Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The old Bent County jail in Las Animas in southeastern Colorado, where Ken Curtis lived as a boy. Ken Curtis (born Curtis Wain Gates; [1] July 2, 1916 – April 28, 1991) [2] was an American actor and singer best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the western television series Gunsmoke.
The Sons of the Pioneers Sing Hymns of the Cowboy (1963) Trail Dust (1963) Country Fare (1964) Tumbleweed Trails (Vocalion, 1964) Sons of the Pioneers Best (1964) Down Memory Trail (1964) Legends of the West (1965) The Best of the Sons of the Pioneers (1966) The Songs of Bob Nolan (1966) Campfire Favorites (1967) South of the Border (1968)
The film contains folk songs led by the Sons of the Pioneers, one of whom is Ken Curtis (Ford's son-in-law). [23] Studio president Yates insisted that the group appear in the film. Ford disliked being forced to use them, and how they appeared incongruous with cavalrymen. [24] Victor Young wrote the score.
Members of the American country music band Sons of the Pioneers. Pages in category "Sons of the Pioneers members" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
LeVar Burton got hit with a one-two punch while tracing his family's ancestry on the Jan. 16 episode of PBS' hit series "Finding Your Roots.". Burton rose to fame as a child actor in the TV ...
Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942) as Himself (Leader Sons of the Pioneers) Idaho (1943) as Singer – Member Sons of the Pioneers; King of the Cowboys (1943) as Himself; Song of Texas (1943) as Himself; Silver Spurs (1943) as Singer – Member Sons of the Pioneers; The Man from Music Mountain (1943) as Bob; Hands Across the Border (1944) as Himself
The Sons of the Pioneers first recorded the song for Decca on August 8, 1934, [8] and it enjoyed chart success that year. [9] Their 1934 recording was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [10]
In 1928 Curtis, running with Herbert Hoover, was elected the 31st Vice President of the United States. He was given little to do in the office, though he did preside over the opening of the 1932 ...