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(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend

country and cowboy-style song
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(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend

Summary

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend is a musical work/composition[1]. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,466 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend's instance of is recorded as A Cowboy Legend — instance of (P31): musical work/composition[3].
  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend's genre is A Cowboy Legend — genre (P136): country music[4].
  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend followed A Cowboy Legend — follows (P155): I Will Rock and Roll with You[5].
  • Among the performers on (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend was A Cowboy Legend — performer (P175): R.E.M.[6].
  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend was performed by A Cowboy Legend — performer (P175): Johnny Cash[7].
  • Among the performers on (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend was A Cowboy Legend — performer (P175): Stan Jones[8].
  • Among the performers on (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend was A Cowboy Legend — performer (P175): Burl Ives[9].
  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend was published on 1948[10].
  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend's lyricist is recorded as A Cowboy Legend — lyricist (P676): Stan Jones[11].
  • (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend's form of creative work is recorded as A Cowboy Legend — form of creative work (P7937): song[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[13]

  • Genre(s): brass band, jazz[14]

  • Community tags: brass & military, brass band, jazz[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 75e06d07-a52b-3bf1-ada4-23f1f05da4bb[16]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include A Cowboy Legend — performer (P175): R.E.M.[6], A Cowboy Legend — performer (P175): Johnny Cash[7], A Cowboy Legend — performer (P175): Stan Jones[8], and A Cowboy Legend — performer (P175): Burl Ives[9].

Publication

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend was released on 1948[10]. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend's genre is A Cowboy Legend — genre (P136): country music[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend followed A Cowboy Legend — follows (P155): I Will Rock and Roll with You[5].

Why It Matters

(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,466 views/month).[2] (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Burl Ives Johnny Cash

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 78discography.com. 78discography.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). (Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ghost-riders-in-the-sky-a-cowboy-legend
MLA “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ghost-riders-in-the-sky-a-cowboy-legend.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ghost-riders-in-the-sky-a-cowboy-legend_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ghost-riders-in-the-sky-a-cowboy-legend}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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