Texarkana Gazette

Singing cowboy's signature song only took minutes to write

This week in 1939, The New York World's Fair opened, Joe Louis KO'd Jack Roper in the first round, Hitler turned down FDR's proposal to meet at sea and one of America's singing cowboys recorded the ...
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20 Timeless Cowboy Songs That Will Take You Back to the Wild West

In country songs, there's nothing quite like a good cowboy anthem. The boots, the dust, the wide open skies—it's all wrapped up in a sound that feels rugged and timeless. At Drummond Ranch, cowboy ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1907, the Trailblazing Singing Cowboy Who Owned Multiple TV Stations and a Major League Baseball Team

On this day (September 29) in 1907, Orvon Grover Autry was born in Tioga, Texas. Over the course of his 91 years on this earth, he became one of the biggest stars of stage, screen, and radio. He was ...
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Singing in the saddle : the history of the singing cowboy / Douglas B. Green

The lure of the West -- The cowboy and song -- Western music in the air : record and radio to 1934 -- The Sons of the Pioneers and Billy Hill : painting the West in song -- Western music rides to the ...
Daily Camera

Songster Dom Flemons revives ‘Bronze Buckaroo,’ Black cowboys at Chautauqua in harmonious walk through the wild West

In 1939, actor Herb Jeffries made history by starring in “The Bronze Buckaroo,” the first-ever Western to feature a Black singing cowboy as its protagonist. With Jeffries in the lead as Bob Blake — a ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1982, Country Music Said Goodbye to One of the Last Singing Cowboys—an Actor, Recording Artist, and Comic Book Hero

On this day (September 23) in 1982, Jimmy Wakely died in Mission Hills, California, after a battle with emphysema. He was 68 years old. Before his passing, Wakely rose to fame as a singer, songwriter, ...