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The Ballad of Paladin

"The Ballad of Paladin"
Single by Duane Eddy
B-side "The Wild Westerners"
Released June 1962
Genre Rockabilly
Length 1:56
Label RCA Records 8047
Songwriter(s) Johnny Western, Richard Boone, Sam Rolfe
Producer(s) Lee Hazlewood
Duane Eddy singles chronology
"Runaway Pony"
(1962)
"The Ballad of Paladin"
(1962)
"(Dance With The) Guitar Man"
(1962)
"Runaway Pony"
(1962)
"The Ballad of Paladin"
(1962)
"(Dance With The) Guitar Man"
(1962)

"The Ballad of Paladin" is a song written by Johnny Western, Richard Boone, and Sam Rolfe and performed by Duane Eddy. The song reached #10 on the UK Singles Chart and #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Eddy's flip side was the theme to The Wild Westerners.

The song was produced by Lee Hazlewood and arranged by Bob Thompson. Drummer Earl Palmer played on the session.



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