I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
Template:Short description Template:Infobox song"I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" is a country and western song written in 1934 and first recorded in 1935 by Rubye Blevins, who performed as Patsy Montana. It was the first country song by a female artist to sell more than one million copies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Background and release
Montana wrote the song in 1934 when she was feeling lonely and missing her boyfriend; it was recorded a year later when producer Art Satherley, of ARC Records, needed one more song at a Prairie Ramblers recording session.<ref name="loc" /> Montana was the group's soloist at the time. Her song is based on Stuart Hamblen's western song Texas Plains: he is therefore credited as a cowriter. Patsy Montana embellished the simpler musical pattern of the original, especially with her yodeling. Patsy also used a lot of the original words: the song is somewhat of a feminine answer to its precursor.
Reception
Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.<ref name="Top100">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2012 her record was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" American sound recordings.<ref name="loc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cover versions
"I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" has been recorded by, among others,
- Rosalie Allen, in a 1940s yodeling version,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Patti Page (as a single)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Suzy Bogguss (on her 1989 album Somewhere Between). Her version peaked at #77 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
- Dixie Chicks (on their 1990 debut album Thank Heavens for Dale Evans)
- Lynn Anderson (on her 1992 album Cowboy's Sweetheart)
- Nickel Creek on their 1993 album Little Cowpoke
- LeAnn Rimes (on her 1994 album All That)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Clelia Adams on her 2004 album Heartbeat Highway
- Leslie Avril on her 1994 album Champagne and Desolation
- Bev McShanag and Olive Bice on their 1985 cassette Yodelling in Harmony
- The Cartwheels (The Australian band) on their 2001 ep The Cartwheels
- Ha*Ash (American band) made a Spanish yodeling version of the song called "Vaquera" on her 2005 album Mundos Opuestos.<ref name="MundosApple">Template:Citation</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Phish (performed in 1996 and released in 2007 on Vegas 96)
- Cyndi Lauper featuring yodeling Jewel (on her 2016 album Detour).<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
References
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