(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKY (aka Riders In The Sky)
(Stanley Davis Jones)
Vaughn Monroe & His Orch. - 1949
Peggy Lee & The Jud Conlon Singers - 1949
Bing Crosby & The Ken Darby Singers - 1949
Burl Ives - 1949
The Sons Of The Pioneers - 1949
Spike Jones & His City Slickers - 1949
Frank Sinatra (Radio Transcription) - 1949
Rita Paul & Her Cornel Trio - 1949 (German title "Geisterreiter")
Gerhard Wendland - 1949 ("Geisterreiter")
Gene Autry (feat. in the film "Riders In The Sky) - 1949
Mickey Katz & His Orch. (Parody: "Borscht Riders In The Sky") - 1951
Gene Jimae & His Harmonicas (Instr.) - 1955
Slim Whitman - 1956
Scatman Crothers - 1956
Stan Jones - 1957
George Melachrino & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1958
Kay Starr - 1959
Jimmie Rodgers - 1959
Sons Of The Purple Sage - 1959
The Norman Luboff Choir - 1960
Lee Savage - 1960
The Brothers Four - 1961
Laurence Welk, His Orch. & Chorus - 1961
The Ramrods (Instr.) - 1961
The Ventures (Instr.) - 1961
The Scorpions (Instr.) - 1961
The Downbeats - 1961
Lew Davis & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1961
Die Playboys - 1961 ("Geisterreiter")
Bob James Trio - 1962
Frankie Laine - 1963
Walter Brennan - 1963
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - 1963
The Chantays - 1963
Lorne Greene - 1964
Roland Shaw & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1964
Baja Marimba Band - 1966
Davie Allan & The Arrows - 1967
Tom Jones - 1968
Susan Christie - 1969
Elvis Presley - 1970
The Flying W Wranglers - 1970
Dennis Stoner - 1971
Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass (Instr.) - 1972
Tom Spencer & Popcorn - 1972
Roy Clark - 1973
Gert Timmerman - 1973 (Dutch title "Goudzoekers In De Zon")
The Last Mile Ramblers - 1974
Mary McCaslin - 1975
Sawtooth Mountain Boys - 1976
Poor Richard's Almanac - 1976
Matchbox - 1977
Frank Gibson - 1977
Grady Martin (Instr.) - 1977
Jet Harris (Instr.) - 1978
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett - 1978
Johnny Cash - 1979
Riders In The Sky - 1979
The Shadows (Instr.) - 1979
Chris LeDoux - 1980
The Outlaws - 1980
Don Edwards - 1980
The Fabulaires - 1980
Hank The Knife & The Crazy Cats - 1980
Boots Clements - 1981
Splodgenessabounds - 1981
Milton Nascimento - 1981 (Portuguese title "Cavaleiros Do Céu")
King Kurt - 1982
David & The Giants - 1983
Loop Garoo - 1983
Hank Wangford Band - 1984
Lucky Star - 1988
Gill Dougherty - 1990
Firestone - 1996
Debbie Harry (feat. in the film "Three Businessmen") - 1998
Tornado - 1999
The Blues Brothers (feat. in the film "Blues Brothers 2000") - 2000
Dezperadoz - 2000
Susan & The Surftones - 2002
Concrete Blonde - 2004
Art Greenhaw - 2006
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - 2006
Alan Tyler & The Lost Sons Of Littlefield - 2006
Spiderbait (feat. in the film "Ghost Rider") - 2007
Bitch Cassidy - 2007
Children of Bodom - 2008
Judy Collins - 2010
Buried Horses - 2011
Also recorded by:
Marty Robbins; Duane Eddy; Dean Martin; Vic Damone; Jimmy Wakeley;
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter; Ned Sublette; Dolan Ellis; Los Baby's;
Brendan Grace; Foster & Allen; The Coral; Sons of the San Joaquin;
The Spotnicks; Christopher Lee; Pedro Vargas; Bob Seanna; Santoro;
Howard Carpendale; Karel Gott; Impaled Nazarene; Hank C. Burnette;
Buck Pizzarelli & The West Texas Tumbleweeds; Hollywood Pops Orch;
Boston Pops Orch.; The Tubes; 101 Strings; Ghoultown; Mikrowelle;
Legendary Stardust Cowboy; The Trashmen; The Starlite Wranglers;
Dixie Chicks; Kaleidoscope; Johnny Seay; Ron Lloyd; Fred Penner;
Götz Alsmann; Johnny Barakat & The Vestells.....and many others.
An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day,
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way,
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw,
A ploughin' thru the ragged skies
And up a cloudy draw.
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
The ghost herd in the sky.
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves wuz made of steel,
Their horns wuz black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel,
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered thru the sky,
For he saw the riders comin' hard
And he heard their mournful cry.
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
Ghost riders in the sky.
Their faces gaunt their eyes were blurred and shirts all soaked
with sweat,
They're ridin' hard to atch that herd but they ain't caught them yet
'Cause they've got to ride forever on that range up in the sky,
On horses snortin' fire
As they ride on, hear their cry.
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
Ghost riders in the sky.
As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name,
"If you want to save your soul from hell a-riding on our range,
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
A-try'ng to catch the devil's herd
Across these endless skies."
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
The ghost herd in the sky.
Ghost riders in the sky.
(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - September 2005)
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As recorded by VAUGHN MONROE
with The Moon Men & His Orch., Mar 14th 1949, Chicago:
An old cowpoke went ridin' out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he resred as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
A-ploughin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw
(Yippy-Aye-Ay, Yippy-Aye-Oh)
A ghost herd in the sky
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders comin' hard , and he heard their mournful cry
(Yippy-Aye-Ay, Yippy-Aye-Oh)
Ghost riders in the sky
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred and shirts all soaked with sweat,
They're ridin' hard to catch that herd, but they ain't caught 'em yet!
'Cause they got to ride for ever on that range up in the sky
On horses snortin' fire, as they ride on hear their cry
Yippy-Aye-Oh, Yippy-Aye-Oh
(Ghost riders in the sky)
As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
"If you wanna save your soul from hell a-ridin' on our range
Then cowboy, change your ways today or with us you will ride
A-tryin' to catch the devil's herd across these endless skies"
(Yippy-Aye-Ay) Yippy-Aye-Ay, (Yippy-Aye-Oh) Yippy-Aye-Oh
Ghost riders in the sky
(Yippy-Aye-Ay, Yippy-Aye-Oh)
(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2009)
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As recorded by DEAN MARTIN:
An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day,
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way,
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw,
A ploughin' thru the ragged skies
And up a cloudy draw.
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
The ghost herd in the sky.
As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name,
"If you want to save your soul from hell a-riding on our range,
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
A-try'ng to catch the devil's herd
Across these endless skies."
Yippee-yi-ay, yippee-yi-o,
The ghost herd in the sky.
The ghost herd in the sky.
Yippee-yi-o,
Ghost riders in the sky.
(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - September 2005)
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JINETES EN EL CIELO
(Ghost) Riders In The Sky
(Stan Jones / A. Alpin)
Raphael (Spain)
LEYENDA DE UN JINETE QUE GALOPA SIN CESAR
CUMPLIENDO LA CONDENA DE CRUZAR LA ETERNIDAD
POR TRAICIONAR EN VIDA LO QUE FUE SU GRAN AMOR
SEMBRANDO LLANTOS Y DOLOR EN OTRO CORAZON
JINETES POR EL CIELO VAN Y NO SE DETENDRAN
DETRAS DE AQUEL JINETE VAN DIABLOS EN TROQUEL
QUE GRITAN Y CASTIGAN SIN DESCANSO A SU CORCEL
SON TANTOS LOS AMORES QUE EN SU VIDA TRAICIONO
QUE NUNCA ENCONTRARA PERDON EN OTRO CORAZON
JINETES POR EL CIELO VAN Y NO SE DETENDRAN
PUSIERON ROSAS ROJAS EN MEMORIA DE SU AMOR
EL CIELO SE HA ENCENDIDO CON UN BELLO RESPLANDOR
Y YA LA ENAMORADA LE HA SABIDO PERDONAR
BORRO SU CULPA LA ORACION, POR FIN DESCANSARA
JINETES POR EL CIELO VAN Y NO SE DETENDRAN
GALOPAN SIN PODER PARAR JAMAS
