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Roy Rogers [US1]

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Aliases
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys)
Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra
Roy Rogers with The Roy Rogers Riders
Roy Rogers with The Roy Rogers Riders and Orchestra
Real name
Leonard Franklin Slye
Born
November 5, 1911
Died
July 6, 1998
Country
United States
Comments
Cowboy actor and singer. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame twice; first, in 1980, as a member of The Sons of the Pioneers, then in 1988 as a solo sartist.
Member of
The Sons of the Pioneers (1934-1937)
Family
Dale Evans [US] Wife (1947-...)
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
listen on Internet Archive  REC,REL April 1952 (6 artists)
Originally by Bob Hope & Roy Rogers BRD
 BRD (6 artists)
Originally by Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra REC,REL
March 1948 (25 artists)
October 31, 1940 (6 artists)
April 1971 (2 artists)
May 1952 (30 artists)
December 1947 (5 artists)
July 1938 (7 artists)
May 1946 (7 artists)
October 1946 (2 artists)
June 1947 (5 artists)
March 1948 (8 artists)
June 1949 Dakota Dave Hull and Sean Blackburn
April 1938 (2 artists)
August 1991 (3 artists)
August 2009 (2 artists)
August 1951 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REL April 1952 (2 artists)
Originally by Bob Hope & Roy Rogers BRD
 BRD (2 artists)
Originally by Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra REL

Covers by Roy Rogers [US1]

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1941 (unknown), (unknown)
September 1945 Dinah Shore with Orchestra - Albert Sack, Conductor
May 1962 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
May 1950 Roberta Quinlan, Jerry Murad's Harmonicats & Jan August
August 1956 Bentley Ball
Evelyn Knight - With Orchestra directed by Mannie Klein
March 1972 Cowboy Copas
November 1938 Frank Luther - Zora Layman - Leonard Stokes
April 1971 Bobby Bare
August 1956 Bob and Randall Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes
August 1956 (unknown)
  August 1948 (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 (unknown), Edward Nell with The Foursome Quartet REC, Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra REL
Covered by (158 artists)
1954 (unknown)
September 1950 Gene Autry and The Cass County Boys
August 1956 "Mac" (Harry McClintock)
October 1970 Johnny Darrell
September 1990 Roy Rogers and Dale Evans with The Whippoorwills and Orchestra
March 1972 Billy Brown
August 1956 Vernon Dalhart
June 1949 Vernon Dalhart
May 1962 (unknown), Bill Carle with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus
May 1962 (unknown)
1973 Archie Lewis with Jan Corduwener and His Orchestra
October 1967 Bing Crosby
1973 Rev. J.M. Gates
May 1950 Henry Burr
April 1971 Roy Clark
June 1950 Mrs. Wm. Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
May 1962 Emile Berliner
August 1956 (unknown)
May 1962 Stuart Hamblen
October 1967 Andy Williams
October 1970 Tom T. Hall
February 1946 Wesley Tuttle and His Texas Stars
1956 Harlan and Stanley with Orchestra, (unknown)
May 1962 (unknown)
October 1967 Champ Butler - Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Johnny Mandel
August 1991 Marc Williams "The Cowboy Crooner"
May 1950 Anna Case
May 1950 Rosemary Clooney - Orchestra under the direction of Percy Faith
November 1940 (unknown), (unknown)
October 1970 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
May 1962 Steve Porter
May 1952 Flying Clouds of Detroit
1973 Flying Clouds of Detroit
February 1950 Mervin Shiner
  May 1952 Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
August 1951 Teresa Brewer with The Keys - Accompanied by Jack Pleis and His Orch.
  August 1956 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
August 1948 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
March 1972 Hank Locklin and His Rocky Mountain Playboys
November 1940 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
October 1967 Boston Pops Orchestra, The Andrews Sisters, Edison Male Quartette
1973 Miss Hinkle and Mr. MacDonough
1957 (unknown), Mrs. A. Stewart Holt
May 1962 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
  March 1972 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
April 1938 Roy Rogers (acc. by the "Sons of the Pioneers")
May 1962 Nick Noble
October 1970 Jim Reeves [US]
August 1956 Carl Sandburg
August 1956 (unknown), C. T. Sprague
October 1970 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
August 1956 Marc Williams "The Cowboy Crooner"
August 1956 (unknown)
June 1950 Mrs. William Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
May 1962 Flying Clouds of Detroit
August 1956 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
August 1948 Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters
1973 St. Paul Baptist Choir
December 1940 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
  August 1956 Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
May 1950 J.J. Fisher
October 1967 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
May 1950 (unknown)
May 1962 Beulah Gaylord Young and Clara Moister
August 1956 Wilfred Glenn and Shannon Quartet
October 1970 Bobby Lord

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Gay Ranchero Roy Rogers [US1] 1941 Decca
A Little White Cross on the Hill Roy Rogers with Morton Scott and His Orchestra May 1946 RCA Victor
Along the Navajo Trail Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra conducted by Perry Botkin September 1945 RCA Victor
Black Sheep Blues Roy Rogers April 1938 Perfect [US1]
Blue Shadows on the Trail Roy Rogers and The Sons of The Pioneers March 1948 RCA Victor
Buffalo Billy Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) May 1950 RCA Victor
Colorado Sunset Roy Rogers November 1938 Vocalion [US]
Don't Fence Me In Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra August 1948 RCA Victor
Friends and Neighbors Roy Rogers and Dale Evans 1954 Bell
Frosty the Snow Man Roy Rogers [US1] September 1950 RCA Victor
Happy Trails Roy Rogers and Dale Evans with The Whippoorwills and Orchestra May 1952 RCA Victor
Hawaiian Cowboy Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra December 1947 RCA Victor
Hi-Yo, Silver! Roy Rogers [US1] July 1938 Vocalion [US]
Jesus Loves the Little Children Roy Rogers and Dale Evans 1956 Golden Records
My Heart Went That-A-Way Roy Rogers [US1] October 1946 RCA Victor
No Matter What Happens, My Darling Roy Rogers October 31, 1940 Decca
On the Old Spanish Trail Roy Rogers with Spade Cooley and His Western Swing Band June 1947 RCA Victor
Peace in the Valley Roy Rogers [US1] May 1952 RCA Victor
Peter Cottontail Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra February 1950 RCA Victor
Punky Punkin' (The Happy Pumpkin) Roy Rogers with The Roy Rogers Riders and Orchestra August 1951 RCA Victor
Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle Roy Rogers with Morton Scott and His Orchestra February 1946 RCA Victor
Silent Night, Holy Night Roy Rogers with Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders November 1940 Decca
That Palomino Pal o' Mine Roy Rogers and The Sons of The Pioneers June 1949 RCA Victor
That Pioneer Mother of Mine Roy Rogers [US1] April 1938 Vocalion [US]
The Old Rugged Cross Roy Rogers and Dale Evans June 1950 RCA Victor
There's a Cloud in My Valley of Sunshine Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra April 1952 RCA Victor
The Yellow Rose of Texas Roy Rogers (King of the Cowboys) with Orchestra August 1948 RCA Victor
Time Changes Everything Roy Rogers [US1] December 1940 Decca
What a Friend We Have in Jesus Roy Rogers and Dale Evans May 1950 RCA Victor
Where He Leads Me Roy Rogers and Dale Evans May 1950 RCA Victor

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