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 ...

Perhaps more than any other genre, the Western demands a specific, rugged essence from its actors to be believable. For example, character actors such as Ben Johnson, Jack Elam, Chill Wills and John ...

In 1939, actor Herb Jeffries made history by starring in “The Bronze Buckaroo,” the first-ever Western to feature a Black singing cowboy as its protagonist. With Jeffries in the lead as Bob Blake — a ...

He was called “America’s Favorite Cowboy” and the “Singing Cowboy.” Though he was not the first western star of either movies or music, Texas native Gene Autry became a favorite across the nation from ...

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 ...