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Mar 2024
36m 41s

Horse Music

BRICE FUQUA
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Songs include: Wild Horses, His Rocking Horse Ran Away, Black Horse Blues, Empty Saddles, Riders In the Sky, Horses Don't Bet On People and The Ride of the Valkeries. 

Performers include: Betty Hutton, Bing Crosby, Burl Ives, Kay Kyser and Perry Como. 

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