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Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye; November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, [1] was an American singer, actor, television host, freemason and rodeo performer.
Some yodels contained more of the Alpine type of yodel as well. Roy Rogers, singing with the Sons of the Pioneers in 1934, sings to a "sweet Tyrolean maid" in "A Swiss Yodel". Jimmie Rodgers was the first to write and sing a cowboy yodel, "The Land of My Boyhood Dreams", in 1929.
Indeed, alongside Roy Rogers, Britt is regarded as the yodeller who brought the complex, fast-singing and tumbling yodels to top form: "He set the gold standard." [46] Both Britt and Roy Rogers covered Jimmie Rodgers' My Little Lady, which over time had become a test for advanced yodelers. In his version from 1928, Rodgers himself had limited ...
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It has been recorded by the world's most popular Western singers, including Harry McClintock, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bing Crosby, Woody Guthrie, Randy Travis, Michael Martin Murphey, Tex Ritter, Jack Elliot, Charlie Daniels, and Riders in the Sky. [2] [3] Yodeling Slim Clark recorded a yodeling version in 1957 for his album Cowboy Songs.
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An appearance along with Roy Rogers in January 1983 in season 2, episode 11 of the TV show "The Fall Guy", titled "Happy Trails". An appearance on Austin City Limits in season 9, episode 12, titled "Country Legends with Faron Young, Kitty Wells, Sons of the Pioneers, Joe & Rose Maphis, Pee Wee King & Red Stewart, Johnny Wright, & The Collins ...
Raised in a Catholic family in Washington, DC, Johnson began yodeling in the 1950s, imitating the "Tarzan yell" of actor Johnny Weissmuller. [1] Later he would be influenced by the music of Jimmie Rodgers , Gene Autry , and Roy Rogers .