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The Urban Cowboy soundtrack is certified platinum by the R.I.A.A. in the USA. The double LP features Anne Murray, Kenny Rogers, The Eagles, Mickey Gilley, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt and J.D. Souther, Jimmy Buffett, The Charlie Daniels Band and others. The film is considered to have started the 1980s boom in pop-country music known variously as the Urban Cowboy Movement, Neo-Country or Hill Boogie.