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Riders in the Sky included a version on their debut album Three on the Trail released by Rounder Records Group in 1979. [16] An instrumental version by the Shadows reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1980. [17] The Outlaws included a recording on their 1980 album Ghost Riders that omitted the last verse.
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 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.
Cowboy Songs is a compilation recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 1996. It is available as a single CD. This album is a collection of 12 of the most widely known and popular songs of the west—performed in the tradition of the bands Sons of the Pioneers and the Riders of the Purple Sage.
"Riders on the Storm" has been classified as a psychedelic rock, [8] jazz rock, [9] [10] art rock song, [11] and a precursor of gothic music. [12] [13] According to guitarist Robby Krieger and keyboardist Ray Manzarek, it was inspired by the country song "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend", written by Stan Jones and popularized by Vaughn Monroe. [14]
Riders in the Sky may refer to: "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend", a 1948 country and cowboy-style song; Riders in the Sky (band), named after the song; Riders in the Sky (David and the Giants album), 1983; Riders in the Sky, a 1949 film directed by John English; Nebeští jezdci (Riders in the Sky), a 1968 Czech film
Ghost Riders in the Sky is a studio album by country singer Slim Whitman released by United Artists in 1978. The title track was released in the UK in 1979 as a 7-inch single backed with "Carolina Moon".
Riders Radio Theater is a studio album by the Western band Riders in the Sky based on their radio program Riders Radio Theater. It was released in 1988 and it is available as a single CD. It contains 18 digitally recorded selections.
The album lacks the country music influence of the band's previous recordings, instead emphasizing hard rock. [1] Ghost Riders sparked a comeback after the mediocre sales of prior albums. Their cover of "(Ghost) Riders In the Sky" was one of their most successful songs earned the band some attention outside southern rock circles.