(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend is a country and cowboy-style song. It was written on June 5, 1948 by Stan Jones. [1] A number of versions were also crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949. The ASCAP database lists the song as “Riders in the Sky” (title code: 480028324[2]), but the title has been varied numerous times, such as “Ghost Riders”, “Ghost Riders in the Sky” or even “A Cowboy Legend”.
The song is about a cowboy who has a vision of red-eyed, steel-hooved cattle thundering across the sky, being chased by the ghosts of damned cowboys. One warns him that if he does not change his ways he will be doomed to join them, forever “trying to catch the Devil’s herd across these endless skies”. The song’s story has a marked resemblance to the northern European mythic Wild Hunt. -wikipedia
1. Vaughn Monroe
3. Johnny Cash
3. Marty Robbins
4. Frankie Laine
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