Western music is said to be influenced by the folk music traditions of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, and cowboy songs sung around campfires in the 19th century, such as " See more

Authors such as Barry Mazor, Richard Carlin and John T. Davis have used the term cowboy pop to describe the music of cowboy singers in western films. Jimmy Wakely, … See more

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• Cannon, Hal. Old Time Cowboy Songs. Gibbs Smith. ISBN 0-87905-308-9
• Green, Douglas B. Singing in the Saddle: The History of the … See more

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, western music became widely popular through the romanticization of the cowboy and idealized depictions … See more

The Western Writers of America was formed in 1953 to promote excellence in western-style writing, including songwriting. In the … See more

Older western music is widely streamed on major platforms, with music by Marty Robbins and Al Hurricane being more easily accessible. Newer takes on western music are constantly written and recorded and performed all across the American West and Western … See more