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"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" is a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter, film and television actor Stan Jones. [1] A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949, the most successful being by Vaughn Monroe .
Riders in the Sky is an American Western music and comedy group which began performing in 1977. 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.
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".
The band's next album, Riders in the Sky, contained concert staples like "Riders in the Sky" "Step by Step", "King of the Jews", "Superstar" and "Look at the People". The band released another album called Inhabitants of the Rock , which though not commercially successful, contained the radio releases "I Can Depend on You" and "I Am Persuaded".
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.
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.
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 Pioneers.
Best of the West Rides Again is a compilation recording by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 1989. This is the second compilation taken from the Rounder albums presented by Riders in the Sky. Track listing "Three on the Trail" – 1:57 "Back in the Saddle Again" (Gene Autry, Ray Whitley) – 2:14 "Cool Water" – 3:23