You hear it every Friday at pep rallies and football games. Some schools, such as Stanhope Elmore, use it as their fight song.It was the theme for “What’s Going On” with Dirty Digs columnist Harold “Pete” Cottle and Fred Randall Hughey on WACQ. George the DJ Howell used to close out “Hubcap Classics” with it on various radio stations across the South. What in the world is the origin of “The Horse?”

The marching band arrangement is credited to Jesse James. I always wondered how the gunslinger made it into the world of musical arranging, but I do know the original record was credited to Cliff Nobles & Co. (Jesse James was actually Nobles’ manager.)