I almost passed on this one, glad I didn't. An amazing rendition, amazing voice!

Not many singers can pull off the no vibrato / minimal vibrato sound successfully. Ms Collins is in that small club for sure.

Probably the best female vocal I've heard of this old cowboy classic.

Love to hear her sing. She is so talented.

Perfect diction , every word clear like that unique bell-like voice. yippee-I yay

I have been a fan for all of my life. She was instrumental in turning me to folk music when music was still great. Her eyes put a spell on me that never lifted. God bless you Judy.

Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell were my crushes in '68 when I got back stateside.

Omg! this was mine and my grandfather's song. Only, by Johnny Cash. he died 7 years ago. I played it at his funeral. This woman is AMAZING! I cried. Wow!

Wonderful lady singer with a hauntingly beautiful voice singing a hauntingly beautiful song .....

@spikespa5208

2 жыл бұрын

Not a song I would have thought of her doing. But her voice lends itself perfectly.

this lady has the voice of an angel and the heart of a saint and a love of all music and whenever she sings or plays a song it is like a rebirth and the song is all hers and with such a great new sound thank you so much for posting this great artist and the song

@StephenGillie

4 жыл бұрын

And when she decrees the end times, she shall be joined by riders on pale horses. She shall be beautiful and terrible like the dawn, and she shall be crowned the Queen of the Valkyries by Hel herself.

@litourguide

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen Gillie magnificent

A voice of pure liquid Gold!

Great version. Thanks Judy !!

I wanted to see what Judy would do with this after listening to all the guys. Great job.

@robinclarke9978

3 жыл бұрын

So did I. Different but a lovely voice.

I believe that I have listened to just about every version of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" that is up on KZread - so when I saw this one, by a major recording artist from the hippie generation (my generation), Judy Collins - I just knew I had to watch it. And it's a very good version, indeed.

Amen. I have never before heard Judy's version, and it is stupendous. She has the perfect hauntingly beautiful singing voice that fits the message of this epic song.

In her 70s and she's still got it.

I'd never thought, i'd find a Better version . Until this........especially the start

Great rendition. New appreciation for Judy Collins!

Gorgeous version of Stan's great song -

There (still-after all these years) is something so pleasing in Judy Collins voice. I guess a testimony to the quality of a song and melody would be that if anyone at all sings/plays it and remains true to the way its writer put it...the song remains pleasing to the ear, the mind, the heart, the soul.

My favorite rendition.

Wow, great Amazing!

So far the best female version of this song that I have heard!!!

Such a beautiful voice - IMHO - emotive and wonderful.

Wow this takes me back to my youth This was my favourite song

Wonderful

Great lady of music. I admire her...

Great song, great singer and great pictures ! " Moult remerciements " ...

Beautiful as ever!

an angel from unknown music how much i love her talent

I like your voice, your prononciation, and so on.

I've always liked this song. Great version! Thanks.

Fabulous

love her since 1967

Great voice and great version ! Love this classic !!!!

What a great take on a classic song :)

when I was about five, my neighbours used to come over for playdates and we would all dance around to a cassette with this song on it... I think it was a fred penner cassette but I love this version

wooooow sooo sweeeeet voice :)

Wow, what a wonderful verson of this great classic song. Judy Collins, Just Beautiful, always liked Judy Collins. 👍👏🥰🐎

This voice of crystal makes me want to cry so much she is pure.

what a performance!

great ! thanks for sharing..

still watching this.. amazing!

Beautiful version, well done!

So sharp so clear excellent

Always Loved Judy...🦋🕊️🕊️🦋

This past week I played several artists' versions of this song. My favorite has always been Vaughn Monroe. I had no idea Judy Collins covered this haunting song and in such a striking fashion. Great arrangement with Judy's incomparable voice and clarity. . Sorry I missed this for so long. North Hills CA USA 07-19-2020

Damn, this lady's voice gets better with age, didn't think that possible.

Thanks for posting this.

Very very nice ! Thanks

Good job Judy.

I adore Judy Collins, got to meet her at the Chicago Art Museum, back in the 90s, she was incognito w. purple crushed velvet everything. Have loved this song since Vaughn Monroe.

still listening to this in 2021.. amazing.

Voice of angel

Just another fantastic post of a fantastic song by a hyper-fantastic artist. Thanks ? Not good enough. - S2

nice

It is hard to find a bad version of this song because it is so well written. Judy does an outstanding arrangement. Stan Jones co-wrote another song that the Kingston Trio recorded, Hanna Lee.

@leroylowe5921

8 жыл бұрын

+ssgtsouth Listen to the one by Youn Sun Nah.

@ssgtsouth

8 жыл бұрын

Quite interesting, thanks for alerting me.

@robertlarkin3373

6 жыл бұрын

Russian national anthem

Good art doesn't gets older.

Judy THANK YOU for your reply. I still have THIS ONE and your other songs still on my playlist after 10 months and still going. If and when the Pandemic end come do a concert tour in the USA, and I WILL come to it. So Judy keep playing with your heart and soul that beautiful guitar for your site and your subscribers. BE WELL AND BE SAFE TO YOU JUDY AND YOUR FAMILY. With the LOVE of music, we WILL all be safe. Again Judy THANK YOU for your music.

totally agree!

Wonderfull voice to the song.... Linda voz para uma bela canção! (Brasil)

Wonderful, stupenda e piena di fascino

nicely done!

Judy appears at Jonathan's in Ogunquit, ME quite often. We saw her perform two years ago. She was fantastic, great and hadn't lost a bit of her voice.

GREAT. BEAUTIFUL.

Judy Blue Eyes :-)

Nice touch, I would wonder how someone could sing this song w/o a gravelly cowboy voice but this is it, something slightly elegiac reminiscing not trying to overpower it but then you also have to get everything just right, can't just run over parts. She does that, a great job telling the story in the song. I kinda get the impression from this version the cowboy didn't change his ways ;^)

I would have LOVED to have heard a duet of Judy C and Vaughn Monroe singing this .... to this music .... But they lived decades apart .... Their versions are my two favorite versions ....

Lawdy, that woman can sing...

Beautiful song...beautiful woman...

@thirtyfoursevenzero

6 жыл бұрын

Just a thought...a duet with Judy Collins and Burl Ives...If only that were possible

Judy blue eyes still has the chops.

Sencillamente maravillosa.

Love the early 60s heavy judy collins work wish I could Sega whole 12 curses!Chris young

Next favorite version to Burl Ives, who knocks it out, hands down. What a beautiful voice she has.

Maybe the best female, I have ever heard doing, Ghost Riders. Her crystal clear voice in this recording is as good as Vaughan Monroe's deep baritone on his recording 60 + years ago. .

@dermoose1

5 жыл бұрын

Jim, try the Peggy Lee.

I've been in love with her for 40 years... Just sayin..

Things to come

good job JUDY. i just wrote a new version of this song called ghost singer in the sky i wish you could sing it some time,i wrote it for all the hank williams sr fans out there.in 1949 hank had a hit called i'm so lonesome i could cry,both of these song were battleing for number one on the charts.

Wouldn't you just love to hear a Judy Collins/Emmylou Harris duet?

I agree 100&

Best Female Version !

Voice clarity.

Always liked Judy Collins... "Send in the clowns"

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A Valkyrie rhapsode.

From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, we fight our countries battles in the air on land sea, we fight for right and freedom and to keep our honor clean, we are proud to claim the title of, the United States Marines, Gung Ho - Gung Ho you know the rest - gung ho

This is pretty good you know. Shame she hasn't done a Big Iron cover, she would blow the doors off that.

i found an article about the meaning behind this song. there's an interesting history to this song. texashillcountry.com/legend-ghost-riders/3/

Wonderful rendition. Let me suggest another female version: Peggy Lee. Ms. Lee was a truly unique voice. I think we all know and probably agree that this song is so great one can almost say that all the versions are terrific. I first heard it by Vaughan Monroe. Mercifully, the horrendous Bing Crosby version is unheard.

move over gents...let me show you how it's done!

Hay vc

Check out her version of Danny Boy, awesome, then Check out Mary Lou by the Creative Force, amazing

She can play the guitar! Judy is a uniquely gifted performer. If you are looking for unique, check out my EP "Heart Walk" on KZread. Thanks!

Iai caboy 🏇💨🐂🐎😨🔫😕🙏

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One person is completely tone-deaf. Poor soul.

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There are songs that Judy Collins' voice and style are perfectly suited for. This isn't one of them.

@marklongo5348

8 жыл бұрын

+Mz Domm - Actually, we are all critics in the sense that we know what we like and what we don't. As for being a singer, I no longer sing professionally, but I made quite a good living at it for many years. One of the things I had to do was decide which songs my own voice and style were suited for and which songs were not. The songwriter created a gritty, dark song best presented by someone with a gritty style and a raw voice to convey the full effect. Judy Collins has neither of these attributes. As much as I enjoy her singing songs such as "Send In The Clowns" or "Someday Soon", that doesn't mean that I should automatically like everything she presents. As I stated in my original post, there are many songs suited for Judy Collins' exceptionally beautiful voice and style, but in my opinion this isn't one of them.

@michaelriley6249

7 жыл бұрын

you know nothing about music a real mental midget

This a wonderful song. Good job Judy but Vaughn Monroe owns this song.

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