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Oscar Douglas Washington (Feb 18, 1912 – 2004/05) was an American songwriter, guitarist, school teacher and record label owner. He is credited as co-writer of the jazz and rhythm and blues classic "Night Train", and was also influential in the early career of Chuck Berry. == Childhood == Washington was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His family fled Tulsa during the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. == Career == By the early 1950s, Washington was working in St Louis, Missouri as a... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Oscar Washington first charted in 1952 with Night Train.The artist placed 4 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.The artist scored 1 UK Top‑75 entries.On US RnB the artist achieved 2 Top‑10s, 1 of which peaked at number‑one.