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"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 ...
The tune and lyrics were collected and published in Carl Sandburg's 1927 American Songbag. [9] An important recording in this song's history was the 1927 Columbia Records master (15206-D) performed by Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett under the actual title of "Red River Valley". This version was the very first commercially available recording of ...
"Jesse James" is a 20th-century American folk song about the outlaw of the same name, first recorded by Bentley Ball in 1919 [1] and subsequently by many others, including Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Vernon Dalhart, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, The Pogues, The Ramblin' Riversiders, The Country Gentlemen, Willy DeVille, Van Morrison, Harry McClintock, Grandpa Jones, Bob Seger, The ...
In 1976, Willie Nelson took his version to number one on the country chart, where it was his second solo release to reach the top slot. [3] In 2001, Merle Haggard recorded a version on his album, Roots, Volume 1. In 2012, it appeared on The Little Willies album, For the Good Times. other versions are by Jess Willard, Wayne Raney, JImmy Owen ...
Miller's version of the song entered the Hot Country Singles chart in August 1971. The song spent eleven weeks on that chart and peaked at 28. [8] In Canada, the song debuted at 50 on the RPM Country Tracks charts dated for September 11, 1971, [9] peaking at 8 on the chart week of October 16. [10]
"Three Chords and the Truth", an oft-quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe country music; Three Chords and the Truth, a 1997 book by Laurence Leamer about the business and lifestyle of country music and its many stars; Three Chords & the Truth, a radio show hosted by Duff McKagan and Susan Holmes McKagan.
The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. This is the third single to feature Kix Brooks on lead vocals instead of Ronnie Dunn, and the only single of such that was one of Brooks & Dunn's 20 Billboard No. 1 hits. The song was written by the duo along with Don Cook.
US Country US; 1947 "Divorce Me C.O.D." 3 — singles only "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" 5 — "You Brought Sorrow to My Heart" 3 — "The Daughter of Jole Blon" 4 — 1948 "Oklahoma Waltz" 9 — 1949 "Till the End of the World" 12 — "Tennessee Saturday Night" 11 — 1950 "Love Song in 32 Beers" 8 — 1951 "Sick, Sober and Sorry" 7 ...