Songs Written by Shorty MedlockeTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Shorty Medlocke (born Paul Robert Medlock, July 20, 1912 – August 6, 1982) was an American blues, country and bluegrass musician and banjo player. He is the grandfather of Rickey Medlocke of the Southern rock bands Blackfoot and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Despite his stage name "Medlocke", his real surname officially is spelled without an "e" on the end. Starting in 1969, Shorty made contributions to Blackfoot's music. He wrote the Top 40 hit "Train, Train" (released on the album Strikes), and... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Shorty Medlocke first charted in 1979 with Train, Train.The artist placed 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.