“Ride 'Em Cowboy” is a song written by American singer-songwriter Paul Davis. First recorded on Davis' 1974 album of the same name, the single release peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard

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chart, No. 23 on the

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, and No. 47 on the Country chart. It also charted in Canada and Australia.

Chart performance

Covers

Artists who have recorded versions of the song include: *

Pluto Shervington Leighton Keith "Pluto" Shervington (13 August 1950 – 19 January 2024) was a Jamaican reggae musician, singer, audio engineer, and record producer. Life and career Leighton Keith Shervington was born in Saint Andrew Parish, Kingston, Jamaica ...

(on his 1975 album ''Pluto'') *

Buddy Alan Alan Edgar "Buddy" Owens (born May 23, 1948 in Mesa, Arizona), known professionally as Buddy Alan, is an American country music artist. The son of Buck Owens and Bonnie Owens and stepson of Merle Haggard, Alan recorded four albums for Capitol Rec ...

(on his 1978 Sun Devil Records single) *

Juice Newton Juice Newton (born Judith Kay Newton; February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categorieswinning once in 198 ...

(on her 1981 album ''

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'') - U.S. ''Billboard'' Country #32, in 1984 *

David Allan Coe David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter. Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville. He ini ...

(on the 1983 Kat Family Records album ''All American Cowboys'') *

The Remingtons The Remingtons were an American country music group founded in 1991. They consisted of guitarists and vocalists Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, and Rick Yancey. Griffin was previously a member of the soft rock group Bread, while Mainegra and Yan ...

(on their 1993 album '' Aim for the Heart'')

References

1974 singles 1974 songs 1984 singles Bang Records singles Capitol Records singles David Allan Coe songs Juice Newton songs Paul Davis (singer) songs Song recordings produced by Richard Landis Songs written by Paul Davis (singer) The Remingtons songs {{1970s-single-stub