We are pulling out the 6th record of this seven record set that has really grown on me over the four and a half years of this show. Reader’s Digest has compiled 83 classic country and western songs and arranged them in themes…all completely unabridged, unlike stories we would usually see from that publication.

 

One side of this record features songs from the dusty trail. The other side features theme songs from Western TV and Movies.

 

So, get ready to hear what is technically Tumbling Tumbleweeds Part 6 in Volume 246: Western Trails.

Various – Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Label: Reader’s Digest – RDA-229 / A

Format: 7 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Box Set

Released: 1982

Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Style: Country

 

We are pulling out Record six of this seven record box set and we’ll hear eight of the 11 songs on sides K and L.

 

Al Caiola – Theme From Bonanza

written by Ray Evans, Jay Livingston

This version was released in 1961 and became a hit song.

 

Hugo Montenegro – The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo  written by Ennio Morricone who first recorded it in 1966

Hugo released his version in December 1967 and it was a hit song.

 

 

Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra conducted by Perry Botkin – Along The Navajo Trail

written by Eddie DeLange, Dick Charles, Larry Markes

They released this version in September 1945.

 

The Sons Of The Pioneers – Along The Santa Fe Trail

written by Al Dubin, Hugh Williams, Edwina Coolidge

This version was released in 1955, more than 10 years after recording it.

 

The Sons Of The Pioneers – Twilight On The Trail

written by Louis Alter, Sidney D. Mitchell

Released in March 1960.

 

Al Caiola – Theme From The Magnificent Seven

written by Elmer Bernstein

Released in September 1960.

 

Warren Barker – Theme From Gunsmoke

written by Glenn Spencer, Rex Koury

Barker recorded his version in 1959

 

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans with The Whippoorwills and Orchestra – Happy Trails

This was the First recording on April 21, 1952

 

I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain.

 

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