1. Come on boys we're riding into town - Ray Whitley & His Six Bar Cowboys
2. Honolulu boogie - Rex Allen with Jerry Byrd & The Arizona Wranglers
3. Blue bonnett blues - Jimmy Wakely
4. Mist around the prairie moon tonight - Ray Whitley & His Six Bar Cowboys
5. On the Texas prairie - The Original Beverly Hillbillies
6. Shame on you - Tex Ritter
7. Rodeo sweetheart - Rusty Gill & The Westernaires
8. Too lee rollum (I'm an Arizona cowboy) - Rex Allen with Jerry Byrd & The Arizona Wranglers
9. Big corral - The Original Beverly Hillbillies with Glen Rice
10. I wish I had never met sunshine - Roy Rogers
11. Home sweet home in Texas - Girls Of The Golden West
12. Back in the saddle again - Ray Whitley & The Six Bar Cowboys
13. Gotta have some lovin' - Tex Ritter
14. End of my round up days - Gene Autry
15. I'll get mine - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
16. I've had my share of sorrow - Jimmy Wakely
17. Home on the range - The Ranch Boys
18. The mail must go through - Roy Rogers
19. Keep goin' - Rusty Gill & The Westernaires
20. Blues stay away from me - Eddie Kirk with Merle Travis & Tennessee Ernie Ford
21. Singing my hillbilly song - The Original Beverly Hillbillies with Ezra Paulette
22. Carry me back to the lone prairie - The Ranch Boys
23. That miss from Mississippi - Roy Rogers
24. You can't break my heart - Tex Ritter
25. Blue montana skies - Gene Autry
26. You're barking up the wrong tree - Ray Whitley
27. My little cow pony and I - The Original Beverly Hillbillies
28. Ragtime cowboy Joe - Glen Rice and His Beverly Hillbillies
29. I'm gonna round up my blues - Gene Autry
30. When we we said goodnight on goodnight ranch - Rusty Gill & The Westernaires
Singing Cowboys Of The Silver Screen
30 rare choice cuts, all freshly remastered from a golden era of movies and music. All the good guys are here: Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Ray Whitely, Rex Allen, Eddie Kirk, Bob Wills, Rusty Gill etc. We'll not see or hear their like again... Cowboys sang songs - popular songs of their day, hymns, and songs that grew out of their own work experiences. As cowboys drifted from one range to another, they picked up and sang songs from all parts of the country. For a time, it seemed that only cowboys were interested in their songs. By the turn of the century, Wild West shows, western novels, and stage productions had helped to popularize the cowboy. Tin Pan Alley determined to capitalize on this phenomenon with its versions of cowboy music. In 1905 songwriters Egbert Van Alstyne and Harry Hiram Williams, following the success of their 'In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree' combined their talents to produce 'Cheyenne', hoping to have a cowboy love song moneymaker. When the cylinder recording by Billy Murray was released in 1906, 'Cheyenne' became the first 'cowboy song' to be a national hit....
1. Come on boys we're riding into town - Ray Whitley & His Six Bar Cowboys