Other Versions
Woody Herman and The King Cole Trio, along with Irving Ashby, Joe Comfort and Gene Orloff, made a recording of "Mule Train" on November 7, 1949 in New York City, as well as the track "My Baby Just Cares For Me", which were both released by Capitol Records as a single, catalog number 787, which gave label credit to Herman for "Mule Train" and to the trio for "My Baby Just Cares For Me".
Burl Ives recorded a version of the song in the 1950s, featuring the snapping of the whips, and yells.
Gordon MacRae made a recording on October 21, 1949, which was released by Capitol Records in the United States as the flip side of the single "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" (which he also recorded on October 21, 1949) as catalog number 57-777, and in England as catalog number CL 13226.
Les Welch and his Orchestra made a recording in Australia in February, 1950, which was released by Pacific Records (in Australia) as catalog number 10-0019.
The song was subsequently recorded in England by Frank Ifield in the 1960s.
In 1950, a satirical version of the song, "Chinese Mule Train," was recorded by Spike Jones with Fladdy Morgan singing (RCA Victor 20-3741).
In 1960 Bo Diddley recorded a fine version of the song in his outstanding style, but it was not released until 2009. The instrumental backing track for this song, however, was released in 1960 as Travelin' West.
A reggae version was recorded by Count Prince Miller in 1971 and then again with Sly and Robbie in the 1980s.
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