ATOMOSPHERIC CLASSIC 1949 "COWBOY" 78 FROM VAUGHN MONROE

(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKY  - (A COWBOYS LAMENT)

b/w RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY

 

Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973) was an American , and leader and actor, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Monroe was born in and graduated from High School in Pennsylvania in 1929 where he was senior class president and voted "most likely to succeed." After high school, he attended the , where he was an active member of the . Singer Vaughn Monroe's road to stardom went through Jeannette - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. He formed a band in in 1940 and became its principal vocalist. He also wrote a number of songs ranging from "Army Song" to less known ones like the "Jeannette High School Alma Mater"

In the 1940s, Monroe built The Meadows, a restaurant/nightclub on Route 9 in , west of Boston. He broadcast his radio program from there starting in 1946. It burned to the ground in December 1980.

He recorded extensively for until the 1950s and his signature tune was "Racing with the Moon" (1941). Among his other hits were "" (1939), "" (1941), "" (1945), "" (1946), "" (1947), "" (1949), "" (1949), "" (1951), and "" (1956). He also turned down the chance to record "".

He was tall and handsome which helped him as a band leader and singer, as well as in , although he did not pursue a movie and television career with vigor. He was sometimes called "the baritone with muscles", "the voice with hair on its chest", "'ol leather tonsils", or "leather lungs". He was a major stockholder in RCA and appeared in print ads and television commercials for the company's TV and audio products.

Monroe died on May 21, 1973, shortly after having stomach surgery. He is buried in Fernhill Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum in Stuart, Florida.

"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend" is a and song. It was written on June 5, 1948 by .. A number of versions were on the charts in . The 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".

The song tells of a cowboy who has a vision of red-eyed, steel-hooved cattle thundering across the sky, being chased by the spirits 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 's herd across these endless skies". Jones said that he had been told the story when he was 12 years old by an old cowboy friend. The story resembles the northern European mythic .

More than 50 performers have recorded versions of the song. Charting versions were recorded by ("Riders in the Sky" with orchestra and vocal quartet), by (with the Singers), , , and . Other recordings were made by (with the Jud Conlon Singers) and and his City Slickers. sang it in the 1949 movie, Riders in the Sky. and have also made covers.

An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
A'plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns wuz black and shiny and their hot breaths he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders comin' hard and he heard their mournful cry

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, and shirts all soaked with sweat
They're ridin' hard to catch that herd but they ain't caught them yet
They've got to ride forever in that range up in the sky
On horses snortin' fire, as they ride on, hear their cry

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
"If you want to save your soul from hell a' ridin' on our range"
"Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride"
"A-tryin' to catch the Devil's herd across these endless skies."

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky

 

Disc Details

UK HMV BD 1247  10" 78rpm  1949  SHELLAC

SIDE A :  RIDERS IN THE SKY

SIDE B :  RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY

CONDITION = EX/E-

 

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