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The television western might have ridden off into the sunset and the movie western might be nowhere near as popular as it used to be, but the popularity of the old theme songs shows no sign of abating. This, the fourth volume in our hugely popular anthology of western movie and television songs, is in no way overshadowed by the earlier installments. Among the 25 songs are Dean Martin's studio version of: My Rifle, My Pony And Me, Sheb Wooley's Rawhide, Vaughn Monroe's The Ride Back, Frankie Laine's Man Without A Star, Tex Ritter's Gunsmoke, Johnny Cash's Bonanza, and, perhaps the greatest western theme of them all, Gene Autry's Back In The Saddle Again. There's even a little high camp in the form of Julie London's Saddle The Wind and two rare vocal performances from the big screen's biggest stars, Henry Fonda's Rolling Stone and Anthony Perkins' The Kentuckian Song

1. Paul Wuerges - My Rifle, My Pony and Me 2. Martin, Dean - de Guello 3. Riddle Orchestra, Nelson - Rawhide 4. Wooley, Sheb - the Ride Back 5. Monroe, Vaughn - Man Without a Star (A Whale of a Tale) 6. Laine, Frankie - Back in the Saddle Again 7. Autry, Gene - the Virginian 8. Faith, Percy - I Leaned on a Man 9. Mayo, Virginia - Tennessee Babe 10. Avalon, Frankie - Green Leaves of Summer 11. Avalon, Frankie - Here's to the Ladies 12. Avalon, Frankie - Ballad of the Alamo 13. Avalon, Frankie - Gunsmoke 14. Ritter, Tex ; Rex Koury - Bonanza 15. Cash, Johnny - the Ballad of Paladin 16. Prairie Chiefs - Ballad of the War Wagon 17. Ames, Ed - Theme from 'One Eyed Jacks' 18. Friedhofer, Hugo - Maverick 19. Sons of the Pioneers - Saddle the Wind 20. London, Julie - Chuckawalla Swing 21. Sons of the Pioneers - Pretty Little Girl in the Yellow Dress 22. Dobkins Jr., Carl - Rolling Stone 23. Fonda, Henry - Strange Lady in Town 24. Laine, Frankie - Vera Cruz 25. Martin, Tony - the Kentuckian Song