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"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" is a Western music song composed by Bob Nolan, a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers. Nolan wrote the song in the early 1930s while he was working as a caddy and living in Los Angeles .
A Country-Western Songbook (RCA, 1977) The Sons of the Pioneers (RCA Special Products, 1977) Tumbleweed Trails (MCA, 1980) Let's Go West Again (1981) Celebration Vol. 1 (Silver Spur, 1982) Columbia Historic Edition (Columbia, 1982) Twenty of the Best (1985) Tumbling Tumbleweeds (MCA, 1986) Good Old Country Music (RCA Camden, 1986)
He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the finest Western songwriters of all time. [1] As an actor and singer he appeared in scores of Western films.
1934 in country music, "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" [15] [9] recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers Top Country Record. 1935 in country music , First recordings by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys . " Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) " [ 16 ] by the Carter Family Top Country Record.
The record was a hit, but it wasn't until 1935, when Autry performed the song in two movies (the science-fiction/western 12-part serial The Phantom Empire in February and Tumbling Tumbleweeds in September), that sales of a Vocalion re-release [13] really took off, [14] selling a reported five million copies. [15]
A3 Tennessee Waltz : Lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King 2:30; A4 "Heartaches by the Number" : Written-By – Harlan Howard 2:44; A5 If You've Got The Money Honey, I've Got The Time : Written-By – Jim Beck, Lefty Frizzell 2:19; A6 Tumbling Tumbleweeds : Written-By – Bob Nolan 3:30
Foy Lopez Willingham [1] was born in Iredell, Texas, United States. [3] He began his career while attending high school in Texas by working at a local radio station. [4] In 1933, he traveled to New York City to further his radio career. [4]
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