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Sons of the Pioneers
Sons of the Pioneers featuring Pat Brady and Hugh Farr
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The Sons of the Pioneers were considered by many to be the greatest western singing group of all time. The group was founded in Los Angeles in late 1933 as a vocal trio consisting of Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer. Their first commercial recordings were made in August 1934 for Decca. By that time they added Hugh Farr on fiddle.
Members
Billy Liebert (1973-1981)
Bob Nolan [US1] (1934-1949)
Deuce Spriggens (1943, 1953-1955)
Hugh Farr (1934-1959)
Karl Farr (1935-1961)
Ken Carson (1943-1947)
Ken Curtis (1949-1953, 1955-1957)
Mark Abbott
Roy Rogers [US1] (1934-1937)
Shug Fisher (1943-1946, 1949-1953, 1955-1959)
Tim Spencer (1934-1936, 1938-1949, 1955-1958)
Ranking
648th most covered performer
1240th most covering performer
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
listen on Internet Archive A Hundred and Sixty Acres Sons of the Pioneers November 1947 Unverified
November 1946 (5 artists)
Biscuit Blues Sons of the Pioneers Unverified
July 1936 (3 artists)
March 1948 (26 artists)
January 1947 (4 artists)
Cheyenne Sons of the Pioneers 1957 Unverified
March 1947 (53 artists)
Cody of The Pony Express Sons of the Pioneers Unverified
June 1946 (3 artists)
 REL July 1936 (24 artists)
Originally by Bing Crosby BRD, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
July 1, 1936 (broadcast date) (34 artists)
1943 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
July 1, 1936 (broadcast date) (114 artists)
April 1938 (5 artists)
 BRD September 22, 1957 (broadcast date) (8 artists)
Originally by Tommy Oliver and His Orchestra REL
1959 Lawrence Welk
April 1946 (12 artists)
October 1936 (9 artists)
On The Rhythm Range Sons of the Pioneers Unverified
March 1948 (8 artists)
September 1934 Hank Snow with The Jordanaires
May 1950 (2 artists)
April 1950 (6 artists)
May 1936 (9 artists)
February 1942 Stephanie Davis
April 1982 (3 artists)
May 1947 (23 artists)
June 1949 Dakota Dave Hull and Sean Blackburn
April 1938 (2 artists)
August 2009 (2 artists)
April 1950 Cindy Walker
The Everlasting Hills Of Oklahoma Sons Of The Pioneers (The Sons of the Pioneers) 1947 Unverified
April 1935 李龍基 (Lung Kee Lee)
December 1957 Bud Wattles & His Orchestra
May 1956 (4 artists)
November 1945 (4 artists)
 REC April 1982 (12 artists)
Originally by Sons of the Pioneers REL
 REL October 1948 (12 artists)
Originally by Sons of the Pioneers REC
October 1963 Marty Robbins
 REC November 1934 (158 artists)
Originally by The Ranch Boys REL
1957 (3 artists)
September 1934 (16 artists)
July 14, 1947 Jack Blease
 REL September 1951 Marty Robbins
Originally by Sons of the Pioneers REC
 REC 1955 Marty Robbins
Originally by Sons of the Pioneers REL
May 1947 (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REL July 14, 1947 (4 artists)
Originally by Mills Brothers REC

Covers by The Sons of the Pioneers

Title Performer Release date Originally by
April 1952 George Morgan
April 1961 Dinah Shore with Orchestra - Albert Sack, Conductor
1955 Ray Noble and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Larry Stewart
  May 1936 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Elmer Feldkamp REC, Fuzzy Knight with Henry Fonda (whistling) BRD
October 1964 (unknown)
September 1938 The Chuck Wagon Gang
1955 Kirk Douglas with The Mellomen
August 1957 Gene Autry
1969 Napua Stevens
June 1938 Vernon Dalhart
  August 1957 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys PRF, Elton Britt and The Skytoppers REL
  1969 Jack Denny and His Orchestra - Vocal by Sonny Schuyler REC, Bing Crosby BRD
March 1960 Roy Rogers and The Sons of The Pioneers
October 1964 (unknown), Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys
October 1964 Ted Daffan's Texans
  October 1964 Phil Hanna with Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra REL, Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC
February 1967 Willie & Eugene Howard
1955 Bentley Ball, Don Hall Trio
November 1941 Trío González
April 1961 Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
1964 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
December 1948 Darby and Tarlton
April 1941 Bob and Randall Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes
listen on Internet Archive 1948 Bob and Randall Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes
1955 Haydn Quartet, The Arkansas Woodchopper
1982 Marc Williams "The Cowboy Crooner"
1964 Kenny Brown and Marilyn Kaye and The Arkansas Ramblers
August 1957 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1982 Gene Autry
April 1952 Doye O'Dell
  February 1967 (unknown), Roy Rogers & Trigger - Sons of the Pioneers BRD, Edward Nell with The Foursome Quartet REC, Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REL
 BRD December 31, 1944 (broadcast date) (unknown), Edward Nell with The Foursome Quartet REC, Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REL
Covered by (163 artists)
August 1957 Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage
December 1962 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
1940 (unknown)
Echoes from the Hills Sons of the Pioneers 1935 Unverified
February 1962 Marty Robbins
October 1964 Jim Reeves [US]
October 1964 Smokey Rogers and The Western Caravan Orchestra
April 1968 Perry Como with The Anita Kerr Quartet
February 1951 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
1973 (unknown performer)
1969 Roy Fox and His Orchestra (Vocal Refrain by Barry Gray)
  November 1946 Jerry and Zelda REL, Gene Autry REC
July 1938 Brilliant Quartette
December 1962 Tex Ritter
February 1944 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
March 1953 Vernon Dalhart
June 1949 Vernon Dalhart
1957 (unknown), Bill Carle with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus
March 1963 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller
February 1967 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
February 1944 Gene Autry
1964 Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys
August 1957 Joni James - Orchestra conducted by Lew Douglas
1969 Don Ho
February 1967 Elsie Baker with Orchestra
July 1936 Bing Crosby, Leonid Kinskey, Martha Raye, Bob Burns and Louis Prima with The Sons of the Pioneers
  1969 The Dolly Sisters PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC
listen on Internet Archive I Still Feel the Same About You The Three Suns and The Sons of the Pioneers January 1951 Unverified
February 1967 John Boles and Jeanette Loff with Paul Whiteman and Orchestra
August 1950 The Harmonizers
August 1957 Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys
1965 Bentley Ball
August 1957 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1982 (unknown)
February 1967 Jimmie Davis
October 1964 Bud and Joe Billings (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
1964 John Yorke Atlee
February 26, 1949 Mr. Peter Dawson with Orchestral Accompaniment
1965 Marc Williams "The Cowboy Crooner"
July 1968 Pedro Vargas con orquesta, Adolph Hofner and His Texans
October 1964 Harry McClaskey (Henry Burr)
October 1964 Mindy Carson with Ray Conniff's Orchestra & The Columbians
  February 1951 International Novelty Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC, Jack Tenney and the Majestic Orchestra PRF
October 1964 Karl Karlsson Jularbo & Helge Erichsson, The Pinetoppers - Vocal Chorus by The Beaver Valley Sweethearts
February 1951 Mark Andrews [US1], Henry Halstead and His Orchestra
February 1967 Bud Billings—Carson Robison (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
March 1947 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
August 1957 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
1965 Bentley Ball
Old Betsy Sons of the Pioneers 1955 Unverified
  September 1950 Pete Seeger REL, Vern Partlow REC
December 1962 The Hill Billies [GB]
August 1957 Bob Atcher & Bonnie Blue Eyes
April 1938 J. L. McGhee and Frank Welling
1976 Bobby Bare
April 1961 Bob Roberts with Orchestra
1982 Bud Billings—Carson Robison (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
  1964 Dolores Del Rio BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL
  November 1949 Carl T. Sprague REC, Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL
June 1949 Bob Geddins Cavaliers
March 1960 Gene Autry & Smiley Burnett
1965 Lorne Greene
May 1954 Marilyn Monroe with Orchestra under the direction of Lionel Newman
February 1967 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino & The Debutantes
August 1957 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
June 1949 Dick Haymes
listen on Internet Archive February 1951 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan with Orchestra
1936 Blue Ridge Mountain Girls
October 1964 Bud and Joe Billings (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
June 1991 Ink Spots
  February 1967 Ben Selvin & His Orchestra REL, Kentucky Mountain Boys [US2] REC
December 1962 Billy Cotton and His Band
July 1968 Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra, Freddy Quinn
September 1945 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan with Inst. Acc.
March 1963 Gogi Grant with Buddy Bregman and His Orchestra and Chorus
1955 Len Spencer, Radio Mac (Harry McClintock)
1982 Henry Burr
February 1967 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
March 1955 The Mellowmen
February 1962 Tex Owens
August 1957 Jimmie Davis
May 1936 Smith Ballew with Chorus
January 1951 (unknown), Sun Valley Trio
November 1947 George Olsen and His Music
October 1951 (unknown), John Charles Thomas
March 1963 Bob Nolan [US1]
October 1948 Mrs. William Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
March 1963 Al Morgan
March 1953 Will Osborne and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Will Osborne
July 1, 1947 Tex Ritter and His Texans
1965 Billy Vaughn with Orchestra
December 1962 Music of Yesterday and Today Styled the Blue Barron Way - Vocal Refrain by Russ Carlyle
1965 Arizona Wranglers, Ken Maynard
February 26, 1949 The Whiffenpoofs
1969 Don Ho and The Aliis
1979 The Carlisles
January 1947 Ernestine Schumann-Heink
  March 1951 Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
  March 1960 Bing Crosby REC,REL, Fuzzy Knight, aided by Nigel Bruce (humming) and Fred MacMurray (whistling) BRD
October 1964 Anita O'Day - Orchestra conducted by Larry Russell
  March 1960 Everett Marshall PRF, George Olsen and His Music – Vocal Refrain by Joe Morrison and Quartet REC
July 1936 Bing Crosby with Victor Young and His Orchestra
February 1967 Bud and Joe Billings (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
December 1962 Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
1982 Macdonough & Bieling & Hayden Quartet with Orchestra
April 1961 The Happy Chappies
February 1938 Harry Macdonough
1982 Fiddlin' John Carson
1982 Miss Morgan & Mr. Stanley
March 1960 Wilfred Glenn and Shannon Quartet
  July 1968 Pedro Vargas con la orq. de Alfredo Brito REL, Ana María González & José Mojíca BRD, Dora Luz BRD, Bob Strong and His Orchestra - Vocal by Don Carmichael REL
March 1951 Sons of the Pioneers
July 1968 Tito Schipa, Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Dinah Shore

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Cool Water Sons of the Pioneers March 1960 RCA Victor
Country Fare Sons of the Pioneers 1964 RCA Victor
Cowboy Hymns and Spirituals Sung by the Sons of the Pioneers Sons of the Pioneers October 1948 RCA Victor
Cowboy's Night Herd Song The Sons of the Pioneers 1936 Standard Radio
Down Memory Trail with the Sons of the Pioneers The Sons of the Pioneers October 1964 RCA Victor
Favorite Cowboy Songs Sons of the Pioneers 1955 RCA Victor
How Great Thou Art Sons of the Pioneers 1957 RCA Victor
Lucky U Ranch Radio Broadcasts 1951-1953 The Sons of the Pioneers 1979 John Edwards Memorial Foundation
Lure of the West Sons of the Pioneers April 1961 RCA Victor
One Man's Songs Sons of the Pioneers August 1957 RCA Victor
Our Men out West Sons of the Pioneers December 1962 RCA Victor
Pecos Bill (From Walt Disney's Melody Time) Roy Rogers and The Sons of The Pioneers 1949 RCA Victor
Songs of the Hills and Plains The Sons of the Pioneers 1982 (self-released)
Sons of the Pioneers Sons of the Pioneers April 1982 Columbia [US]
Sons of the Pioneers Sing Hymns of the Cowboy Sons of the Pioneers March 1963 RCA Victor
South of the Border Sons of the Pioneers July 1968 RCA Victor
The Country Music Hall of Fame Sons of the Pioneers June 1991 MCA Records
The Sons of the Pioneers The Sons of the Pioneers 1973 John Edwards Memorial Foundation
The Sons of the Pioneers Sing Campfire Favorites The Sons of the Pioneers February 1967 RCA Victor
The Sons of the Pioneers Sing Legends of the West The Sons of the Pioneers 1965 RCA Victor
The Sons of the Pioneers Visit the South Seas The Sons of the Pioneers 1969 RCA Victor
Trail Dust Sons of the Pioneers October 1963 RCA Victor
Tumbleweed Trail Sons of the Pioneers February 1962 RCA Victor
Way Out There - The Complete Recordings 1934-1943 [Boxed Set] The Sons of the Pioneers - Roy Rogers August 2009 Bear Family Records
Western Country The Sons of the Pioneers 1976 Granite Records

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Hundred and Sixty Acres Sons of the Pioneers November 1947 RCA Victor
A Melody from the Sky The Sons of the Pioneers May 1936 Decca
At the Rainbow's End The Sons of the Pioneers September 1938 Vocalion [US]
A Whale of a Tale Sons of the Pioneers 1955 RCA Victor
Blue Shadows on the Trail Roy Rogers and The Sons of The Pioneers March 1948 RCA Victor
Cielito lindo Sons of the Pioneers November 1941 Decca
Cigareetes, Whusky, and Wild, Wild Women Sons of the Pioneers March 1947 RCA Victor
Cool Water Sons of the Pioneers April 1941 Decca
Cool Water Sons of the Pioneers January 1947 RCA Victor
Cool Water Sons of the Pioneers September 1945 RCA Victor
Cowboy Camp Meetin' Sons of the Pioneers June 1946 RCA Victor
Diesel Smoke Sons of the Pioneers April 1952 RCA Victor
Dwelling in Beaulah Land The Sons of the Pioneers 1940 Vocalion [US]
Empty Saddles The Sons of the Pioneers July 1936 Decca
Forgive and Forget Sons of the Pioneers November 1945 RCA Victor
Grasshopper Heart (And a Butterfly Brain) The Fontane Sisters and The Sons of the Pioneers with Orchestra under the Direction of Dewey Bergman February 1951 RCA Victor
Gringo's Guitar Sons of the Pioneers April 1968 RCA Victor
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You Sons of the Pioneers November 1946 RCA Victor
Hear Dem Bells Sons of the Pioneers July 1938 Vocalion [US]
Heart Break Hill Sons of the Pioneers September 1951 RCA Victor
Home in San Antone Sons of the Pioneers February 1944 Decca
I Follow the Stream Sons of the Pioneers April 1935 Decca
I Knew It All Sons of the Pioneers February 1942 Decca
I Love You Nelly Sons of the Pioneers February 1938 Vocalion [US]
I Wonder if She Waits for Me Tonight Sons of the Pioneers June 1938 Vocalion [US]
Land Beyond the Sun Sons of the Pioneers August 1950 RCA Victor
Little Gray Home in the West Sons of the Pioneers February 26, 1949 RCA Victor
Mexicali Rose Sons of the Pioneers February 1951 RCA Victor
Moonlight and Roses (Bring Mem'ries of You) Sons of the Pioneers February 1951 RCA Victor
No One to Cry to Sons of the Pioneers April 1946 RCA Victor
Old Man Atom Sons of the Pioneers September 1950 RCA Victor
One More Ride The Sons of the Pioneers October 1936 Decca
Power in the Blood Sons of the Pioneers April 1938 Melotone
Resurrectus Sons of the Pioneers October 1951 RCA Victor
Riders in the Sky Sons of the Pioneers June 1949 RCA Victor
River of No Return Sons of the Pioneers May 1954 Coral
Rollin' Dust Sons of the Pioneers May 1950 RCA Victor
Roses Sons of the Pioneers April 1950 RCA Victor
San Antonio Rose Sons of the Pioneers February 1951 RCA Victor
Santa Fe, New Mexico Sons of the Pioneers November 1949 RCA Victor
That Palomino Pal o' Mine Roy Rogers and The Sons of The Pioneers June 1949 RCA Victor
The Ballad of Davy Crockett Sons of the Pioneers March 1955 RCA Victor Bluebird Children's Records
The Hokey Pokey The Three Suns and The Sons of the Pioneers January 1951 RCA Victor
Theme of the NBC-TV Series Buckskin The Sons of the Pioneers 1959 RCA Victor Bluebird Children's Records
There's a New Moon over My Shoulder Sons of the Pioneers July 1, 1947 Decca
The Restless Gun Sons of the Pioneers December 1957 RCA Victor Bluebird Children's Records
The Searchers (Ride Away) Sons of the Pioneers May 1956 RCA Victor
The Timber Trail Sons of the Pioneers January 1947 RCA Victor
Tumbleweed Trail Sons of the Pioneers 1943 Decca
Tumbling Tumbleweeds Sons of the Pioneers November 1934 Decca
Tumbling Tumbleweeds Perry Como and The Sons of the Pioneers with The Western-Ayres March 1951 RCA Victor
Wagon Train Sons of the Pioneers 1957 RCA Victor
Way out There Sons of the Pioneers September 1934 Decca
We'll Rest at the End of the Trail The Sons of the Pioneers July 1936 Decca
When I Leave This World Behind Sons of the Pioneers May 1936 Decca
You Don't Know What Lonesome Is Sons of the Pioneers May 1947 RCA Victor
You Never Miss the Water Till the Well Runs Dry Sons of the Pioneers July 14, 1947 RCA Victor

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