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Genre. Country (Hillbilly) Label. Decca 5939. Songwriter (s) Bob Nolan. " Cool Water " is a song written in 1936 by Bob Nolan. It is about a parched man and his mule traveling a wasteland tormented by mirages. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as No. 3 on the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is the fifth studio album by Marty Robbins, released on the Columbia Records label in September 1959 and peaking at number 6 on the U.S. pop albums chart. It was recorded in a single eight-hour session on April 7, 1959, [1] and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1965 [2] and ...
The discography of American country music singer Marty Robbins consists of 52 studio albums, 13 compilation albums, and 100 singles. In his career, Robbins has charted 17 Number One singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, as well as 82 Top 40 singles. Robbins' highest-charting album is 1959's Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs.
Statistics current as of June 12, 2022. Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and NASCAR racing driver. Robbins was one of the most popular and successful country and western singers for most of his nearly four-decade ...
Cool Water – Edition 1 1945–46 (Bear Family, 1987) Teardrops in My Heart – Edition 2 1946–47 (Bear Family, 1987) A Hundred and Sixty Acres – Edition 3 1947 (Bear Family, 1987) Riders in the Sky – Edition 4 1947–49 (Bear Family, 1987) Land Beyond the Sun – Edition 5 1949–50 (Bear Family, 1987)
Marty Robbins singles chronology. "Cap and Gown" (1959) " El Paso " (1959) " Big Iron " (1960) " El Paso " is a western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959. It was released as a single the following month, and became a major hit on both the country ...
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.
For the Slim Whitman album, see Ghost Riders in the Sky (album). " (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend " is a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter, film and television actor Stan Jones. [ 1 ] A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949, the most successful being by Vaughn Monroe.