Songs of the West (Burl Ives album)

Songs of the West (Decca DL 4179, 1961) is one of several albums from the early 1960s that signalled Burl Ives's move away from folk music into country western and pop. In Ives's discography this album is immediately preceded by The Versatile Burl Ives! and followed by It's Just My Funny Way of Laughin', two Decca albums containing songs ("A Little Bitty Tear", "Call Mr. In-Between" and "Funny Way of Laughin'") that earned Ives his highest rankings on Billboard's pop, country, and easy-listening charts.[1]

Songs of the West
Studio album by
Burl Ives
Released1961
GenreCountry Western
Length32:23
LabelDecca

Songs of the West is an album of twelve "Cowboy" songs.[2] As the back of the album cover states, "[The songs] span the gamut of western music from the time-honored Cowboy's National Anthem, 'Home on the Range,' which dates back to the 1870s, through the western classics ..., to the years of western music's peak popularity -- represented here by songs by Billy Hill ... -- and finally on to 'My Adobe Hacienda' and 'Jingle Jangle Jingle,' two popular hits that have been adopted into the repertoires of almost all western music enthusiasts."[3]

Track listing

Side 1
TrackSong TitleWriter/Composer[4]Length
1.Home on the RangeBrewster Higley and Daniel Kelley2:26
2.When the Bloom Is on the SageNat Vincent and Fred Howard Wright2:10
3.Cool WaterBob Nolan3:54
4.Empty SaddlesBilly Hill2:39
5.Mexicali RoseHelen Stone and Jack Tenney2:25
6.The Oregon TrailPeter de Rose and Billy Hill2:31

Side 2
TrackSong TitleWriter/ComposerLength
1.The Last Round-UpBilly Hill4:02
2.O Bury Me Not on the Lone PrairieTraditional2:19
3.Cowboy's DreamTraditional2:58
4.Tumbling TumbleweedsBob Nolan2:14
5.My Adobe HaciendaLouise Massey and Lee Penny2:27
6.Jingle Jangle JingleJ.J. Lilley and Frank Loesser2:13

References
  1. Allmusic: Burl Ives: Charts & Awards: Billboard Singles: link
  2. Library of Congress Catalog: LCCN 93718570: link.
  3. Burl Ives, Songs of the West, Decca DL 4179, 1961.
  4. Burl Ives, Songs of the West, Decca DL 4179, 1961. Information about the writer/composer of each song can be found on the record label.


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