| 词条 | I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) |
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| name = I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) | cover = I'm_an_Old_Cowhand_cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Bing Crosby | album = | A-side = I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) | B-side = I Can't Escape from You | released = 1936 | format = 78 rpm | recorded = July 17, 1936 | studio = | venue = | genre = Popular | length = 2:40 | label = Decca Records 871 | writer = Johnny Mercer | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}"I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)" is a comic song written by Johnny Mercer for the film Rhythm on the Range and sung by its star, Bing Crosby. The Crosby commercial recording was made on July 17, 1936 with Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra for Decca Records.[1] It was a huge hit in 1936 reaching the No. 2 spot in the charts of the day,[2] and it greatly furthered Mercer's career. Crosby recorded the song again in 1954 for his album A Musical Autobiography. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[3] BackgroundMercer and his wife were driving across the USA en route to Savannah after having apparently failed to succeed in Hollywood. Mercer was amused by the sight of cowboys, with spurs and ten-gallon hats, driving cars and trucks instead of riding horses. Singing cowboys were popular in films and on the radio then, and within 15 minutes, writing on the back of an envelope, Mercer transferred the image he was seeing into a song whose satirical lyrics vented some of his own bitter frustration with Hollywood.[4] The lyrics, about a 20th-century cowboy who has little in common with cowpunchers of old, have been included in some anthologies of light verse. Other recordingsThe song has also been sung by Roy Rogers (Sons of the Pioneers), Sophia Johnson, Carson Robison, Bobby Darin, Tex Ritter, The Mills Brothers, Johnnie Ray, Jack Teagarden, Patsy Montana, Frank Sinatra, Steve Lawrence, Dan Hicks, and Harry Connick Jr., among others. A notable jazz version by Sonny Rollins leads off his 1957 album Way Out West. Instrumental versions were done by Ray Conniff on his album 'S Wonderful! (1956) and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass on their album The Brass are Comin (1969).[5] Film and other appearances
On television, Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance sang it in the season 3 I Love Lucy episode "Home Movies" (1954). References1. ^{{cite web|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby1bDecca.html|website=BING magazine|publisher=International Club Crosby|accessdate=April 17, 2017}} 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=105}} 3. ^{{Cite web |title=The Top 100 Western Songs |author=Western Writers of America |year=2010 |authorlink=Western Writers of America |publisher=American Cowboy |url=http://www.americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6RjFQXqGy?url=http://www.americancowboy.com/culture/top-100-western-songs |archivedate=10 August 2014 |deadurl=yes |df= }} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Furia|first1=Philip|title=Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer|date=2003|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn=0-312-28720-8|page=85}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=allmusic.com|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-brass-are-comin-mw0000863074|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 25, 2017}} 6. ^{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Fred|title=The Road to Hollywood|date=1986|publisher=John Joyce and Son|location=Gateshead, UK|page=79}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=American Film Institute|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=530|website=afi.com|accessdate=June 25, 2017}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093260/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|website=imdb.com|accessdate=June 25, 2017}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1409024/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|website=imdb.com|accessdate=June 25, 2017}}
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