"Cowboy Serenade Cowboy Serenade is a 1942 American Western film directed by William Morgan and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Fay McKenzie. Written by Olive Cooper, the film is about a singing cowboy and cattleman who goes after a gambling ring after they fleece the cattlemen association's representative of their cattle. The film features the songs ""Nobody Knows"", and ""Sweethearts or Strangers"", and the title song. As president of the Flagpole Cattlemen's Association, singing cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) entrusts the sale of the association's large cattle herd to young Jimmy Agnew (Rand Brooks), who is so thrilled with"
"The Cowboy Code consisted of rules that were ""a natural progression of Gene's philosophies going back to his first ""Melody Ranch"" programs—and early pictures."" According to the code: Beginning in 1950, he produced and starred in his own television show on CBS through his Flying A Productions studio and made several appearances on ABC-TV's ""Jubilee USA"" in the late 1950s. During World War II, Autry enlisted in the United States Army in 1942, and became a tech sergeant in the United States Army Air Forces. Holding a private pilot certificate, he was determined to become a military pilot and earned"
"as ""the cowboy in [him]."" One of the writers of the song, Al Anderson, told Songfacts.com he is proud of the song, even though it is not particularly personal to him: ""I was just writing the song. Jeff Steele came in with the idea and he had some of it done already, and he and Craig Wiseman just finished it with him."" he said. ""So it has nothing to do with my life. I don't do that that much."" Anderson then said he drew inspiration from the trucker radio stations that he listened to as a child when he wrote"
"Lieber Code The Lieber Code of April 24, 1863, also known as General Order No. 100, was an instruction signed by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to the Union Forces of the United States during the American Civil War that dictated how soldiers should conduct themselves in wartime. Its name reflects its author, the German–American legal scholar and political philosopher Franz Lieber. Lieber had fought for Prussia in the Napoleonic Wars and had been wounded at the Battle of Waterloo. He had lived and taught for two decades in South Carolina, where he was exposed to the horrors of slavery. Beginning"
"Johnston, a World War I veteran who had lived in the Navajo reservation of Arizona and was fluent in the Navajo language. Johnston and the ""original twenty-nine,"" as they were known, are credited with developing the original code, however, it was modified and improved by others as the war progressed. At least 540 Navajos served in the Marine Corps during World War II, about 400 of whom were trained as code talkers. Because many of them lacked birth certificates, it was impossible to verify the age of some recruits. After the war it was revealed that boys as young as"
"around these men of the land as they went about their work. These experiences made a deep impression on the young boy. During these early years, he developed a special love for cowboy songs and stories. He was also an avid reader, especially drawn to the books of Mark Twain and William Faulkner. As a youth, he enjoyed writing poetry and loved listening to his uncle's old 78 rpm records—particularly the music of country and folk artists such as Hank Williams, Bob Wills, and Woody Guthrie. In junior high school, he began performing as an amateur, and later as a"
"to produce the program when news of the attack on Pearl Harbor came to him. He sent a telegram to Washington at the next stop, asking if the OFF still wanted the program done. When he got to Albuquerque, a telegram was waiting for him: ""the President says, 'now more than ever.'"" Many radio and movie stars of the day featured, along with an epilogue by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. With an audience of 60 million listeners it became one of the most famous ever produced on radio. In 1941, he received a Peabody Award for that program. In 1942,"
"fictitious ""everyboy"" whom listeners would emulate: If Jack ate Wheaties, boys across the nation would, too. Early popularity led to commissioning of a radio serial broadcast. Only the adventures were a product of Gale's imagination. There was a ""real"" Jack Armstrong, a member of Sam Gale's college fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa at the University of Minnesota. Gale met Jack while serving as a young advisor to the fraternity, and being impressed by both the red-blooded name and the ""wholesome nature"" of the young man, he incorporated it as the name of his new invented spokesman. The adventures which captivated listeners"
"Grand Rapids area, with his morning radio show on WOOD am 1300, which was simulcast on WOOD FM at 105.7. Barry had an encyclopedic knowledge of cowboy and American Indian lore. He started his morning show with a spirited yodeling cowboy song which he accompanied with an acoustic guitar. Barry shared stories of American Indian lore and cowboy legends, interspersed with recorded music. In his radio broadcasts, he spoke to listeners as if he were sitting at their kitchen tables. He often shared postcards from listeners on vacation, and saluted local listeners' birthdays and anniversaries. His programs were flexible rather"
"radio stations, some young announcers (Jacques Duchesne, Jean Oberlé, Pierre Bourdan, Maurice Schumann and Pierre Dac) changed the tone with personal messages, sketches, songs, jokes and comic advertising. Georges Bégué, an operative with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) had the idea of sending seemingly obscure personal messages to agents in the field, in order to reduce risky radio traffic. Broadcasts would begin with ""Before we begin, please listen to some personal messages."" It was clear to nearly everyone that they were coded messages, often amusing, and completely without context. Representative messages include ""Jean has a long mustache"" and ""There is"
"of songs to a chosen theme or a running gag. The format was created by Ralph Reader, the original producer, who wrote material including the signature tune, ""Crest of a Wave"". Other ""standards"" Reader wrote include ""Strolling"", ""Great Great Game"", ""Gee, It's A Wonderful life"", ""A Touch of Silver"", ""Three Cheers"", ""Show Time"", ""Together"", ""These are the Times"" and ""The Scout Hymn"". In 1931, Reader, a Rover Scout trying to make his mark in theatre in the USA and London, was asked to write a Scout-based variety show to raise money for a swimming pool at Downe Scout Camp (now"
"job as an on-air radio reporter with station WHIZ. Captain Marvel was an instant success, with ""Whiz Comics"" #2 selling over 500,000 copies. By 1941, he had his own solo series, ""Captain Marvel Adventures"", the premiere issue of which was written and drawn by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby. Captain Marvel continued to appear in ""Whiz Comics"", as well as periodic appearances in other Fawcett books, including ""Master Comics"". Inspiration for Captain Marvel came from a number of sources. His visual appearance was modeled after that of Fred MacMurray, a popular American actor of the period, though comparisons with both"
"robbers in 1921. He made radio receivers as a young boy, and he attended Tulsa Central High School where teacher Isabelle Ronan was ""impressed by his voice"". On her recommendation, he started working at KVOO in Tulsa in 1933 helping to clean up when he was 14. He eventually was allowed to fill in on the air, reading commercials and the news. He continued working at KVOO while attending the University of Tulsa, first as an announcer and later as a program director. He spent three years as a station manager for KFBI AM, now known as KFDI, a radio"
"the actors from his own repertory company, the ""Jewell Players."" Freelance radio writer Fran Striker was hired to write many of these programs. The earliest dramatic radio series included ""Thrills of the Secret Service"", ""Dr. Fang"", and ""Warner Lester, Manhunter"". Striker wrote many of the scripts and eventually became head of WXYZ's script department. Late in 1932, Trendle began discussing ideas to create a new radio series with a cowboy as the hero. He wanted a mysterious hero who would have the same type of appeal as Zorro or Robin Hood. The target audience included children, so Trendle insisted on"
"Western songs of all time. The song tells a folk tale of a cowboy who has a vision of red-eyed, steel-hooved cattle thundering across the sky, being chased by the spirits of damned cowboys. One warns him that if he does not change his ways, he will be doomed to join them, forever ""trying to catch the Devil's herd across these endless skies"". Jones stated he had been told the story when he was 12 years old by an old cowboy friend. More than 50 performers have recorded versions of the song. Charting versions were recorded by The Outlaws, Vaughn"
"Fred Kirby Frederick Austin Kirby (July 19, 1910 in Charlotte, North Carolina - April 22, 1996) was an American country-and-western recording and performance artist and song writer. Among Kirby's better-known works are ""Atomic Power"" (1946) and ""When That Hell Bomb Falls"" (1950), both inspired by the emergence of nuclear weapons during and after World War II. During that same war, Kirby performed to raise money for the American effort to the extent that he became known as the Victory Cowboy. After the war Kirby was widely known in North and South Carolina for his radio and television work with WBTV"
"the direction of Captain Glenn Miller. The radio show was initially on CBS from June to September, 1943. Glenn Miller was the host and conductor on the show, which also featured Ray McKinley, Jerry Gray, Johnny Desmond, and the Crew Chiefs, until June 10, 1944 when Harry Bluestone became the conductor. The Latin ""Sustineo Alas"", ""I Sustain the Wings"", or ""Keep 'Em Flying"", was the motto of the U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command. The I Sustain the Wings radio series continued until November 17, 1945. The sheet music for the composition appeared in the 1943 songbook ""Glenn Miller's"
"Alexander Courage Alexander Mair ""Sandy"" Courage Jr. (December 10, 1919May 15, 2008) was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film. He is best known as the composer of the theme music for the original """" TV series. Courage was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received a music degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, in 1941. He served in the United States Army Air Forces in the western United States during the Second World War. During that period, he also found the time to compose music for the radio. His"
"Edward Kean Edward George Kean (October 28, 1924 – August 13, 2010) was an American television pioneer and writer who helped create ""The Howdy Doody Show"" and wrote over 2,000 episodes of the program. Kean was born in 1924 in Manhattan. As a child, he started writing songs while at summer camp. Kean served in the United States Navy during World War II. He was based at Cornell University through the V-12 Navy College Training Program and earned a degree from Columbia University. A song he wrote when he was in his 20s attracted the interest of Buffalo Bob Smith,"
"with the idea of a radio series targeted at children and teenagers concerning a 16-year-old pilot and his adventures flying around the world, primarily solving mysteries and crimes and participating in air show races. Burtt and Moore then wrote the initial script about Jimmie Allen, a young telegraph messenger at the Airways Station near Kansas City. A gruff man asks him to send a coded telegram. Later Allen is told that a plane carrying a million dollars to a bank is on its way. Allen figures out the plane is to be hijacked, so he joins his pilot friend, Speed"
"to Be Cowboys,"" the song is brilliantly interpreted and remains as good an example as any of the fellow Texans' chemistry as artists. Another highlight is ""Write Your Own Songs,"" Nelson's diatribe of the music business and music executives in particular (""""We're making you rich and you were already lazy/So lay on your asses and get richer or write your own songs""""), whom he and Jennings had battled for years to gain control of their own records. Jennings had a hand in writing two songs: the inspirational ""Roman Candles,"" which he composed with Michael Smotherman, and the narration ""The Old"
"Curley Fletcher Carmen William ""Curley"" Fletcher (18921954), also known as Curley W. Fletcher and Curley Fletcher, was an American composer of cowboy songs and cowboy poetry. A prolific creator of this material, he is best remembered for the classic cowboy song ""The Strawberry Roan"", written in 1915, and for his 1931 book ""Songs of the Sage"". Like many similar artists, Fletcher had numerous occupations, including cowboy/cowhand, mineral prospector, poet, champion rodeo rider as well as promoter, musician, publisher, movie actor, and advisor for Hollywood films. His songs and poems are regarded as strong material that comes across beautifully with or"
"the host and conductor on the show, which also featured Ray McKinley, Jerry Gray, Johnny Desmond, and the Crew Chiefs, until June 10, 1944 when Harry Bluestone became the conductor. The Latin ""Sustineo Alas"", ""I Sustain the Wings"", or ""Keep 'Em Flying"", was the motto of the U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command. The I Sustain the Wings radio series continued until November 17, 1945. Major Glenn Miller and the American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force also made recordings for the BBC and the Office of War Information (OWI) from October 30 to November 20, 1944 at Abbey"
"competition for a new singing cowboy. Many singers sought the job, including Willie Phelps of the Phelps brothers, who appeared in early Western movies. Slye ended up winning the contest and was given the stage name Roy Rogers by Republic Pictures, and combining it with the surname of Will Rogers. He was assigned the leading role in ""Under Western Stars"". Rogers became a matinee idol, a competitor with Autry as the nation's favorite singing cowboy. In addition to his own movies, Rogers played a supporting role in the John Wayne classic ""Dark Command"" (1940). Rogers became a major box office"
"magazine. He focused primarily on those stories which depicted his childhood in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana (a stand-in for Shepherd's home town of Hammond, Indiana). According to ""Playboy"" founder Hugh Hefner, author Shel Silverstein had long encouraged Shepherd to write down his radio stories, but Shepherd was reluctant to do so because he was not a writer. Eventually, Silverstein recorded Shepherd's stories on tape, transcribed them, and then together with Shepherd edited and developed them. Fellow WOR AM radio personality Barry Farber said Shepherd came to enjoy writing, as it allowed him to develop themes, and Shepherd began"
"of chivalry are: Note that there is no reference to women, horses, quests, or travel. This list would serve a soldier, or even a clergyman. Though these ten commandments are often accepted to be what knights would use, they did not exist at the time. This “code"" was created by Léon Gautier, a literary scholar, in 1883. No historical knight even came close to carrying out all of these ""commandments"" all of the time. Literary knights, being fictitious (but believed to be historical at the time), did better, but not every ""commandment"" was followed or even considered by every knight."
"of Samuel and Rose Corwin and was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Corwin was a major figure during the Golden Age of Radio. During the 1930s and 1940s he was a writer and producer of many radio programs in many genres: history, biography, fantasy, fiction, poetry and drama. He was the writer and creator of series such as ""The Columbia Workshop"", ""13 By Corwin"", ""26 By Corwin"" and others. He was a lecturer at the University of Southern California. Corwin won a One World Award, two Peabody Medals, an Emmy, a Golden Globe, a duPont-Columbia Award; he was nominated for an"
"at the age of 23 and rose through the ranks of MCA for more than four decades, with Sonny Werblin as his right-hand man. Wasserman helped create MCA's radio show, ""Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge"", which debuted on NBC Radio that same year. Following that success, Stein installed Wasserman in New York City in 1937, but Wasserman convinced him that Hollywood was the best place for the company's growth. The company was guided by a codification of Stein's pet policies known as ""The Rules of The Road"". The Rules were passed down from the Prohibition era, Chicago–area MCA (referenced"
"a group called Carter's Chord. All tracks written by Waylon Jennings except where noted. Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt is an album by Waylon Jennings, released in 1993 through RCA Nashville and Ode 2 Kids Records. A concept album, it features Jennings singing compositions intended for children. All of the tracks on the record were written by the singer himself. The final song is dedicated to Jennings' son, Shooter. While a music video for ""Cowboy Movies"" was filmed, the album itself did not chart. The album was produced by Cliff ""Barny"" Robertson, whose daughters, Becky,"
"Ward ""Pally"" Austin Ward ""Pally"" Austin (2 January 1935 – 18 August 1998) was an Australian Sydney radio DJ who gained famed in the 1960s and 1970s for his somewhat unpredictable but at times widely popular stints as a radio DJ on various Sydney Radio stations. He had numerous nicknames: 'Pally', 'Baby', 'The White Knight', 'The Confederate Cowboy' and 'the Peter Pan of the Airwaves'. He was known for his outgoing, fun, and sometimes left of centre radio style. He could also be difficult, unpredictable and, on occasion, totally out of control, which was often the source of troubled relationships"
"Roy Rogers Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye, November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular Western stars of his era. Known as the ""King of the Cowboys"", he appeared in over 100 films and numerous radio and television episodes of ""The Roy Rogers Show"". In many of his films and television episodes, he appeared with his wife, Dale Evans; his golden palomino, Trigger; and his German shepherd dog, Bullet. His show was broadcast on radio for nine years and then on television from 1951 through 1957. His"
"gained a large cult following on home video. It was later adapted into a highly successful stage adaptation on Broadway that was nominated for eight Tony Awards, winning two. In 1899, 17-year-old Jack ""Cowboy"" Kelly is one of many struggling newspaper hawkers in New York City, selling copies of the ""New York World"" on the streets of Manhattan. When David Jacobs and his younger brother Les join the ""newsies"", Jack notices David's intelligence and Les' marketable cuteness and self-servingly takes them under his wing. Jack is invited to the Jacobs' home, becomes enamored of their sister Sarah, and sings of"
"Stuart Hamblen Stuart Hamblen (born Carl Stuart Hamblen; October 20, 1908 – March 8, 1989) was an American entertainer who became one of radio's first singing cowboys in 1926, going on to become a singer, actor, radio show host, and songwriter, later undergoing a Christian conversion and becoming a Temperance movement supporter and recurring candidate for political office. He is best known as the composer of the song ""This Ole House"" (1954), most notably recorded by Rosemary Clooney. Hamblen was born to the family of an itinerant Methodist preacher on October 20, 1908, in Kellyville, Texas. He married Suzy Daniels"