Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande))

I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) (1936)

Origin and Chart Information

Currently, 1000 jazz standards are ranked and have web pages (click on Songs for the full list).

The top 100 are fully documented:

Year	Rank	Title
1930	1	“Body and Soul”
1939	2	“All the Things You Are”
1935	3	“Summertime”
1944	4	“'Round Midnight”
1935	5	“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937	6	“My Funny Valentine”
1942	7	“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930	8	“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933	9	“Yesterdays”
1946	10	“Stella By Starlight”

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Written by the Same Composer or Team...

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Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1945	442	“Dream”
1936	896	“I’m an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)”

Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1946	51	“Come Rain or Come Shine”
1942	180	“That Old Black Magic”
1941	207	“Blues in the Night”
1943	307	“My Shining Hour”
1941	416	“This Time the Dream’s on Me”
1944	434	“Out of This World”
1943	739	“One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)”

Rube Bloom and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1940	460	“Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread)”
1939	503	“Day In, Day Out”

J Francis Burke and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1947	325	“Midnight Sun”

Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1941	62	“Skylark”

Gene De Paul and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1956	782	“Namely You”

Ziggy Elman and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1939	786	“And the Angels Sing”

Jerome Kern and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1942	250	“I’m Old Fashioned”
1942	595	“Dearly Beloved”

Jay Livingston and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1934	774	“P.S. I Love You”

Henry N Mancini and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1962	135	“Days of Wine and Roses”
1961	684	“Moon River”

Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1964	506	“Emily”

Johnny Mercer and James R Mundy
Year	Rank	Title
1943	425	“Travelin’ Light”

Johnny Mercer and David Raksin
Year	Rank	Title
1945	35	“Laura”

Johnny Mercer and Victor Schertzinger
Year	Rank	Title
1942	116	“I Remember You”
1942	212	“Tangerine”

Johnny Mercer and Jimmy Van Heusen
Year	Rank	Title
1939	108	“I Thought About You”

Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren
Year	Rank	Title
1938	308	“Jeepers Creepers”

Johnny Mercer and Richard A Whiting
Year	Rank	Title
1937	344	“Too Marvelous for Words”

Ralph J Burns, Woody Herman and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1949	389	“Early Autumn”

Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer and Jacques Prevert
Year	Rank	Title
1947	11	“Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes)”

Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer and Billy Strayhorn
Year	Rank	Title
1953	45	“Satin Doll”

Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins and Johnny Mercer
Year	Rank	Title
1938	675	“When a Woman Loves a Man”