Nolan Arthur "Cowboy Slim" Rinehart, one of the earliest singing cowboys, was born March 11, 1912, in Comanche County, Texas.

Carl Stuart Hamblen, radio's first "singing cowboy", died from brain cancer on March 8, 1989, at age 80 in Santa Monica, California.

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 ...

Gene Autry, known as the Singing Cowboy, epitomized the western star, performing in movies, television and radio for more than three decades. © Sunset Boulevard ...

TIOGA, Texas (KWTX) - On September 29, 1907, the greatest singing cowboy of all time, Gene Autry, was born in Tioga, Texas. Autry made his first recording in 1929, and for several years performed as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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