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Way back when, I had a "compilation" cassette tape with Lightfoot cover songs and Lightfoot's own recording on the same tape. Other covers on that tape included the PP&M recordings, for example.

Anyhow, somehow I discovered Marty Robbins' cover very early on; probably because I noticed him when El Paso was a hit on the radio. I bought the album with ROD and I always loved Marty's comments on the album jacket (paraphrased): "It is recorded in Marty Robbins' voice, but Gordon Lightfoot's style".

And, as I'm sure many of you know, it was a #1 Country & Western hit for Marty Robbins, reaching that position in April, 1965.

Thanks for finding this video!