OK, we're off jazz a bit here. But this is what started it all for me.
This was released in 1948 and became a big hit. I was very young but into the whole cowboy hero thing. The result was "Ghost Riders" became the first song I remember being really aware of and wanting to hear again and again. My first favorite tune.
And Vaughn Monroe's version set the standard for the many, many others that followed. The emphasis here was his voice, no surprise since he was a singing star on records and radio. The later versions, The Outlaws and others, showed what a hot guitar could add.