Posted on 10/23/2018 7:54:53 PM PDT by rintintin
In 1931, an aspiring cowboy singer named Leonard Franklin Slye left his native Ohio to take his shot at fame and fortune in the Golden State. That young man went on to become Roy Rogers, one of the most popular Western actors and singers of his era.
He was known as the "King of the Cowboys" and appeared in over 100 films, as well as in his own television program, "The Roy Rogers Show."
Prior to his acting career, Rogers co-founded a singing group in Los Angeles called the Sons of the Pioneers with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer. By the summer of 1934, the trio had landed a recording contract with Decca records and scored hits with "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," "Cool Water," and many other Western tunes.
The group's appeal continued through the years and it still remains at the forefront of the Western music scene. It also recently came full circle when Roger's son, Roy (Dusty) Rogers Jr., joined the band as its lead singer in January.
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Trigger, under an earlier name, was the horse that Olivia De Havilland rode in “The Adventures of Robin Hood.”
I didn’t know that! He was a magnificent beast.
Dale and Roy used to end their show singing “Happy Trails”. Roy Roger was in a movie with John Wayne. It was a B Western about Kansas/ Missouri troubles during the Civil War. I don’t remember the name of it. I think it’s the only time they were in a movie together.
Isn’t it amazing how, in the fifties, we all celebrated America. In grade school, we learned all the armed forces hymns and sang them proudly. I remember sitting on Dad’s scratchy USMC wool blanket watching military parades and fireworks. All the great songs we sang in grade school, all long gone and forgotten by the last two or three generations of kids.
* Home on the Range
* America
* The Battle Hymn of the Republic
* Sweet Betsy from Pike
* The Yellow Rose of Texas
* A Bicycle Built for Two
* Shenandoah
* Clementine
* Erie Canal
* Red River Valley
* When Johnny Comes Marching Home
* Dixie (yes, sang it in upstate NY!)
I’m sure I’m forgetting lots more, too.
Roy said that for a stallion he was a real sweetheart. Trigger loved working with children.
I just watched John Wayne in his first leading film role, “The Big Trail” (1930). It is a remarkable film with some of the best wagon train and Indian battle scenes ever filmed.
Buttermilk was Dale Evans horse. Trigger was Roy’s palomino.
Seems like I read somewhere that Buttermilk was actually faster than Trigger, and had to be held back when they were galloping together.
Dust--Roy Rogers with the Sons of the Pioneers (1938)
I’m wrong Tex Ritter’s horse was white flash. Don’t know where I got midnight.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8I5SWpqjJs
Kind of on the same subject -
Sylvester Stallone buys his brother Frank a very special gift here at Norman’s Rare Guitars
My favorite was Sky King.
Just had to look up the name for Pat Brady’s Jeep...Nellybelle. I’d also forgotten their German Shepherd Bullet. We watched them regularly.
There was a 1950s era Guy Madison/Andy Devine show, IIRC, where the villain was played by a handsome guy and the good guy was ugly. The lesson to learn was that looks don’t mean a thing. Sixty-five years later, I still remember.
The number I remember from the SOTP was “Water.”
And the Cisco Kid.
Pancho: “Come on Cisco, let’s went.”
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