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Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen and James Arness as Matt Dillon, 1968. Curtis was a singer before moving into acting, and combined both careers once he entered films. [6] Curtis was with the Tommy Dorsey band in 1941, and succeeded Frank Sinatra as vocalist until Dick Haymes contractually replaced Sinatra in 1942.
The Sons of the Pioneers are one of the United States' earliest Western singing groups. [1] Known for their vocal performances, their musicianship, and their songwriting, [2] they produced innovative recordings that have inspired many Western music performers and remained popular through the years. [3]
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]
Ken Curtis, a member of the Sons of the Pioneers singing group, made a series of Westerns at Columbia Pictures accompanied by the Hoosier Hot Shots. A son in law of director John Ford , He appeared in numerous Ford films as a basically non-singing supporting player, including The Searchers , and later played "Festus Hagen" on the television ...
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.
Three verses to this song were sung by Ken Curtis and The Sons of the Pioneers in the 1950 John Ford movie Rio Grande, [2] though the film was set in the 19th-century Wild West. Richard Dyer-Bennet recorded the song on his first self produced LP Richard Dyer-Bennet 1, (1955).
Members of the American country music band Sons of the Pioneers. ... Ken Carson (country singer) Ken Curtis; F. Shug Fisher; N. Bob Nolan; R. Roy Rogers; S.
Also performed by the Sons of the Pioneers featuring Ken Curtis in the movie Rio Grande (1950). The Eddy Arnold version of the song was heard in the 1997 movie Private Parts during the scene when Howard Stern , whose station "W4" in Detroit had just changed formats from rock to country, abruptly resigned on the air telling listeners he didn't ...