/GHOST/ RIDERS in The SKY- A Cowboy Legend

Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM, World music museum in Belgrade, Fabulous PETAR and * BEACH ALARM *, present "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend", a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by noted American songwriter, Stan Jones] A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949. More than 50 performers have recorded versions of the song. Charting versions were recorded by The Outlaws, Vaughn Monroe ("Riders in the Sky" with orchestra and vocal quartet), which topped the Billboard magazine charts, by Bing Crosby (with the Ken Darby Singers), Frankie Laine, Burl Ives (two different versions), Marty Robbins, The Ramrods and Johnny Cash. Other recordings were made by Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee (with the Jud Conlon Singers) and Spike Jones and his City Slickers. Gene Autry sang it in the 1949 movie, "Riders in the Sky." Jones himself recorded it for his 1957 album "Creakin' Leather.", Children of Bodom, Impaled Nazarene and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have also made covers.

The melody is based on the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home."According to Robby Krieger, it inspired the classic Doors song "Riders on the Storm."