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Honoring...
the Singers
the Songwriters
and Film Stars
from yesteryear
Roger Hall (top row in right corner) with The Sons of the Pioneers
(picture thanks to Bill McCann)
Contents
What's in the Cowboy Songs Corral?
Are you a fan of those early movie serials?
Here are two CD recommended collections of some of that music...
Cliffhangers: Music From The Classic Republic Serials
Shoot 'Em Ups! Music From The Classic Republic Westerns
What's in the Cowboy Songs Corral?
Howdy Buckaroos!
Welcome to the CSCCelebrating singing cowboys and B-western music.
These are the pages that are tied up in the Cowboy Songs Corral:
"Back in the Saddle Again" -- Gene Autry Centennial
"High Noon" -- CD soundtrack
Hopalong Cassidy Music (HCM)
Hopalong Cassidy Songs"On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan" -- Eddie Dean Tribute
Roy Rogers and "Dust""True Grit" -- John Wayne Tribute
"The Last Round-Up" --Tribute to Songwriter Billy Hill
"Love Me Tender"-- Ken Darby Tribute
Any requests for finding song lyrics or records must pay a search fee. Please keep it to one or two songs per request, not a long list of song titles. While an effort will be made to answer your question completely, please be patient for an answer.
General questions about vintage cowboy songs are welcome too
and usually answered at no charge.
Please be as specific as possible with song questions and make sure to identify yourself with your first and last name when writing. Anonymous requests will not be answered.Here's hoping you continue to enjoy those fine ol' cowboy songs!
-- Roger Hall, Foreman of the CSC (Cowboy Songs Corral)
Send your questions or comments to:
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Read about the new song,
"The Angels Handed Me A Rose
(Hoppy's Song For Grace)"
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Music from John Wayne westerns
Three illustrated e-books written by singer and songwriter Roger Hall.
They are available on a CD-ROM disc which you can read on your computer and print out the pages.
Each title contains over 100 pictures in color and black & white
and music files of cowboy songs (for personal non-commercial use only).To read more about these e-books, click on these links...
"Dream World"
Songs, Poems and Stories by Roger Hall
Newly revised!
"Following the Stars"
Music and Memories of Hopalong Cassidy
"Free As The Breeze"
Confessions of a Struggling Songwriter
To order any of the three e-books by credit card through PayPal
go to the
Get A Cowboy Songs CD
Would you like to have a CD of old cowboy songs?
Just make a donation to this website at the button below for $20 or more to help support the mission of this preservation web site and you will receive the CD with postage paid.
Just make your donation then send an email with your mailing address to:
Please help support the mission of this web site
and receive one or more of the above titles at no extra charge.
Just click on this button to:
What are the Greatest Western Films and Scores?
In the October/November 2008 issue of American Cowboy, there were lists of 10 or 20 greatest western movies as selected by film critic Leonard Maltin, the Western Writers of America, academic Paul Hutton, and Jesse Mullins Jr, Editor-in-Chief of American Cowboy.
Well, how about the Best Western Film Scores?
Here is a list of western movies with 10 of the greatest western film scores,
as selected by R.L. Hall of the Cowboy Songs Corral:
Ten Great Western Film Scores
(arranged in alphabetical order)
THE ALAMO -- music by Dimitri Tiomkin [No. 65]
THE BIG COUNTRY -- music by Jerome Moross [No. 21]
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HIGH NOON -- music by Dimitri Tiomkin [ No. 7]
(No. 1 in the WILD WEST magazine's Special Collector's Edition:
100 Greatest Westerns).
HOW THE WEST WAS WON -- music by Alfred Newman & Ken Darby [No. 35]
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN -- music by Elmer Bernstein [No. 15]
ONCE UPON THE TIME IN THE WEST -- music by Ennio Morricone [No. 100]
RED RIVER -- music by Dimitri Tiomkin [No. 45]
RIO BRAVO -- music by Dimitri Tiomkin [No. 53]
THE SEARCHERS -- music by Max Steiner [No. 33]
SHANE -- music by Victor Young [No. 70]
The numbers in brackets are from the 100 Essential Film Scores of the 20th Century
What western film scores would be on your favorites list?
Send your list of up to 10 western films to:
Read the review of this outstanding new 2 CD set:
The Silver Screen Cowboy Project
Do you have any favorite CDs of cowboy songs?
Why not share the information with Cowboy Songs Corral and
your CD favorites might be listed on this page.Send your favorite CD titles with a short description to:
For a great sheet music collection...
Cowboy Songs: 62 Classic Saddle Songs
Name Those Favorite Tunes!
You are invited to pick out some of your favorite cowboy songs
and other tunes for this annual web event.This year is the 10th anniversary for the event which will take place during the week of
October 3 - 9, 2010
For more information, click on this link to
Web Radio
Do you want to hear some very enjoyable western music on the Internet?
Then go to this link for programs at BostonPete.com,
hosted by the friendly cowpoke, O.J. Sikes.
His program is titled,
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Western Music and Films
Are you looking for an informative publication about cowboy films?
Then you should subscribe to Western Clippings,
the newsletter edited and published by Boyd Magers,
with Donna Magers as Associate Editor.Boyd has also written several informative books,
incluing a great one with many nice illustrations titled...
Gene Autry Westerns:
America's Favorite Cowboy
(Empire Publishing, 2007)
Western Clippings is chock full of interesting articles and news about vintage cowboy films and people. There are also regular columnists, including a music review section by O.J. Sikes.
To order the Gene Autry book or subscribe to the fascinating and fact-filled newsletter, click on this link to the website for
The Christmas Cowboy - Gene Autry
"Back in the Saddle Again" -- Gene Autry Centennial Tribute
Hopalong Cassidy Music"The Last Round-Up" -- A Tribute to Billy Hill
The Old Corral -- Chuck Anderson's great website on B-western stars (including music)
"On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan" -- Eddie Dean Centennial Tribute
"River Of No Return" -- Ken Darby Centennial Tribute
Roy Rogers and "Dust""True Grit" -- John Wayne Centennial Tribute
THE UNFORGIVEN: Five Classic Western Scores
Please help support
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Cowboy Songs Corral
by using this handy Search Box for your purchases...
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"Back in the Saddle Again" -- Gene Autry Centennial Tribute
"High Noon" --
CD soundtrack
Hopalong Cassidy Music (HCM)
"The Last Round-Up" --Tribute to Billy Hill
"Love Me Tender"
Ken Darby
Centennial Tribute
"On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan" -- Eddie Dean Centennial Tribute
Roy Rogers and "Dust"
"True Grit" --
John Wayne Centennial Tribute
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