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 ...

Riders in the Sky have played over 6,700 concerts in 36 years Riders in the Sky, a four-piece cowboy-music institution that has been keeping traditional Western music alive in America for 36 years, ...

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 ...

Gene Autry, the cowboy crooner and Hollywood hitmaker who helped popularize country-western music and became one of the most celebrated performers in American history, was born in Tioga, Texas, on ...

‘Tis the season of the Christmas Cowboy. For more than 70 years, Gene Autry rides again every year with Christmas standards "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)," "Rudolph the ...

Roy Rogers passed away in July 1998 at age 86 with his wife and co-star Dale Evans by his side, but the beloved singing cowboy’s legacy lives on at the Los Angeles estate he once called home—not to ...

After the Civil War came the emergence of the American cowboy as we know it. Born out of the need for livestock to be herded northward to different markets, these young, able shepherds became known by ...

Democrats are hoping that the third time is a charm when it comes to harnessing voter discontent against President Trump. They're pinning their hopes on political neophyte and singing cowboy Rob Quist ...

Surely the biggest art news last week was the joint acquisition by the Denver Art Museum and the Anschutz Collection of “Cowboy Singing” (pictured), an 1892 painting by Thomas Eakins valued at between ...