The 1930s, '40s and '50s saw the rise of a uniquely American performer: the Singing Cowboy in film, on TV and in radio. "Singing cowboys" grew out of real cowboys and traveling cowboy acts who ...

On this day (September 29) in 1907, Orvon Grover Autry was born in Tioga, Texas. Over the course of his 91 years on this earth, he became one of the biggest stars of stage, screen, and radio. He was ...

After the Civil War came the emergence of the American cowboy as we know it. Born out of the need for livestock to be herded northward to different markets, these young, able shepherds became known by ...

This week in 1939, The New York World's Fair opened, Joe Louis KO'd Jack Roper in the first round, Hitler turned down FDR's proposal to meet at sea and one of America's singing cowboys recorded the ...

Monte Hale, a singing cowboy whose tall frame, strong voice and handsome looks led to dozens of film roles in Westerns during the 1940s, died Sunday after a lengthy illness in Studio City, Calif. He ...

Singing cowboy poet Michael Martin Murphey, considered the #1 best-selling singer of American Cowboy Music in the world, returns to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College on Friday, Jan. 16.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be singing cowboys. Especially if they plan to deliver singing telegrams at the Hennepin County Government Center. Fritz Herring, a ...

The Tehama County Museum is hosting the second offering in its 2025 Lecture Series featuring the story of Northern California’s Singing Cowboy, Morris Taylor. Held in the museum’s Graffell Annex, 275 ...

Roy Rogers passed away in July 1998 at age 86 with his wife and co-star Dale Evans by his side, but the beloved singing cowboy’s legacy lives on at the Los Angeles estate he once called home—not to ...

The lure of the West -- The cowboy and song -- Western music in the air : record and radio to 1934 -- The Sons of the Pioneers and Billy Hill : painting the West in song -- Western music rides to the ...