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The ASCAP database lists the song as "Riders in the Sky" (title code 480028324 [2]), but the title has been written as "Ghost Riders", "Ghost Riders in the Sky", and "A Cowboy Legend". Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as the greatest Western song of all time.
Riders in the Sky is an American Western music and comedy group which began performing in 1977. [1] The band has released more than 40 full length albums, starred in a single-season self-titled television series on CBS, wrote and starred in an NPR syndicated radio drama Riders Radio Theater, and appeared in television series and films including as featured contributors to Ken Burns' Country Music.
Riders in the Sky is a 1949 American Western film directed by John English and starring and co-produced by Gene Autry; featuring Gloria Henry, and Pat Buttram. Based on the song by Stan Jones . Plot
Release. September 14. ( 1991-09-14) –. December 7, 1991. ( 1991-12-07) Riders in the Sky is an American live-action, animated children's television series starring Western comedy band Riders in the Sky. It aired on CBS in 1991.
Cowboy Jubilee. Cowboy Jubilee is the second studio album by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1981, featuring a title track originally written by Ken Carson of the Sons of the Pioneers. This album features the demanding art of yodeling in harmony; the Riders create arrangements worthy of their original inspirations, Sons of the ...
Weeds and Water is the fourth studio album by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1983. It is available as a single CD. The album features cowboy music standards like "Cool Water," "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Streets of Laredo," along with several originals. This album was first released in the early 1980s as a direct-mail TV package.
Alma mater. University of California at Berkeley. Occupation (s) Songwriter and actor. Children. 2. Stanley Davis Jones (June 5, 1914 – December 13, 1963) was an American songwriter and actor, primarily writing Western music. He is best remembered for writing "Ghost Riders in the Sky".
Professional ratings. Always Drink Upstream from the Herd is a studio recording by the Western band Riders in the Sky, released in 1995. The album's title comes from the line with which the quartet regularly closes its concerts; the advice is a warning that the herd of livestock using the same stream may also relieve themselves in said stream.