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The song has since gone by a number of names, the most common being "Home on the Range" and "Western Home". [18] It was officially adopted as the state song of Kansas on June 30, 1947, and is commonly regarded as the unofficial anthem of the American West.
Originally written for the 1994 New York Rock musical. Re-recorded in 2018 for Warzone. [10] "Watching the Dawn" 2013 Take Me to the Land of Hell - [1] "Watching the Rain" 2009 Between My Head and the Sky - [11] "We Are Dying" 2010 Sing for China (Fight AIDS with Art) - [79] "We're All Water" 1972 Some Time in New York City
Daniel E. Kelley (Rhode Island, February 1843 – Iowa, 1905) was a musician and entertainer, who after moving to Kansas in 1872, wrote the music for "Home on the Range" (following lyrics by Brewster M. Higley), which became the state song. Kelley played violin with his brothers-in-law in the Harlan Brothers Band, but was primarily a carpenter ...
On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" became the Kansas state song. [9] In 2010, members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 western songs of all time.
"The Mama Doll Song" Nat Simon: Charles Tobias: 1954 "Mama from the Train" Irving Gordon: 1956 "Milwaukee Polka" 1953 "Mister And Mississippi" Irving Gordon: 1951 "Mockin' Bird Hill" Vaughn Horton: 1951 "Mom and Dad's Waltz" 1961 "Money, Marbles, and Chalk" Garner "Pop" Eckler 1949 "Most People Get Married" Leon Carr: Earl Shuman: 1962 "Music ...
Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. He was one of the founding artists of progressive country. [3] A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959.
Laine sang an eclectic variety of song styles and genres, stretching from big band crooning to pop, western-themed songs, gospel, rock, folk, jazz, and blues. He did not sing the soundtrack song for High Noon , which was sung by Tex Ritter , but his own version (with somewhat altered lyrics, omitting the name of the antagonist, Frank Miller ...
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry [2] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), [3] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.