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Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Written by Sonny Throckmorton, also Why Not Me (The Judds), The Way I Am (Merle Haggard) and Stand Up (The Band)
Part of Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind, also The Fireman, Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind and Any Old Time
Released on MCA Special Products, also Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland), Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind and The Right Kinda Lover (Patti LaBelle)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Sonny Throckmorton wrote 17 songs on fono
Sonny Throckmorton’s most frequent co-writer is Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr. (3 songs together)
Sonny Throckmorton first appears on fono in 1977, 7 years before this song
Casey Kelly first appears on fono in 1978, 6 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Casey Kelly and Sonny Throckmorton
- Released on
- MCA Records and MCA Special Products
- Written by
- Casey Kelly and Sonny Throckmorton
- Released on
- MCA Records and MCA Special Products
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Sonny Throckmorton
Same writer: Casey Kelly
Same label: MCA Records
Same release: Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
Same label: MCA Special Products
Same writer: Sonny Throckmorton
Same writer: Casey Kelly
Same label: MCA Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Cowboy Rides Away was written by Casey Kelly
The Cowboy Rides Away was written by Casey Kelly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Cowboy Rides Away was written by Sonny Throckmorton
The Cowboy Rides Away was written by Sonny Throckmorton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Cowboy Rides Away is part of the release Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
The Cowboy Rides Away is part of the release Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song The Cowboy Rides Away
MCA Records is the label of the song The Cowboy Rides Away
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz MCA Special Products is the label of the song The Cowboy Rides Away
MCA Special Products is the label of the song The Cowboy Rides Away
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz The Cowboy Rides Away was released on 1984
The Cowboy Rides Away was released on 1984
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026