Artist: Paul Whiteman Orch.
Author: Cliff Friend
Label: Victor
Year: 1936
Vocal: John Hauser. Fake C&W made on Brodway, not in the wild west. Still top 10 US.
Covers:
Top Hatters [top 20 US; also hit on Broadway]
Ray Whitley [real cowboy]
Miles Davis [Live in Paris with Tadd Dameron]
Riders In The Sky [following Ray Whitley's version]
Author Cliff Friend, vaudeville pianist from Cincinnati, also wrote Broadway- & Hollywood tunes When My Dreamboat Comes Home and Lovesick Blues (see there).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)