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| - Born: January 12, 1905 in Marvaul, Tx - Died: January 2, 1974 in NashvilleAmerican singer and actor; Woodward Maurice «Tex» Ritter played cowboy songs on the radio in New York in the first part of the 30s when a Hollywood producer discovered him. He appeared in a total of 85 films. Short bio:In late 1932 Tex cut a few records at the ARC Recording Studios in New York but his career only started the next year with 78rpm releases on various labels such as Banner, Conqueror, Columbia, Oriole, Perfect or Romeo. Also known as by %22The Singin' Cowboy%22 Tex then signed on with Decca (1935-39) before he switched to Capitol Records for a long and successful career.Ritter ended his life in Nashville, TN, were he was still recording a couple of weeks before he died of a heart attack.Career :- Early 30s; New York, acted in the Broadway production Green Grow the Lilacs. Then began hosting radio programs like Tex Ritter's Campfire and Cowboy Tom's Roundup. Began recordings with producer Art Satherley.- Mid 30s : Ritter caught the attention of Hollywood producer Edward Finney, was tapped to star in the Western Song of the Gringo (1936); stared in Trouble in Texas (co-starring a young Rita Hayworth, 1937) and a dozen of films.- Late 30s-early40s : made some 20 Westerns, including %22Take Me Back to Oklahoma%22 with co-star Bob Wills, worked with Columbia and Universal- 1942-1972, he became the first country artist signed to Capitol Records, and stayed 30 years with the company.Tex on the tops : 1944, Tex Ritter & His Texans topped the charts with the single %22I'm Wastin' My Tears on You%22. The record's flip side, %22There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder,%22 peaked at #2. The follow-up %22Jealous Heart.%22 also made #2 1945 : %22You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often%22 peacked #1 for 11 consecutive weeks. Had another #1 with %22You Will Have to Pay%22 1948 %22Rock and Rye,%221950 %22Daddy's Last Letter%221953-1960 Ritter hosted the television program %22Town Hall Party%22 while still having recordings for Capitol.1961(after an 11-year charts absence), a C&W Top Five hit and Pop #20 with %22I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven%22 1974 (posthumously) %22The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)%22 made the Top 100 hitting pos. #24
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| - Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974), better known as Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter family in acting (son John and grandsons Jason and Tyler). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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