25 Cowboy & Western Songs
Released: 2006
Label: IMC Music, Import

 

2008 Inductee to the Western Music Association Hall of Fame

 

When you think of Bing Crosby, what comes first to mind? A family cherished Christmas album? Those "on the road" comedies with Bob Hope? Crosby recorded a lot of Western music, and like his contemporary Gene Autry, he contributed to the growing interest in cowboys and the West in the mid 1930s. Rhythm on the Range (Paramount, 1936), starring Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, and the Sons of the Pioneers was a big-budget film that brought the Western story mainstream and was well received. According to music historian Douglas Green, "Crosby roped in sophisticates with his frequent performances of western songs on film, on record, and especially on radio, where he was a national sensation."

 

TRACK LISTING

 

1. Mule Train 2:54
2. Don't Fence Me In (with the Andrews Sisters) 3:09
3. Home On The Range 2:38
4. Take Me Back To My Boots and Saddle 2:40

5. Tumbling Tumbleweeds 3:04
6. I'm An Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) 2:38
7. Riders In The Sky 3:01
8. Clementine 2:23
9. When The Bloom Is On The Sage 2:55
10. Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride 2:35
11. Ridin' Down The Canyon 2:45
12. Gotta Get Me Somebody To Love (with Les Paul Trio) 3:02
13. You Are My Sunshine 2:32
14. El Rancho Grande (My Ranch) 2:19
15. Empty Saddle (In The Old Corral) 2:59
16. San Antonio Rose 3:13
17. Sierra Sue 2:59
18. San Fernando Valley 3:10
19. Twilight On The Trail 3:06
20. Deep In The Heart of Texas (with Woody Herman & His Woodpeckers) 2:38
21. My Little Buckeroo 2:58
22. Pistol Packin' Mama (with the Andrews Sisters) 2:59
23. Who Calls? 3:03
24. Riding Herd On A Cloud Tonight 2:10
25. The Last Round Up 3:08

Total playing time: 71:58