My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (song)
1980 single by Willie Nelson / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" was recorded by Waylon Jennings on the 1976 album Wanted! The Outlaws, and further popularized in 1980 by Willie Nelson as a single on the soundtrack to The Electric Horseman. "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" was written by Sharon Vaughn and Nelson's version was his fifth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1]
Quick Facts Single by Willie Nelson, from the album The Electric Horseman: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ...
"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" | ||||
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Single by Willie Nelson | ||||
from the album The Electric Horseman: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
B-side | "Rising Star (Love Theme)" | |||
Released | January 1980 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:06 | |||
Label | Columbia Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sharon Vaughn | |||
Producer(s) | Willie Nelson Sydney Pollack | |||
Willie Nelson singles chronology | ||||
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Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[2]