The Cowboys' Christmas Ball
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"The Cowboys' Christmas Ball" is a Country
Christmas
song recorded by Las Vegas rock
band The Killers. The lyrics of the song were taken from the 1890 poem of the same name by William Lawrence Chittenden. The Killers version has slight lyrical changes. For instance, the first line was changed from "Way out in Western Texas, where the Clear Fork's waters flow" to "Way out in Old Nevada, where the Truckee‘s waters flow". The Poem was first put to music by Michael Martin Murphey
on his album Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II
.
The song was released as a digital download on November 30, 2011, the video was released a day later. All proceeds from the song go to AIDS
charities as part of the (PRODUCT)RED
campaign, headed by Bono
and Bobby Shriver. It is the band's sixth annual Christmas song.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
Christmas
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
song recorded by Las Vegas rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band The Killers. The lyrics of the song were taken from the 1890 poem of the same name by William Lawrence Chittenden. The Killers version has slight lyrical changes. For instance, the first line was changed from "Way out in Western Texas, where the Clear Fork's waters flow" to "Way out in Old Nevada, where the Truckee‘s waters flow". The Poem was first put to music by Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, Country music, and Popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter...
on his album Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II
Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II
Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II is Michael Martin Murphey's seventeenth album. This is Murphey's first album of Christmas music.- Track listing :# "I Heard The Bells On Christmas / Old Time Christmas"# "Jolly Old St...
.
The song was released as a digital download on November 30, 2011, the video was released a day later. All proceeds from the song go to AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
charities as part of the (PRODUCT)RED
Product Red
Product Red, styled as RED, is a brand licensed to partner companies such as Nike, American Express , Apple Inc., Starbucks, Converse, Bugaboo, Penguin Classics , Gap, Emporio Armani, Hallmark and Dell...
campaign, headed by Bono
Bono
Paul David Hewson , most commonly known by his stage name Bono , is an Irish singer, musician, and humanitarian best known for being the main vocalist of the Dublin-based rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his...
and Bobby Shriver. It is the band's sixth annual Christmas song.