Steve Goodman wrote City of New Orleans. Period. He did sing it for me in   
   Chicago one night, and I recorded it soon after. I sang the song for John   
   Denver after we'd recorded but not yet released the record. John Denver's   
   version came out soon afterward,    
   with his name as a co-writer. I was stunned and pissed off. It turns out that   
   it was not John Denver but his management that added John as a writer. I met   
   with John some time later and read him the riot act regarding his name being   
   used in that way (not    
   unusual in the music business). To his great credit, John immediately had his   
   name removed. I don't know even he even noticed it was there in the first   
   place. But, I impressed upon him that it was his responsibility to make it   
   right. And he did. Good    
   story all; the way around.    
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)