleans as electric blues was taking over the Chicago blues clubs. When he returned to recording in the 1960s it was for labels such as Delmark, Bluesville, Storyville and Folkways that were documenting the quickly passing blues history. He lived out his final years in New Orleans, where he died from a heart attack on July 17, 1983.

The Train Is Coming
Roosevelt Sykes Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'The Train Is Coming' by these artists:

Bob Marley & The Wailers Mmmm This girl got me waiting and the time has come…
D.J. Disco Dance Help on the way Help on the way They say the games…
Ken Boothe The train is coming baby I say the train is coming…
Ken Boothe & The Wailers Mmmm This girl got me waiting and the time has come…
Ken Boothe/Shaggy Mmmm This girl got me waiting and the time has come…
Mode-One Help on the way Help on the way They say the games…
Shaggy It's a beautiful day For me to rock around your way Oh…
Shaggy (By Ice) Mmmm This girl got me waiting and the time has come…
Shaggy & Ken Boothe Mmmm This girl got me waiting and the time has come…

Shaggy Feat. Ken Boothe Mmmm This girl got me waiting and the time has come…
Shaggy Feat. Wayne Wonder Mmmm This girl got me waiting and the time has come…
Shaggy featuring Ken Booth Mmmm This girl got me waiting and the time has come…
The L.A.B.B. 2003 You been on my mind From time to time It's just crazy…
UB40 I said, the train is coming baby I said, the train…
Various Artists You better watch out You better not cry You better…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Roosevelt Sykes:

"44" Blues Lord I walked all night long with my forty four…
44 Blues Lord I walked all night long with my 44 in…
All My Money Gone Blues All my money gone, and there ain′t no more to…
Anytime Is the Right Time You know the night time, darling (night and day) Is the righ…
Basin Street Blues Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take…
Blues Won't you come along with me To the Mississippi We'll take a…
Bobby sox blues Bobby Sox, baby, I've got to let you go Bobby Sox,…
Dirty Mother for You Squeeze me, baby Don't let me fall I got to put this…
Drivin Wheel My baby don't have to worry, she don't have to…
Hard Luck Man Blues My babe my babe, she don't do no way to…
Ice Cream Freezer My baby owns a ice cream freezer She let's me put…
Kelly's 44 Blues Lord I say good morning Mr pawnshop man, as I…
Night Time Is The Right Time You know the right time (night and day) Is the night…
Night Time Is The Right Time No. 2 You know the night time, darling (night and day) Is the righ…
Organ Grinder Blues Organ grinder, organ grinder organ grinder, play that melody…
Poor Boy Blues Lord I′m a poor boy, I'm going to and fro Lord…
Skeet And Garret Got me accused for murder, and stealing was my crime Got…
Sputnik Baby Listen Mr. Khrushchev, I heard a lot of talk Satellite and…
St James Infirmary It was down by old Joe's barroom, on the corner…
The Night Time Is The Right Time You know the night time, darling (night and day) Is the righ…
Tonight Looking in the mirror when I wake up Think of all…
You Squeeze me, baby Don't let me fall I got to put this…

You So Dumb Ha, ha ha, awwww, sho! You know one thing I hate: I…

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