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"Riders in the Sky" is a Cowboy / Western song written by Stanley Davis "Stan" Jones on 5 June 1948 while employed with the National Parks Service in Death Valley, California, during his time as technical adviser to John Ford in the filming of The Walking Hills. Burl Ives recorded the original version on 17 February 1949 on side one of Columbia Records 78rpm catalog number 38445. Later that year Vaughn Monroe (Billboard no. 1 hit), Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, The Sons of The Pioneers, and Spike Jones also released covers of the song. Walter Brennan's recording was in 1964 on his album "Gunfight At The OK Corral." More than 50 other artists have recorded it since 1949, including Stan Freberg (1952), The Brothers Four (1961), Frankie Laine (1963), Marty Robbins (1964), Elvis Presley (1970), Johnny Cash (1979), Christopher Lee (1998), and Lance Guest (2010).

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