Bonanza

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Relationships

orchestrator:David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
lyricist:Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:Jay Livingston
publisher:Livingston & Evans Inc. (ASCAP)
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/140484 [info]
Wikidata:Q92315452 [info]
later translated versions:Bonanza (German lyrics)
part of:Bonanza (American Western TV series 1959–1973)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1959BonanzaJay Livingston & Ray Evans0:38
1962-04-23Bonanza! (mono)coverJohnny Cash2:19
1976-11BonanzacoverNRBQ0:43
1983-10-03Bonanza Theme / French National Anthem (live, 1983-10-03: Palais des Sports, Lyon, France)cover and liveThe Police0:35
1984-02-19Bonanza Theme (live, 1984-02-19: Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL, USA)cover and liveThe Police0:10
1988-03-25Theme From “Bonanza” (live, 1988-03-25: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA)cover, instrumental, live and partialFrank Zappa0:36
2003-03-17 – 2003-03-19TV Partycover, instrumental, medley and partialAsylum Street Spankers4:28
2007-11-19BonanzacoverWolfgang Schmidtke, Peter Weiss, Christian Ramond, Hans Reichel, Manfred Schoof, Matthias Schriefl, Ute Völker, Conny Bauer5:37
BonanzaDaniel Caine2:33
BonanzaThe Original Smokey River Boys2:43
BonanzaJay Livingston & Ray Evans2:08
BonanzaJay Livingston & Ray Evans0:40
BonanzaJay Livingston & Ray Evans2:10
BonanzaBilly Strange2:00
BonanzacoverStrangers 1800?:??
BonanzacoverBlood on the Saddle1:23
BonanzacoverCoïtus Int.2:17
BonanzacoverThe Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra?:??
Bonanza[unknown]1:21
BonanzacoverM.O.D.2:44
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:18
BonanzaJay Livingston, Ray Evans1:59
BonanzaJohnny Cash?:??
BonanzaJay Livingston & Ray Evans2:19
BonanzaJay Livingston & Ray Evans1:40
BonanzacoverJohn Blackinsell with The London Studio Orchestra1:42
BonanzaJay Livingston & Ray Evans2:24
BonanzaRobert J. Walsh1:52
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:19
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:21
BonanzacoverBruce Baxter Orchestra?:??
BonanzaLorne Greene1:51
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:20
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:18
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:18
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:20
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:21
BonanzaJay Livingston, Ray Evans?:??
BonanzaAl Caiola & His Orchestra2:17
Bonanzacover[unknown]2:23
BonanzainstrumentalLloyd Barry, James Hudson, Scott Sanders, Chuck Schumacher, Nathan R. Smith, Ron Wallingford2:02
Bonanzacover and instrumentalBill Frisell1:35
BonanzacoverThe Now Sound Orchestra1:44
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:20
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:21
BonanzainstrumentalJay Livingston & Ray Evans0:40
BonanzaLorne Greene1:52
BonanzaLorne Greene1:54
BonanzaLorne Greene1:53
BonanzaLorne Greene2:08
BonanzaLorne Greene1:52
BonanzaLorne Greene1:52
BonanzaLorne Greene2:06
BonanzaLorne Greene1:53
BonanzaLorne Greene1:52
BonanzaLorne Greene1:50
BonanzaLorne Greene1:16
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:21
Bonanzacover and instrumentalFrank Chacksfield & His Orchestra2:07
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:20
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:20
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:20
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:20
BonanzaJohnny Cash2:19
Bonanza (From TV Soundtrack "Bonanza")Lorne Greene1:50
Bonanza (instrumental)[unknown]1:51
Bonanza (Main Theme)instrumentalCzech Symphony Orchestra, William Motzing1:45
Bonanza (Theme From)Johnny Cash2:20
Bonanza (TV Theme)instrumentalThe City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Nic Raine1:41
Bonanza SkacoverCarlos Malcolm3:04
Bonanza ThemecoverRichard Cheese1:12
Bonanza!Johnny Cash & Marty Robbins2:20
Bonanza!Johnny Cash?:??
Bonanza! (mono)Johnny Cash2:19
Bonanza! (stereo)Johnny Cash2:21
Bonanza!Johnny Cash2:20
Bonanza!Johnny Cash2:18
Bonanza!Johnny Cash2:20
Cowpunk Medlum: High Noon / Ghost Riders in the Sky / BonanzamedleySplodgenessabounds2:37
Frontierland Lucky NuggetmedleyGene Autry & Ray Whitley / Jay Livingston & Ray Evans / Frank Loesser & Joseph J. Lilley / Johnny Lange & Eliot Daniel / Johnny Mercer / [traditional] / [unknown] / Charles La Vere & Tom Adair / [unknown] / [traditional] & [unknown]4:20
Round‐Up: Anthology of TV Western Themes: BonanzainstrumentalErich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra1:04
Theme From “Bonanza”cover and liveFrank Zappa0:29