"One Way Ticket (To The Blues)" was originally performed by Neil Sedaka and made it to #1 on the Japanese pop charts in 1959, where it was affectionately called "The Choo-Choo Train Song". Fun song!!!

An uplifting song arranged by members of the LABBS Music Judging Category in 4 part close harmony for women's voicings, in the barbershop style (internal melody). Sticking fairly close to the original, the arrangement features solos of each voicepart on the melody, and rousing homophonic choruses. The standard tag builds to a satisfying climax, with an optional extended tag that sends it through the roof!

The arrangement is suitable for most female barbershop choruses and quartets as a fun, fairly quick learn for performance repertoire. Each voicepart is well within the standard barbershop ranges of most arrangements (Basses: low E, one low D has an alternate note offered). Note: if you are unfamiliar with the scoring of female barbershop music, be aware the bass clef should be sung an octave higher than written, as designated by the 8 above the clef.

This arrangement is not suitable for use in barbershop contests.

This song and arrangement would also be a great choice for other genres of female choirs and a cappella quartets or ensembles, including high school / college / secondary school choirs wanting to try the barbershop style. It is a fun and modern song containing a strong and poignant message about not bending to peer pressure and being your own person and remaining true to yourself.

Learning tracks available separately from www.hbteachtracks.co.uk

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