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{{Short description|Children's entertainment act}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Choo Choo Soul
| image = Choo Choo Soul at Kidaroo Music Festival.jpg
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| alt = Choo Choo Soul at Kidaroo Music Festival
| caption = Choo Choo Soul at the Kidaroo Music Festival in [[San Francisco]], September 2010
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| genre = [[Children's music|Children's]]
| years_active = {{start date|2004}}–present 
| label = [[Walt Disney Records]]
| associated_acts =
| website = 
| current_members = Genevieve Goings<br>Constantine "DC" Abramson
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'''Choo Choo Soul''' (also known as "Choo Choo Soul with Genevieve") is a children's entertainment act composed of '''Genevieve Goings''' and her partner '''Constantine "DC" Abramson''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebrityparentsmag.com/celebrity-interview-choo-choo-souls-constantine-dc-abramson |title=Celebrity Interview Constantine "DC" Abramson |publisher=celebrityparentsmag.com |access-date=2017-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824092810/http://www.celebrityparentsmag.com/celebrity-interview-choo-choo-souls-constantine-dc-abramson/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a dancer and [[beatboxing|beatboxer]] dressed as a railroad conductor and engineer, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/choochoosoul |title= Choo Choo Soul Official Facebook Page |publisher=facebook.com |access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref>

==History and recordings==
Choo Choo Soul began as a collaboration between video game developer [[Greg Johnson (game designer)|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 [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] installment of the ''[[ToeJam & Earl]]'' video game franchise.<ref>{{cite
| title = Sega ToeJam & Earl III User Manual|page= 40
}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediamikes.com/2013/02/disney-juniors-genevieve-goings-talks-about-choo-choo-soul-and-new-cd-disney-favorites |title=Disney Juniors Genevieve Goings Talks About Choo Choo Soul |publisher=mediamikes.com |date=February 2013 |access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref>

The act debuted in 2004 as a 16-track [[CD Baby]] studio album that described itself as "kids' music that won't drive parents crazy." It is now out of print.

On October 31, 2006, [[Walt Disney Records]] 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 [[Parents' Choice Award]] for children's television.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=21767&award=xx&from=Disney%20Channel |title=Choo Choo Soul |publisher=Parents-choice.org |access-date=2013-01-08}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.amazon.com/Choo-Soul-CD-DVD/dp/B0015FJYRY
| title = Choo Choo Soul [CD+DVD]
| work = Amazon
| access-date = January 7, 2013
}}</ref>

==Disney Channel series==
Beginning in May 2006, a series of Choo Choo Soul interstitial programs began airing in the United States during the [[Playhouse Disney]] programming block on the [[Disney Channel]]. 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 [[Israeli Educational Television]] (now [[Kan Educational]]), the Spanish dub of the show between the airings on [[Univision]] blocks of [[Disney Junior]] 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 [[Disney's Hollywood Studios|Disney-MGM Studios]] theme park at [[Walt Disney World Resort]] in Florida, a performance at the [[Boston Globe]] Children's Book Festival in [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] on September 15 and several shows in June 2009 at Sesame Place located near [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. They have performed at [[SeaWorld Orlando]] 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imaginationmovers.com/news/21101 |title=Choo Choo Soul to Join the Movers! |publisher=Imagination Movers |date=January 13, 2011 |access-date=2013-01-08}}</ref>

Choo Choo Soul also performed at the 2011 [[California State Fair]] in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Meyer |first=Carla |url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/ticket/archives/2011/05/reserve-tickets.html |title=Things to do in Sacramento and Beyond: Reserve tickets available for state fair concerts |work=Blogs.sacbee.com |date=May 4, 2011 |access-date=2013-01-08}}</ref>

Choo Choo Soul read two stories at the 2016 [[White House Easter Egg Roll]].

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==
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==External links==
*[http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/choochoosoul/ Playhouse Disney site]

{{Disney Junior}}

[[Category:American children's musicians]]
[[Category:American children's musical groups]]
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[[Category:American television series with live action and animation]]
[[Category:2000s American children's television series]]
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[[Category:2000s preschool education television series]]
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[[Category:2006 American television series debuts]]
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[[Category:American preschool education television series]]
[[Category:American English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Interstitial television shows]]

Choo Choo Soul - Revision history

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