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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 ...
In the 1960s, Laine continued appearing on variety shows such as Laugh-In, but took on several serious guest-starring roles in shows like Rawhide, and Burke's Law. His theme song for Rawhide proved to be popular and helped make the show, which starred Eric Fleming and launched the career of Clint Eastwood, a hit.
Rawhide, a Western television series featuring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood, which ran 1959–1965 "Rawhide" (song), a 1958 Western song originally recorded by Frankie Laine, theme to the TV series; Rawhide, a daily morning satirical show on CBC Radio in the 1950s, with Max Ferguson
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The words of the labor song "The Ballad of Bloody Thursday" – inspired by a deadly clash between strikers and police during the 1934 San Francisco longshoremen's strike – also follow the "Streets of Laredo" pattern and tune. As for "The Cowboy's Lament/Streets of Laredo" itself, Austin E. and Alta S. Fife in Songs of the Cowboys (1966) say
"The High and the Mighty" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1954) [2] (Deleted from the final "cut" of the movie, but nominated anyway for the Best Song at the 27th Academy Awards; also deleted from the recent "restoration" by Batjac) Lyrics from the musical numbers in the film Let's Do It Again, 1953. Take the High Ground!, (music by Dimitri Tiomkin ...
The Blues Brothers Band recorded the song as part of their 1998 film Blues Brothers 2000. [citation needed] Ned Sublette recorded the song, in a Cuban-influenced style, on his 1999 album "Cowboy Rumba". [21] In the 1993 video game Back to the Future Part III the song is rendered in Chiptune for background music during the first level.
1950: A parody of the song was sung in the 1950 musical film Nancy Goes to Rio by Carmen Miranda. The parodic song, titled "Yipsee-I-O", was written by Ray Gilbert. 1952: The song is an instrumental theme in the film Return of the Texan starring Dale Robertson and Walter Brennan. 1954: The song was sung in the 1954 action movie Hell and High Water.