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It was the third single release of Coe's career and his first Top Ten hit, reaching a peak of number eight on the Billboard country singles charts. The song, over five minutes long, is known for its humorous self-description as "the perfect country and western song." On a WNEW-FM radio show, 1987. John Prine told his version of the story behind ...
Steve Kuhn and Toshiko Akiyoshi on their The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos (1963) [11] The Honey Dreamers: included on the album, Outer West! - A New Look At The Old Round-Up. [12] Hot Club of Cowtown (2011) - for album What Makes Bob Holler. [13] Frankie Laine - for his album Hell Bent for Leather! (1961). [14]
[7] [15] Higley's original lyrics are similar to those of the modern version of the song, but not identical. For instance, the original poem did not contain the words "on the range". [13] Ranchers, cowboys, and other western settlers adopted the song as a rural anthem and it spread throughout the United States in various forms. [16]
"I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" is a country and western song written in 1934 and first recorded in 1935 by Rubye Blevins, who performed as Patsy Montana. It was the first country song by a female artist to sell more than one million copies. [5]
is "a delightful folksy lullaby with gorgeous harmonies, lilting country guitars and worldly wise lyrics". [6] Mick Mercer of Melody Maker described it as "a cornball country and western tune" which "slightly disguis[es] MacColl's usual cunning lyrics in there, concerning the problems with men's attitudes to women and the balance between carnal ...
"Rawhide" is a Western song written by Ned Washington (lyrics) and composed by Dimitri Tiomkin in 1958. It was originally recorded by Frankie Laine. The song was used as the theme to Rawhide, a western television series that ran on CBS from 1959 to 1965. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of ...
Sings Country and Western Hits is the 1961 country music studio album released in May 1961 by George Jones. The album was Jones' tenth studio album release since his debut LP in 1956. It would be one of his last with Mercury Records , as he switched to United Artists in late 1961.
1.2 Lyrics. 2 Alternate state anthem. ... "Arizona," is a country-and-western song written and performed by Rex Allen and Rex Allen Jr. It was adopted in 1981. [3] Lyrics