Songs heard 'round the campfire on the lone prairie, including: Abilene - Along the Navaho Trail - Back in the Saddle Again - Buffalo Gals (Won't You Come Out Tonight?) - Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie - Don't Take Your Guns to Town - Git Along, Little Dogies - Happy Trails - Hold on Little Dogies, Hold On - Home on the Range - I Ride an Old Paint - Jingle Jangle Jingle (I Got Spurs) - The Old Chisholm Trail - Pistol Packin' Mama - (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) - San Antonio Rose - Sioux City Sue - Strawberry Roan - The Yellow Rose of Texas - and more.

Songlist: Jingle Jangle Jingle (I Got Spurs), Abilene, The Last Roundup, Mule Train, I Ride An Old Paint, When The Work's All Done This Fall, Call Of The Canyon, I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart, Along The Navajo Trail, Home On The Range, Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle, Back In The Saddle Again, The Red River Valley, Cowboy's Heaven, Dear Old Western Skies, Hold On Little Dogies, Hold On, I Hate To Say Goodbye To The Prairie, My Old Saddle Pal, Ridin' Down The Canyon, Sing Me A Song Of The Saddle, The Cowboy Blues, There's An Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight, Dust, Listen To The Rhythm Of The Range, Rhythm Of The Hoofbeats, Dude Ranch Cowhands, Silver On The Sage, When It's Night Time In Nevada, The Colorado Trail, Blue Shadows On The Trail, and more

Growing up in a family of Russian Jews from the Ukraine named Urick who settled in Massachusetts, the athletic Ames Brothers first landed a gig in NYC in the mid-40s with up and coming bandleader Art Mooney. Over their 15-year career the prolific Brothers notched up 50 U.S. Chart entries, 21 of them on the Coral label before signing with RCA Victor. Two generous CDs here, with 25 songs on each; most of the big hits on CD #1. Comfortable in many genres, they scored hits with top-40 pop like "Sentimental Me" and "Rag Mop," the country songs "Wagon Wheels" and "The Last Roundup," the religious-styled "Lovely Lady Dressed In Blue," the spiritual "Shadrack," the Hawaiian songs, Moon Of Manakoora" and "Hawaiian War Chant," the popular ballad "To Think You've Chosen Me, and novelty numbers such as "The Thing." There are of course standards such as "Stardust" and polkas like "Hoop Dee Doo." All are band accompanied, particularly nice are those recorded with Les Brown and his Band of Renown, "Undecided," "Sentimental Journey" and the wonderful "No Moon At All." There's too much good, entertaining stuff here to review, but the Brothers' trademark rich, smooth harmonies are consistently delightful throughout.

Songlist: A Tree in the Meadow w. Monica Lewis, You, You, You Are the One, Cruising Down the River, Rag Mop, Sentimental Me, Music, Music, Music, Stars Are the Windows of Heaven, Can Anyone Explain? (No, No, No!), Thirsty for You Kisses, Oh Babe, The Thing, The Wang Wang Blues, Hawaiian War Chant, Undecided w. Les Brown, Sentimental Journey w. Les Brown, I Wanna Love You, I'll Still Love You, Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart, String Along, My Favourite Song, No Moon At All, Can't I?, You, You, You, My Love, My Life, My Happiness, I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me, Tell Me A Story, Sing Me A Song of the Islands, Shadrack, I Love You Much Too Much, Only, Only You, and more