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Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry [2] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), [3] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.
A singing cowboy was a subtype of the archetypal cowboy hero of early Western films. It references real-world campfire side ballads in the American frontier.The original cowboys sang of life on the trail with all the challenges, hardships, and dangers encountered while pushing cattle for miles up the trails and across the prairies.
Other successful recordings were "The Mormon Cowboy," "The Boston Burglar" and "The Two Soldiers." He recorded with Victor until 1929, releasing 33 songs. In the 1930s he moved to Bryan, Texas and ceased recording, though he would return to play folk festivals during the genre's resurgence in the 1950s and 1960s.
He was called “America’s Favorite Cowboy” and the “Singing Cowboy.” Though he was not the first western star of either movies or music, Texas native Gene Autry became a favorite across ...
Jules Verne Allen (April 1, 1883 – July 10, 1945) [1] [2] was an American country music singer-songwriter, writer, and cowboy. He was one of the few early singing cowboys who had actually engaged in ranching. Calling himself the "Original Singing Cowboy," Allen's music is considered some of the best examples of authentic traditional cowboy ...
Western music is a form of music composed by and about the people who settled and worked throughout the Western United States and Western Canada.Western music celebrates the lifestyle of the cowboy on the open range, along the Rocky Mountains, and among the prairies of Western North America.
The 'cowboy hard' life and songs of 'Yellowstone's' Ryan Bingham. February 2, 2022 at 5:53 PM. ... sad-eyed singing cowboy on the hugely popular series “Yellowstone.” “To see all the cast ...
Beyoncé. Mason Poole/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images It’s Beyoncé’s rodeo, and everyone’s invited! Beyoncé, 42, dropped Cowboy Carter on Friday, March 29, the second installment in the ...