followed by a procession around the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in nearby ... in World War II and the Republic Studio needed a singing cowboy to fill his boots. It chose Rogers.

By David Rooney Chief Film Critic NEW YORK — Marshall Brickman will lead the creative team on an untitled new musical based on the life and career of Roy Rogers, the iconic “King of the ...

Phillips’ “Singing Cowboy Stars” (Gibbs Smith, $19.95) also makes for a bracing antidote to the recently issued “official” story of Roy Rogers, the movies’ most agonizingly wholesome ...

Roy Rogers came out of the Sons of the Pioneers ... the most stirring melodies of the 20th century." The era of the singing cowboy itself lasted just a few decades. "Every fad has its day ...

Roy Rogers, often referred to as the "King of ... including her romance with a singing cowboy (Rogers). She has all kinds of ...

It was Merrilees who brought the famous singing cowboy Roy Rogers and queen of the west Dale Evans to the children's home. Roy and Dale were heroes to a generation of kids who had watched their ...

As the bad guys could tell you, never underestimate Roy Rogers. When Rogers died last week at age 86, little was said about his music beyond the fact that he was a singing cowboy, the enduring ...

Roy Rogers, 86, the singing cowboy whose straight-shooting exploits with wife and partner Dale Evans made him a hero to generations of fans and No. 1 at the movie box office from 1943 to 1954 ...

It later was part of the Roy Rogers Quaker Oats Show cast. Riders of the Purple Sage found a following and became one of the most popular singing groups during the “singing cowboy” era ...

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans adopted four children together. The pair teamed up for the first time in 1944’s Cowboy and the Senorita. By that time, Roy, who had begun singing professionally at age ...