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dressed as a railroad conductor and engineer, respectively.

History and recordings

Choo Choo Soul began as a collaboration between video game developer Greg Johnson, recording engineer and sound designer Burke Trieschmann, and vocalist Genevieve Goings during dialogue recordings for '' ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth'', the first

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installment of the ''

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'' video game franchise. Johnson created the concept and recorded melodies and accompaniment tracks onto his cellphone and e-mailed them to Treischmann to develop. Once in the studio, Goings provided vocals. The act debuted in 2004 as a 16-track

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studio album that described itself as "kids' music that won't drive parents crazy." It is now out of print. On October 31, 2006,

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released ''Choo Choo Soul'', a 12-track album available through the iTunes Store and other online music outlets. It features most of the same songs as the 2004 release. In 2007, "Choo Choo Soul with Genevieve!" was honored with a

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for children's television. In May 2008, Disney released featured a two-disc set which consisted of the ''Choo Choo Soul'' album on CD, and a DVD featuring ten music videos.

Disney Channel series

Beginning in May 2006, a series of Choo Choo Soul interstitial programs began airing in the United States during the

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programming block on the

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. The music video–style shorts feature Goings and D.C. performing Choo Choo Soul songs with a group of young children in a blend of live action and computer animation. Choo Choo Soul has including more premieres and has more dubs of the show than Hebrew, Spanish and Italian, including Hebrew dubs on

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(now

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), the Spanish dub of the show between the airings on

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blocks of

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shows and the Italian dubbed version of the show airing on Playhouse Disney (after reruns of Choo Choo Soul episodes airing on Disney Junior). In July 2011, Choo Choo Soul filmed 8 new video shorts, remaking Disney songs in their style for the new Disney Channel preschool block and 24/7 network "Disney Junior." Genevieve also sings the network's theme song "I Wanna Go" along with 16 other short songs for the network. Genevieve Goings continues to write and record songs for the Disney Junior Network, including Holiday songs and Nursery Rhymes.

Live concerts

Choo Choo Soul tours regularly across the U.S. and Canada. Choo Choo Soul has performed live on several occasions in 2007, including September and October shows at the

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theme park at

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in Florida, a performance at the

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Children's Book Festival in

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on September 15 and several shows in June 2009 at Sesame Place located near

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. They have performed at

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in 2012 and 2013 at the "Just for Kids" Event in January. Choo Choo Soul has been touring the U.S. and Canada from 2007, and was the opening act for the Imagination Movers during their Big Warehouse Tour in 2011. They toured 56 cities. Choo Choo Soul also performed at the 2011

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. Choo Choo Soul read two stories at the 2016

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. Choo Choo Soul performed at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay on April 26-27, 2025. The performances were free with park admission and took place at the Stanleyville Theater.

References

External links

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