(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend
| "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" | |
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| Song | |
| Published | 1948, Edwin H. Morris & Co Inc |
| Released | June 5, 1948 |
| Genre | country, western |
| Songwriter(s) | Stan Jones |
| "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" | ||||
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| Single by Johnny Cash | ||||
| from the album Silver | ||||
| B-side | "I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar" | |||
| Released | April 28, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | March 27–April 9, 1979 | |||
| Studio | Jack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country, outlaw country, country rock, Western | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Stan Jones | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian Ahern | |||
| Johnny Cash singles chronology | ||||
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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 Stan Jones.
A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949, the most successful being by Vaughn Monroe. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as the greatest western song of all time.