The Singing Cowboys Collection
Released: July 12, 2005
Label: Varèse Sarabande
As described by Gene Autry Entertainment:
Bring back those childhood memories of bygone days when sagebrush troubadours such as
Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Rex Allen, and Tex Ritter rode the range with this excellent collection of Singing Cowboys. This release has classic cowboy songs such as
Cool Water,
High Noon, and
Sioux City Sue as well as several rare, never-before-on-CD tracks including
If You Ever Come To Texas by Dale Evans,
In My Stable (There’s An Empty Stall) by Monte Hale, and
Which Way’d They Go by The Cass County Boys.
TRACK LISTING
| 1. |
Sioux City Sue (1:41) Gene Autry |
| 2. |
Cool Water (2:00) Sons of the Pioneers |
| 3. |
Hill-Billy Heaven, (I Dreamed of) (3:45) Eddie Dean |
| 4. |
No One To Cry To (2:13) Foy Willing & The Riders of the Purple Sage |
| 5. |
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) (2:47) Tex Ritter |
| 6. |
Cowboy's Night Herd Song (2:16) Roy Rogers & Sons of the Pioneers |
| 7. |
If You Ever Come To Texas (2:27) Dale Evans |
| 8. |
It's My Lazy Day (2:16) Smiley Burnette/The Ewing Sisters |
| 9. |
Saddle Pals (2:26) Jimmy Wakely |
| 10. |
Cimarron (Roll On) (2:18) Johnny Bond |
| 11. |
In My Stable (There's An Empty Stall) (2:40) Monte Hale |
| 12. |
Let Me Ride Down In Rocky Canyon (2:29) Ray Whitley |
| 13. |
I'm A Young Cowboy (Streets Of Laredo) (3:36) Rex Allen |
| 14. |
Shame On You (1:55) Spade Cooley/The Western Swing Dance Gang/Tex Williams |
| 15. |
Which Way'd They Go (1:46) The Cass County Boys |
Notes & Background Information
Collection Produced by Cary E. Mansfield, Larry Zwisohn and John Guyot Smith
Mastered by Steve Massie for Steve Massie Productions
Notes by Larry Zwisohn
Art Direction & Design by Bill Pitzonka
"Songs of the Soil" vintage songbook image used for the cover courtesy of the Autry Qualified Interest Trust and The Autry Foundation.
Photos courtesy of Packy Smith
Tracks:
1, 15: Courtesy of the Autry Qualified Interest Trust and The Autry Foundation.
3, 5, 9, 10, 13: Shasta Records/Varese Sarabande Records Inc.
4: Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, DBA Masters International.
2, 6, 14: Courtesy of SOUNDIES, Inc.
8: Courtesy of Capitol Records, under license from EMI Music Special Markets
12: Courtesy of Sony/ATV-Acuff Rose Music BMI
This compilation © (p) 2005 Varese Sarabande Records Inc.
Manufactured by Varese Sarabande Records, Inc., 11846 Ventura Blvd., Suite #130, Studio City, CA 91604.
Distributed by Universal Music and Video Distribution, 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91068.
All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Printed in the U.S.A.