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 ...

Jeff Gore is an award-winning cowboy poet, singer, actor, and preacher who is deeply rooted in Western heritage and is celebrating the release of his newest album, Outlier.

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

Hamblen’s childhood was steeped in cowboy tradition, according to the Texas State Historical Association. He learned songs and stories from both Black and white workers on the local farms. He also ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. They’re a little bit comedy; they’re a lot country western. They’re the Bar J Wranglers, a ...

Herb Jeffries was the first singing star of all-black cowboy movies in the late 1930s, which garnered him the nickname the "Bronze Buckeroo." He... Singing Star Of All-Black Cowboy Movies, Herb ...