<P> More than 50 performers have recorded versions of the song . Charting versions were recorded by The Outlaws, Vaughn Monroe ("Riders in the Sky" with orchestra and vocal quartet), which topped the Billboard magazine charts, by Bing Crosby (with the Ken Darby Singers), Frankie Laine, Burl Ives (two different versions), Marty Robbins, The Ramrods and Johnny Cash . Other recordings were made by Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee (with the Jud Conlon Singers), Christopher Lee, and Spike Jones and his City Slickers . Gene Autry sang it in the 1949 movie, Riders in the Sky . Jones himself recorded it for his 1957 album Creakin' Leather . Children of Bodom, Impaled Nazarene and Die Apokalyptischen Reiter have also made covers . </P> <P> The melody is based on the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home ." </P> <Ul> <Li> The original version by Stan Jones was recorded in late 1948, and composer Eden Ahbez sent the song to Burl Ives, who recorded his own version a year later . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The original version by Stan Jones was recorded in late 1948, and composer Eden Ahbez sent the song to Burl Ives, who recorded his own version a year later . </Li>

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