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Western Song: Happy Trails

Happy Trails was known as the theme song for radio programming in the 1940s and 1950s and the television show in the 1950s in which Roy Rogers and her wife Dale Evans starred. They always sing the song over the end credits of those programs. The members of The Western Writers of America included the […]

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Western Song: Pancho and Lefty

Pancho and Lefty is a song written by Townes Van Zandt, a country music artist. He first recorded the song for this 1972 album The Late Great Townes Van Zandt and is considered his most enduring and well-known song. It ranked number 17 in the Top 100 Western Songs of all time chosen by the […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Western Song: Bury Me Not in the Lone Prairie

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie is a song chosen as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time by the members of The Western Writers of America. The song is a cowboy folk song and is also described as one of the most popular cowboy ballads. The song originated from a […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Western Song: Cattle Call

Cattle Call is a song that American songwriter and musician Tex Owens wrote and recorded in 1934. The melody of the song was adapted from Bruno Rudzinksi’s 1928 recording “Pawel Walc”. It became Eddy Arnold’s signature song. The members of The Western Writers of America included it in the Top 100 Western Songs of all […]

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Western Song: Don’t Fence Me In

Don’t Fence Me In is another popular American song with music by Cole Porter and lyrics by Robert Fletcher and Cole Porter. The members of The Western Writers of America included this song in the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. The song was originally written in 1934 for Adios, Argentina, an unproduced 20th […]

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Western Song: Wildfire

Wildfire is a somber story song that Michael Martin Murphey originally recorded and became his highest-charting pop hit in the United States. The members of The Western Writers of America included the song in the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. Michael Murphey and Larry Cansler are the writers of the song. It was […]

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Western Song: Desperado

Desperado is one of the most popular songs of the American rock band the Eagles, written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley. The song not only appeared on the 1973 album Desperado but in numerous compilation albums as well. It also ranked No. 494 on Rolling Stone’s 2004 list of “The 500 Greatest Songs of […]

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Western Song: Big Iron

Big Iron is a country ballad song that Marty Robbins wrote and performed. It is one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time chosen by the members of The Western Writers of America. In April 1960, Robbins’ version of the song reached number 5 on the Billboard Country chart and number 26 on […]

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Western Song: Streets of Laredo/Cowboy’s Lament

Streets of Laredo, also popularly called Cowboy’s Lament, is a famous American cowboy ballad and is voted by The Western Writers of America as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. An old-time cowboy named Frank Maynard, took the authorship and ownership of the revised edition of the song which was entitled […]

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Western Song: Red River Valley

Red River Valley is one of the most notable popular folk songs. It is a standard of cowboy music of uncertain origins that has gone under various names. It ranked #10 on the Top 100 Western Songs of all time chosen by the members of The Western Writers of America. The popularity of the song […]

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Western Song: High Noon/Do Not Forsake Me O My Darling

High Noon which is also known for its opening lyric title “Do Not Forsake Me O My Darling” is another popular western song that the members of The Western Writers of America chose as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. It also appears at number 25 in the list of AFI’s […]

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Western Song: Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Tumbling Tumbleweeds is a song composed by Bob Nolan, a Canadian native while working as a caddy and living in Los Angeles in the 1930s. It is one of the most famous songs that has been associated with the Sons of the Pioneers. This song was chosen as one of the Top 100 Western Songs […]

The Lone Writer 3 years agoAugust 17, 2022

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Category: Western Music

Western Song: Happy Trails

Western Song: Pancho and Lefty

Western Song: Bury Me Not in the Lone Prairie

Western Song: Cattle Call

Western Song: Don’t Fence Me In

Western Song: Wildfire

Western Song: Desperado

Western Song: Big Iron

Western Song: Streets of Laredo/Cowboy’s Lament

Western Song: Red River Valley

Western Song: High Noon/Do Not Forsake Me O My Darling

Western Song: Tumbling Tumbleweeds

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