Empty Saddles (in the Old Corral)

"Empty Saddles (in the Old Corral)" is a classic American cowboy song written by Billy Hill.

Hill based the song on a poem by J. Keirn Brennan grieving for lost companions.

[1] The song became widely known to the public in July 1936, when Bing Crosby sang it with deep emotion in the Paramount musical Rhythm on the Range,[2] and his Decca recording of it, made on July 14, 1936, with Victor Young and His Orchestra,[3] reached the Top 10 that September.

[4] Crosby's recording of this and other "country" songs gave them a legitimacy by showing that they could appeal to pop sophisticates as well as rural audiences.

[2] Particularly notable recordings were by Roy Rogers (1947), Burl Ives (1961), Dean Martin (1966), and Jimmie Rodgers (1983).