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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)
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.
Vernon Harold "Tim" Spencer (July 13, 1908 – April 26, 1974) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Spencer is best known for founding the popular American Cowboy singing group the Sons of the Pioneers in 1933 along with Bob Nolan and Roy Rogers.
Pat Brady died at the age of 57 of a heart attack in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. [3] He was survived by his wife Carol and one-year-old son Patrick. [8] At his funeral on March 1, 1972, Hugh Farr and Lloyd Perryman, both members of the Sons of the Pioneers, sang "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "At the Rainbows End".
Shug Fisher (born George Clinton Fisher Jr.; September 26, 1907 – March 16, 1984) was an American character actor, singer, musician, and comedian.During his 50-year entertainment career, he performed in many Western films, often as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers in serials and in B movies starring Roy Rogers.
To date, 17 presidents of the United States have been members of the SAR. President Grant was admitted posthumously in recognition of his being a member of the Sons of Revolutionary Sires, whose members were later admitted to membership in the SAR. Ulysses S. Grant (posthumous) [1] [2] 18th; Rutherford B. Hayes [3] 19th; Benjamin Harrison [3] 23rd
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]