Happy Trails (song)

"Happy Trails"
Single by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Released1952 (1952)
GenreCountry, folk, theme song
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Dale Evans

"Happy Trails" is a song by Roy Rogers and his wife Dale Evans, known as the theme song for both The Roy Rogers Show on radio and The Roy Rogers Show on television, in which they starred. It was written by Evans and always sung by the duo over the end credits of those programs.

"Happy Trails" was released in 1952 as a 78 RPM and 45 RPM by Rogers and Evans with the Whippoorwills and Orchestra, on RCA Victor Records. It was re-issued in 1957 as a 45 RPM record on RCA Victor/Bluebird. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[1]

  1. ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.