"1116361" . . "false"^^ . "Johnny Cash songs" . "Number-one singles in the United States" . "1948 songs" . . "Outlaws (band) songs" . "Peggy Lee songs" . "false"^^ . "false"^^ . . "Gene Autry songs" . "18"^^ . "Burl Ives songs" . . "Western music (North America)" . "RPM Country Tracks number-one singles" . "-13.7"^^ . "%22(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend%22 is a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter Stan Jones. A number of versions were crossover hits on the pop charts in 1949, the most successful being by Vaughn Monroe. The ASCAP database lists the song as %22Riders in the Sky%22 (title code 480028324), but the title has been written as %22Ghost Riders%22, %22Ghost Riders in the Sky%22, and %22A Cowboy Legend%22. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time." . "2012-01-01"^^ . "Riders In The Sky" . "0"^^ . "-0.367242"^^ . "GBJUT1016139" . "140000.0"^^ . "186957"^^ . . "14964881" . "Bing Crosby songs" . "eng" . "134.2"^^ . . "english" . . "Riders In The Sky" . . "01c1d9b4-88ca-4674-b824-48726a585567" . . "1948-06-05"^^ . "-0.224564"^^ . "5714dee725ac0d8aee537c72" .