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Honoring...
the Singers
the Songwriters
and the Film Stars
from yesteryear
R. L. Hall (top row in right corner) with The Sons of the Pioneers
(photo courtesy of Bill McCann)
Contents
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Cowboy Songs Corral
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Welcome to this web page celebrating singing cowboys and western film music.
Due to the number of questions received for information, 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 or comments about old cowboy songs are welcome
and answered at no charge.
Make sure to identify yourself with your full name when writing.
Anonymous requests will not be answered.Write to:
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R.L. Hall -- Foreman of the CSC (Cowboy Songs Corral)
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"Back in the Saddle Again"
Tribute to Gene Autry (1907-1998)
New
"River of No Return"
Tribute to Ken Darby (1909-1992)
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"On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan"
Tribute to Eddie Dean (1907-1999)
"True Grit"
Tribute to John Wayne (1907-1979)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,
providing you have Microsoft Word or compatible software.
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 for 2009!
"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
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 title with a short description to:
Name Those Tunes!
You are invited to pick out some of your favorite cowboy songs
and other tunes for this annual week of remembrance in October.For more information, click on this link for
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 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 MusicThe 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
Roy Rogers and "Dust""True Grit" -- John Wayne Centennial Tribute
"The Last Round-Up" -- A Tribute to Billy HillTHE UNFORGIVEN: Five Classic Western Scores
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Cowboy Songs Corral
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"Back in the Saddle Again" -- Gene Autry Centennial
Hopalong Cassidy Music
Hopalong Cassidy:
An American Legend (Book Review)
"On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan" -- Eddie Dean Centennial Tribute
Roy Rogers and "Dust"
"True Grit" --
John Wayne Centennial Tribute
"The Last Round-Up" --Tribute to Billy Hill
"River of No Return"
Ken Darby
Centennial Tribute
THE UNFORGIVEN:
Five Classic
Western Scores
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