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Cowboy Songs Corral (CSC)
Honoring western film stars,
composers, singers and songwriters
from Yesteryear
Roger Hall (top row in right corner)
with The Sons of the Pioneers
(edited by Bill McCann)
© PineTree Productions
Howdy Buckaroos!
The CSC is set up to give you information about western film stars and singers, composers and songwriters, but no claim is made to cover them all. That's too big a herd to round-up!
Here is a complimentary comment about this page from B-western authority and writer, Boyd Magers:
There are some interesting items on Roger Hall's "Cowboy Songs Corral" webpage including the Hopalong Cassidy Song Series, a DVD about singers and songwriters, an article about film composer Albert Glasser who wrote some B-Western scores and a couple of rare photos.
-- "Western Clippings" (June/July 2015)Scroll down this page to have a look at these "interesting items"
Top 5 B-western singers
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In a recent issue of Western Clippings issue (#130, March/April 2016), thirteen musicians and writers were asked to name their Top 5 B-western singers. Though he was not asked to name his picks, here are the singers CSC Foreman, Roger Hall, considers the best B-western singers from the past:
1. Eddie Dean
2. Gene Autry
3. Tex Ritter
4. Jimmy Wakely
5. Roy Rogers
Hall adds, "I think that Eddie Dean had the smoothest voice of all and the other four had more country music qualities in their singing and because of that were more popular and had more hit records. One singer who had more formal training and sang with several Big Bands was Ken Curtis of The Sons of the Pioneers and he would follow the five I have selected."
"Following the Stars" -
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy
(PineTree Press)"A nice supplement to the two current HC [Hopalong Cassidy] books
with material not contained in either."
-- Boyd Magers, "Western Clippings," (July/August 2009)
The CD-ROM is playable on any computer's CD/DVD drive with Microsoft Word and mp3 audio.It includes the illustrated book, music examples of Hoppy music, a picture gallery, and information about songs and film scores featured in Hopalong Cassidy westerns. Also included are pictures from the Dedication Ceremony of the Hopalong Cassidy Statue in Cambridge, Ohio.
To order the PDF book,
"Following the Stars" -
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy
© Picture from PineTree Productions
CSC Ranch Foreman, Roger Hall, standing next to
an original Hopalong Cassidy shirt
and wearing Hoppy's original white hat (thanks to Susie C)
Read about Hopalong Cassidy music --
A song of remembrance...
An instrumental version of the song,
"The Angels handed me a rose"
(Hoppy's Song For Grace)
in memory of
Grace Bradley Boyd
is included on this CD,
Read more about this CD - click here
Please help support Cowboy Song Corral (CSC)
These titles are now available...
"Following The Stars" -
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy
Bing and Hoppy on Radio
Shown in picture: Hopalong Cassidy, Peggy Lee and Bing Crosby
Get your copy of three enjoyable
Bing Crosby radio programs (1949, 1950, 1951)
featuring guests Peggy Lee
and William Boyd (as Hopalong Cassidy)
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Bing and Hoppy On Radio
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Albert Glasser, B-western composer
Albert Glasser with Duncan Renaldo (left), star of THE CISCO KID,
at Renaldo's Ranch in 1974 (picture courtesy of David Fuller)One of the unsung composers of B-westerns in the 1940s and 1950s is Albert Glasser (1916-1998). His first assignments in westerns were with THE CISCO KID and THE CISCO KID IN OLD NEW MEXICO (both in 1945), starring Duncan Renaldo. Other B-westerns he worked on include: ABILENE TOWN (1946) with Randolph Scott, LAW OF THE LASH (1947) with Lash La Rue, and THE GAY AMIGO (1949), another Cisco Kid adventure with Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carillo as Pancho. In the 1950s there was THE BANDIT QUEEN (1950) with Barbara Britton, and THE BUSHWACKERS starring John Ireland and Dorothy Malone, and THE HIRED GUN (1957) with Rory Calhoun. He also wrote the theme for the radio series of Hoplaong Cassidy in the early 1950s. Later, Glasser became known for his scoring of B-monster movies, like THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN (1957)
and WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST (1958).
--thanks to David Fuller for his information about Albert Glasser.
B-western Music News
Greatest Western Songs
As reported in the Sep/Oct 2010 issue of Western Clippings, here are the Top Ten Greatest Western Songs of All Time, as selected by the Western Writers of America at their annual convention in Knoxville, Tennessee:
1. "Ghost Riders in the Sky"
2. "El Paso"
3. "Cool Water"
4. "Streets of Laredo"
5. "Back in the Saddle Again"
6. "High Noon"
7. "Shenandoah"
8. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
9. "Home on the Range"
10. "Red River Valley"Recordings of "Streets of Laredo" and "Shenandoah" are on
this enjoyable CD, performed by pianist, Margaret Ulmer:Read about this AMRC CD -- click here
CD Reviews
THE WESTERNS
Music and Songs From Classic Westerns (2 CDs)
The Silver Screen Cowboy Project - a great collection!
Are you a fan of early movie serials and B-westerns?
Here are two CD recommended collections with that music...
Cliffhangers: Music From The Classic Republic Serials
Shoot 'Em Ups! Music From The Classic Republic Westerns
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Here is a very useful sheet music collection...
Cowboy Songs: 62 Classic Saddle Songs
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Book Reviews
Follow Your Stars by Susie Coffman
The Hollywood Book of Death by James Robert Parrish
Hopalong Cassidy: An American Legend by Grace Bradley Boyd
and Michael Cochran
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Related Links
"The Last Round-Up" - A tribute to songwriter, Billy Hill
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Other Online Sites
The Old Corral -- Chuck Anderson's website on B-western stars and music
Western Clippings -- Boyd Mager's informative online site
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