''Ghost Riders in the Sky'' is a studio album by country singer
Slim Whitman released by
United Artists in 1978. The title track was released in the UK in 1979 as a 7-inch single backed with "Carolina Moon".
Slim Whitman
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Track listing
Side 1
#" Ghost Riders in the Sky” ( Stan Jones) – 3:17
#" Carolina Moon" ( Benny Davis, Joe Burke) – 2:38
#" All Kinds of Everything” (Derry Lindsay, Jack Smith) – 3:00
#"Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) – 2:48
#” Margie” (Benny Davis, Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson) 2:07
#" A Perfect Day" (Carrie Jacobs Bond
Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond (August 11, 1862 – December 28, 1946) was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter who composed some 175 pieces of popular music from the 1890s through the early 1940s.
She is perhaps best remembered for writing t ...
) – 2:41
Side 2
#" Calypso" (John Denver
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) – 2:46
#" You Are My Sunshine” (Jimmie Davis
James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000) was an American politician, singer and songwriter of both sacred and popular songs. Davis was elected for two nonconsecutive terms from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964 as the ...
, Charles Mitchell) – 3:02
#"Puff the Magic Dragon
"Puff, the Magic Dragon" (or just "Puff") is a song written by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary from a poem by Leonard Lipton. It was made popular by Yarrow's group in a 1962 recording released in January 1963.
Lipton wrote a poem about a ...
” ( Peter Yarrow, Leonard Lipton) – 3:22
#"Tears Stained My Pillow" (Byron Keith Whitman) – 2:25
#"When It's Harvest Time Sweet Angeline" (Charley Kisco, Harry Tobias, Neil Morat) – 1:49
#" Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" (Gene Autry
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, Johnny Marvin
John Senator Marvin (July 11, 1897 – December 10, 1944) was an early American recording artist and musician, starting in 1924 and covering a twenty-year period for many record labels.
Early years
Born in Butler, Oklahoma Territory in 18 ...
) – 3:09
Personnel
* Harold Bradley – Electric Guitar
*Ray Edenton – Rhythm Guitar
*Sonny Garrish – Steel Guitar
*David Bird – Keyboards
* Buddy Harman – Bass
*Strings – Lisa Silver, Sam Terranova, Peter "Zeke" Dawson, Krysten Wilkinson, Martha Wiggins and Earl Spielman
*Background Vocals – The Nashville Sounds and on "Tears Stained My Pillow" The Jordanaires
Production
*Producers: Alan Warner and Scotty Turner
*Orchestral Arranger: Earl Spielman
*Engineer: Les Ladd
*Recorded at Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville
References
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Slim Whitman albums
1978 albums
United Artists Records albums