“(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend” was a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter, film and television actor Stan Jones.
This song was re-recorded many times, and changed a little, by a number of different groups. Names like Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Peggy Lee, Bing Crosby, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and was even used by professional wrestler “Hangman” Adam Page, who first used it at the All Elite Wrestling Revolution pay-per-view event on March 5, 2023.
A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949, the most successful being by Vaughn Monroe. The ASCAP database lists the song as “Riders in the Sky” (title code 480028324), but the title has been written as “Ghost Riders”, “Ghost Riders in the Sky”, and “A Cowboy Legend”. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as the greatest Western song of all time.
Here’s an interesting version you might not have seen and/or heard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkPn3aZ31Fo
wy69
Good one. Even with the missing “yippi”! ;-)