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Roy Rogers
KING of the COWBOYS
Photo of Roy Rogers, Trigger and Bullet
"Looking back over my life, I can see how the Lord has had His hand on me for years, even when I made no effort to know Him in a personal way."
"When I was a boy, my family lived on a farm twelve miles outside Portsmouth, Ohio. My mother was crippled from polio, and my dad worked at a shoe factory in the city - only coming home every other weekend. My three sisters and I did all the farm chores. And because of the Great Depression, we had very little money."
"As a child I wanted to be a dentist, perhaps because dental care was practically non-existent where we lived. If you got a bad toothache, the tooth was pulled with hardly any effective anesthetic."
"But because of hard times, I had to drop that and other dreams tied to a high school education and go to work alongside Dad in the shoe factory in Cincinnati. Later, our family visited my older sister in California and decided to move there."
"One day she talked me into playing guitar, singing and yodeling in a local talent contest. I was shy, so she literally had to push me on stage. I must have pleased some body because I was asked to join a group which ultimately became "The Sons of the Pioneers." That was the start of my career in the entertainment business."
"In those days I didn't go to church. I always believed in a power greater than myself, but knew nothing about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Yet God's hand guided me to the right places at the right times, and my career started to grow."
"Republic Studios was looking for a new singing cowboy. They had tested different fellows all morning when the vice president just "happened" to walk through the casting office and see me sitting there with my guitar and stetson. Immediately, he grabbed me and shoved me in front of the camera. I was on my way to stardom."
"But first God had to change my heart, which wasn't until after I had met and married Dale Evans. It began one day when Dale shared a new excitement with me: 'I've just made the greatest decision of my life. Today I dedicated my life to Jesus Christ. It's wonderful.' "
"Dale didn't pressure me to accept her faith. Instead, she gathered the family in the evenings for Bible reading and prayer. She even bought me a new Bible. I could see the change in Dale but didn't understand her new joy."
"Finally, one Saturday night I stood looking out our bedroom window after an incident at a party we had given that had strained our relationship. I thought about my responsibilities to my family, and it occurred to me that any financial provisions I might be able to leave for my children would someday be gone. The fame of being a movie star wouldn't last forever."
"The next morning as Dale was preparing to take the children to Sunday school and church, I came downstairs and informed her, 'If you are going to church, I am going with you.' "
"As we sat in the service, I bowed my head for a long time, thinking about the decision I should make. At the invitation I sat up and turned to Dale. 'Mama, I'm going down there.' I did go, accepting Jesus Christ as my Savior."
"Over the years, my trail has been a great one, sometimes bumpy, sometimes stormy, sometimes smooth and beautiful. But when I asked Jesus Christ to be my Savior and Lord in 1948, He took me at my word and has been working out His will for me ever since."
"I do not have to understand all the sorrow Dale and I have suffered in the loss of three children, friends and parents. It is not for me to question, but to trust His overall plan for my life as the Bible teaches: 'Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding' (Proverbs 3:5, NKJ)."
"God is a big, good God and makes no mistakes. I am grateful to Him for the blessings of my life, my country, my family, my career, and my many loyal friends. Even when I have stumbled and seemed to lose my way, He has come to my aid and brought my feet to a larger place of service. One of the greatest lessons I have learned in life is that He is the Master of my fate."
Roy Rogers with
The Yellow Jacket Boat Company
in Ohio.
*King of the Cowboys*
He's rode across your silver screen
For over forty years
He's brought bad men to justice
he's seen laughter, he's seen tears
and I know forever, in many hearts he'll reign
As the King of the Cowboys
There is honour to his name.
He's a kind and gentle legend
a hero's right to fame
He's taught young folks right from wrong
And he's taught me the very same
And I know forever, in many hearts he'll reign
As the King of the Cowboys
There is magic in his name
Chorus:
He's the King of the Cowboys, a legend in his time
A man who loves his country
Where he will always ride
Saddled up on his golden Palomino
A six gun at each side
His spurs and boots and his white hat
Walks a man with a lot of Pride
Chorus:
He's the King of the Cowboys
A legend in his time
A man who loves his country
Riding off into the sunset
In a western sky of blue
He has given precious memories
and Happy Trails to me and you!
Written by Dusty Rogers, along with members of his band, "The High Riders," as a tribute to his dad, Roy Rogers.
FILMOGRAPHY
The Old Homestead" (Liberty, 1935)
"Slightly Static" (MGM, short subject, 1935)
"Way Up Thar" (educational short subject, 1935)
"Gallant Defender" (Columbia, 1935)
"The Mysterious Avenger" (Columbia, 1936)
"Rhythm on the Range" (Paramount, 1936)
"The Big Show" (Republic, 1936)
"The Old Corral" (Republic, 1936)
"The Old Wyoming Trail" (Columbia, 1937)
"Wild Horse Rodeo" (Republic, 1937)
"The Old Barn Dance" (Republic, 1938)
(The above films did not feature Roy in a starring role.
Under Western Stars" below, was his first starring role.)
"Under Western Stars" (Republic, 1938)
"Billy the Kid Returns" (Republic, 1938)
"Come On, Rangers" (Republic, 1938)
"Shine On, Harvest Moon" (Republic, 1938)
"The Arizona Kid" (Republic, 1939)
"Rough Riders' Roundup" (Republic, 1939)
"Frontier Pony Express" (Republic, 1939)
"Southward Ho" (Republic, 1939)
"In Old Caliente" (Republic, 1939)
"Wall Street Cowboy" (Republic, 1939)
"Jeepers Creepers" (Republic, 1939)
"Saga of Death Valley" (Republic, 1939)
"Days of Jesse James" (Republic, 1939)
"Young Buffalo Bill" (Republic, 1940)
"The Dark Command" (Republic, 1940)
"The Carson City Kid" (Republic, 1940)
"The Ranger and the Lady" (Republic, 1940)
"Colorado" (Republic, 1940)
"Young Bill Hickok" (Republic, 1940)
"The Border Legion" aka "West of the Badlands" (Republic, 1940)
"Robin Hood of the Pecos" (Republic, 1941)
"Arkansas Judge" (Republic, 1941)
"In Old Cheyenne" (Republic, 1941)
"Sheriff of Tombstone" (Republic, 1941)
"Nevada City" (Republic, 1941)
"Bad Man of Deadwood" (Republic, 1941)
"Jesse James at Bay" (Republic, 1941)
"Red River Valley" (Republic, 1941)
"Man from Cheyenne" (Republic, 1942)
"South of Santa Fe" (Republic, 1942)
"Sunset on the Desert" (Republic, 1942)
"Romance on the Range" (Republic, 1942)
"Sons of the Pioneers" (Republic, 1942)
"Sunset Serenade" (Republic, 1942)
"Heart of the Golden West" (Republic, 1942)
"Ridin' Down the Canyon" (Republic, 1942)
"Idaho" (Republic, 1943)
"King of the Cowboys" (Republic, 1943)
"Song of Texas" (Republic, 1943)
"Silver Spurs" (Republic, 1943)
"Man from Music Mountain" aka "Texas Legionnaires" (Republic, 1943)
"Hands Across the Border" (Republic, 1943)
"The Cowboy and the Senorita" (Republic, 1944)
"The Yellow Rose of Texas" (Republic, 1944)
"Song of Nevada" (Republic, 1944)
"San Fernando Valley" (Republic, 1944)
"Lights of Old Santa Fe" (Republic, 1944)
"Brazil" (Republic, 1944)
"Lake Placid Serenade" (Republic, 1944)
"Hollywood Canteen" (Warner Brothers, 1944)
"Utah" (Republic, 1945)
"Bells of Rosarita" (Republic, 1945)
"The Man from Oklahoma" (Republic, 1945)
"Sunset in El Dorado" (Republic, 1945)
"Don't Fence Me In" (Republic, 1945)
"Along the Navajo Trail" (Republic, 1945)
"Song of Arizona" (Republic, 1946)
"Rainbow Over Texas" (Republic, 1946)
"My Pal Trigger" (Republic, 1946)
"Under Nevada Skies" (Republic, 1946)
"Roll On Texas Moon" (Republic, 1946)
"Home in Oklahoma" (Republic, 1946)
"Out California Way" (Republic, 1946)
"Heldorado" (Republic, 1946)
"Apache Rose" (Republic, 1947)
"Hit Parade of 1947" (Republic, 1947)
"Bells of San Angelo" (Republic, 1947)
Springtime in the Sierras" (Republic, 1947)
"On the Old Spanish Trail" (Republic, 1947)
"The Gay Ranchero" (Republic, 1948)
"Under California Stars" (Republic, 1948)
"Eyes of Texas" (Republic, 1948)
"Melody Time" (RKO Radio Pictures, 1948)
"Night Time in Nevada" (Republic, 1948)
"Grand Canyon Trail" (Republic, 1948)
"The Far Frontier" (Republic, 1948)
"Susanna Pass" (Republic, 1949)
"Down Dakota Way" (Republic, 1949)
"The Golden Stallion" (Republic, 1949)
"Bells of Coronado" (Republic, 1950)
"Twilight in the Sierras" (Republic, 1950)
"Trigger, Jr." (Republic, 1950)
"Sunset in the West" (Republic, 1950)
"North of the Great Divide" (Republic, 1950)
"Trail of Robin Hood" (Republic, 1950)
"Spoilers of the Plains" (Republic, 1951)
"Heart of the Rockies" (Republic, 1951)
"In Old Amarillo" (Republic, 1951)
"South of Caliente" (Republic, 1951)
"Pals of the Golden West" (Republic, 1951)
"Son of Paleface" (Paramount, 1952)
"Alias Jesse James" (United Artists, 1959)
"MacKintosh and T. J." (Penland Productions, 1975)
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Dale Evans, 1912-2001
QUEEN of the WEST
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A prolific author and songwriter best remembered for her film career with her fourth husband, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans was beloved by Western fans as
"The Queen of the West".
An active Evangelical lay minister and enduring American icon, Dale Evans died of heart failure at her home in Apple Valley, California on February 7th, 2001 at the age of 88.
Though Dale Evans became emblematic of All-American family values and domestic solidarity, the beloved singer and actress arose from a tumultuous early life that lent itself to a number of her 20 inspirational books.
Born on October 31st, 1912 in Uvalde, Texas,
the actress was named Lucille Wood Smith and underwent the first of many name changes when her parents changed her name to Frances Octavia Smith in her infancy. The daughter of a farmer who operated a hardware and general store in nearby Italy, Texas, Frances and her family relocated to Osceola, Arkansas by 1919 where she was enrolled in school for the first time at the age of 7.
Although considered the Queen of the West, Dale Evans came from humble beginnings. Born Frances Octavia Smith, October 31, 1912 in Uvalde, Texas. In her first school she was discovered to be a bright student and was immediately skipped to the third grade. A few years down the road she found she was being skipped another grade. All this pressure proved to be too much and at the age of 11, in eighth grade, she collapsed from a nervous breakdown.
During her high school years the family left Texas for Osceola, Ark., where, at the age of fourteen Dale eloped with her high school sweetheart. At fifteen she was in Memphis, Tennessee trying to break into local radio as a singer. During this time her name was changed, something she was originally against. Joe Eaton, a radio station manager at WHAS told her Dale Evans was simply easier to pronounce, and that Dale was not a boy's name, citing silent screen actress Dale Winters.
Dale headed for Chicago where she became a vocalist with a number of different 'big bands'. She was also a featured soloist in such hotels as the Blackstone (Balinese Room), the Sherman (Panther Room, along with jazz legend, Fats Waller), the Drake (Camellia Room) and the Chez Paree Supper Club. Dale spent a lot of time touring though after a two-month stint at The Coconut Grove, Dale left the Orchestra and returned to Chicago where she was hired as staff singer for radio station WBBM.
She landed two small roles in the movies Orchestra Wives and Girl Trouble but her career seemed to have reached a plateau.
As Frances Smith, she made up for her late enrollment by being promoted ahead to the 3rd grade her first year, and by the age of 11 graduated from junior high school, after which she reputedly suffered nervous collapse. During her recuperation she studied piano. Returning to school, she eloped with an older classmate, Thomas F. Fox, when she was 14 years old. As a child bride she and her husband went to Memphis, Tennessee, where she soon delivered a son, Thomas Fox, Jr., and was divorced by her husband in 1929. She was only to suffer the fate of single motherhood briefly, marrying August Wayne Johns that same year, and enrolling in secretarial school.
Aspiring to become a singer and using the professional name Frances Fox, she plied her secretarial trade first at insurance agencies and then radio stations, where she made a habit of singing at her desk. The unsubtle strategy worked, when a station manager in Memphis finally put her on the air and she graduated from singing secretary to radio show regular. After success in local radio under the professional names Frances Fox and Marion Lee, the songstress and her husband headed to Louisville, Kentucky where she found a better paying job at station WHAS. It was at WHAS that she also found her final- and ultimately famous- moniker, when station manager Joe Eaton renamed her Dale Evans.
As Dale Evans, she found success on the airwaves and club stages of Louisville, and also found accompanist, composer and arranger Robert Dale Butts. Once divorced from August Johns, Ms. Evans paired professionally and matrimonially with Butts in 1935. The newlyweds tested the opportunities in Dallas, Texas briefly before Butts received a job offer with an NBC affiliate in Chicago. A musical hot spot in the 1930s, Chicago provided Ms. Evans with plentiful work as a lead singer for jazz, swing and big bands, one turn with the Anson Weeks Orchestra taking her on a year long cross country tour. An eight week engagement in Los Angeles on that tour did not produce immediate opportunities for the singer, but she was summoned back from Chicago months later for a screen test for the Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire musical "Holiday Inn".
While Ms. Evans did not win a role in
"Holiday Inn", she did win a year contract with 20th Century Fox and found her first Hollywood agent, Joe Rivkin. Under Rivkin's management Dale Evans was repackaged for the Hollywood publicity machine: seven years were shaved off her age, she was ordered to remove her wedding band, and the trades soon lauded her selfless devotion to her teenaged brother Tommy, who was actually her son. Ms. Evans's memoirs later revealed her deep guilt and pain over her public deception, which she ended with the support of her last husband, Roy Rogers.
Ms. Evans did not initially work in Westerns, but made appearances in the big band epic "Orchestra Wives" (which boasted the star power of George Montgomery, Glen Miller and Jackie Gleason), and the comedy "Girl Trouble" with Don Ameche. Stranded by Fox in small parts she returned to radio and became a regular on the Chase and Sanborn Hour with Edgar Bergen before accepting a contract offer from Republic Pictures, Hollywood's Home of the Westerns. A staunch supporter of the war effort, Ms. Evans became a USO trouper in between such early films as "In Old Oklahoma" with John Wayne and a number of western theme musicals.
In 1944 Ms. Evans was offered her first top billed role in "The Cowboy and the Senorita", though it was not an initially smooth initiation into starring roles on the Sagebrush Stage. Ms. Evans's agent had overplayed her brief Texas upbringing and led studio executives to believe she was a more proficient rider and roper than she was: In fact, years later, she and her husband Rogers often reminisced over how she had largely ridden taxicabs and piano stools and mainly handled a microphone cord. While filming "The Cowboy and the Senorita",
it was estimated that the actress lost over $400 in porcelain crowns, paid a high penalty in saddle sores, and suffered nearly irreparable damage to her dignity. The film was a success, however, and introduced Ms. Evans to "King of the Cowboys", Roy Rogers.
Ms. Evans riding skills improved over the filming of three more Roy Rogers films in 1944, including some of the screen duo's most popular, "Yellow Rose of Texas" and "Lights of Old Santa Fe". Though she was originally billed after Roger's beloved horse Trigger, the spunky actress received tremendous fan support and Republic began developing more projects for "Rogers and Evans". Her success exacted a heavy personal toll, however, as a demands of film shoots and personal appearances as well as work in radio accelerated the deterioration of her marriage, which ended in divorce in 1945. Her co-star, Roy Rogers was beset by his own hardships, losing his wife Arlene to post natal complications after the birth of their 3rd child, Roy Rogers, Jr., in 1946.
The famed on-screen couple became an off-screen couple on New Year's Eve, 1946, when they were married at the Flying L Ranch, which had served as a location for their film "Home in Oklahoma". The couple went on to complete a total of 27 films, founded their own production company, and launched the popular television shows
"The Roy Rogers Show", which debuted in 1951, and in 1962 premiered "The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show". In her own golden years, Ms. Evans hosted the Christian faith program "A Date With Dale". At one time the most recognized media couple in the world, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans made some 400 recordings together, were seen on television or film in more than 50 countries, and immortalized on endorsed items that ranged from boys and girls western wear to lunch pails. The Roy Rogers fast food franchise is still one of the most widely distributed in the US.
With four children from previous marriages, Ms. Evans and Roy Rogers had only one child together, a daughter, Robin, who died from an illness and complications of Downs Syndrome before her second birthday. The tragedy inspired the first of Ms. Evans's 20 inspirational books, Angel Unaware, which was applauded for raising tolerance and awareness of retarded children in an era when most handicapped children were institutionalized. Ms. Evans donated all of the book's proceeds to charities, notably The American Foundation for Retarded Children. In addition to their four surviving children, Ms. Evans and Roy Rogers became foster and adoptive parents of a number of special need and minority children.
A prolific songwriter as well as an author and actress, Ms. Evans claimed more than 200 songwriting credits, including the famed "Happy Trails", "A-Ha, San Antone" and the popular song of faith "The Bible Tells Me So".
***See a partial list of Dale's songs below.***
In addition to 3 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Ms. Evans numerous industry and civic honors include California's Mother of the Year (1967), The Texas Press Association's Texan of the Year Award (1970), enshrinement in the Cowgirl Hall of Fame (1995) and the Cardinal Terrence Cook Humanities Award (1995) as well as special awards from several Western film societies, fan clubs, and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
When Republic Pictures B-Movies began turning to Sci-Fi in the early Fifties Roy and Dale persevered. In 1951 they began producing a half hour television series (The Roy Rogers Show - see *Filmography at the page bottom for more) that ran for seven years. In 1962 they returned to the small screen with The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show.
With Roy Rogers, Ms. Evans co-founded the
Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in Victorville, California, near their Apple Valley home. The museum preserves memorabilia from their films, television serials, and from the 1950s Golden Age of Westerns, as well as several co-stars: Horses Trigger, Buttermilk, and faithful dog Bullet were all mounted for posterity after their natural deaths, and may still be viewed by fans.
June 2003-It has now been relocated
to Branson, Missouri.
After several years of illness which included a stroke, heart attack and a pacemaker implant, Dale Evans passed away peacefully in the company of family on February 7th, 2001 at the age of 88. Preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Roy Rogers, an adopted son John David "Sandy" Rogers and an adopted daughter, Deborah Rogers, the actress is survived by children Thomas, Roy Jr., Dodie, Linda Lou, Marion and Cheryl, 16 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, and 6 great-great grandchildren. Dale Rogers was interred beside her husband Roy Rogers at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Apple Valley.
If you would like to learn more about Dale Evans, Roy Rogers or their work we recommend:
Angel Unaware
by Dale Evans Rogers
Rainbow on a Hard Trail
by Dale Evans Rogers
War of the Wildcats
(originally "In Old Oklahoma")
The Cowboy and the Senorita
Apache Rose
Yellow Rose of Texas
An A&E Biography- Roy Rogers: American Legend
Remember the song Happy Trails?
Dale wrote Happy Trails in 1950 while preparing for a radio show. She decided (quite correctly) that Roy needed a theme song and since he usually signed his autographs with "Happy Trails, Roy Rogers" the title came easily enough.
She scribbled the lyrics down on the back of an envelope and with only forty minutes before showtime she taught the medley to Roy and the Sons of the Pioneers. That night Roy had a new theme song that would become meshed with his name and image. Happy Trails To You became part of the American lexicon. Over the years Roy and Dale would record more than 400 songs together, the last in 1985 called
'Many Happy Trails.'
When Roy died in 1998 Dale had this to say:
"What a blessing to have shared my life together with him for almost 51 years," she said.
"To say I will miss him is a gross understatement.
He was truly the King of the Cowboys
in my life."
Dale Evans, died February 7 of heart failure, at the age of 88.
-Author Unknown-
Dale Evans Rogers books;
Angel UnaWare 1953
My Spiritual Diary 1955
Prayers for Children 1956
To My Son; Faith in Our House 1957
Christmas Is Always 1958
No Two Ways About It 1963
Time out Ladies 1966
Dearest Debbie
Salute to Sandy 1967
My Personal Picture Album 1971
Christians and Showbiz 1972
The Woman at the Well 1972
Cool It or Lose It 1972
Where He Leads 1974
Hear the Children Crying 1978
Woman 1980
Happy Trails 1981
Let Us Love 1982
Grandparents Can 1983
God in the Hard Times 1984
Home Stretch 1986
Only One Star 1988
In the Hands of the Potter 1994
Say Yes to Tomorrow 1994 or 1994
Our Values; Stories of Wisdom 1999
Rainbow on a Hard Trail 1999
To My Son *Year unknown
Roy Rogers has written
in some of these books.
Both Roy and Dale have also wrote
a FOREWORD in many other books
as well as these.
The following songs are all written by Dale Evans Rogers;
My Heart is Down Texas Way
Rounding up a Dream
Just Sign on the Dotted Line
Aha San Antone
Cowgirl Polka
It's Saturday Night
San Angelo
Double R Bar
Happy Trails
Snow on the Mountain
Down the Trail to San Antone
Hazy Mountains
I'm Always Dreaming of San Angelo
I'm Gonna Lock You Out of My Heart
I'm Sorry
Just Say Your Prayers
Lo Dee Lo Li/We're Happy, My Pals and I (?)
Never Fall In Love With a Cowboy
Secretary's Lament
Texas for Me
T for Texas
Why Don't You Kiss Me?
Yip-Pee-I-O Broadway
Pioneer Woman
Chicki Wicki Choctaw
The Bible Tells Me So
Tornado
Happy Birthday, Gentle Saviour
Home for Christmas
Let's Go To the Rodeo
Christmas is Always
Merry Christmas, My Darling
Oh Saviour
Build a Better Mousetrap
Get to Know the Lord
Prayer for My Country
Music of My Life
Prayer for America
Angel Unaware
Come On Home
Heart of the Country
Feeling Country Blue
Your Roses
Because of Him
He is Love
Are You Willing to Follow The Lord?
I Found it in Jesus
In His Arms
Jesus is My Closest Friend
Little Girl Lost
Where You Are
May the Road Rise Up
I Go to the Rock
Roy Rogers Had a Ranch
Dale co-wrote the following songs with other writers;
Will You Marry Me Mr. Laramie
"The Little Fat Man with a Big White Beard
Oh For Heaven's Sake
Wearing a Dream
I'm In Love with a Guy Who Flies in the Sky
Please Take Me Home This Moment
There's Only One You
I Wish I had Never Met Sunshine
His Hat Cost More Than Mine
Let Us Love
Songs Dale co-wrote with Roy;
My Heart Went That-A-Way
Dusty
Buckeye Cowboy
No Bed of Roses
Christmas is Always
Finding the Way
Trials, Tears, and Triumph
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FILMOGRAPHY
Heldorado
Cowboy and the Senorita,
The
Bells of San Angelo
Bells of Rosarita
Television: The First Fifty Years
Golden Stallion,
The
Roy Rogers - 3 Classic Westerns
Roy Rogers:
Rough Riders Roundup, Bells of San Angelo, My Pal Trigger, &
Trigger, Jr.
Twilight in the Sierras
Under Nevada Skies
Home in Oklahoma
Western Double Feature 10
Western Double Feature No. 1
Roy Rogers Collectors Edition
Roy Rogers Collection -
Bells of San Angelo & Rough Riders Roundup
Roy Rogers Collection -
Yellow Rose of Texas
Roy Rogers - Bells of San Angelo
Under Western Stars
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Sunset on the Desert
San Fernando Valley
Western Double Feature 11
Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 7
Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 8
Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 9
War of the Wildcats
Roy Rogers Collection,
The
Utah
Sunset in El Dorado
My Pal Trigger
Apache Rose
Big Show Off,
The
Bells of Coronado
Roy Rogers Show -
TV Classics Collection,
The
Roy Rogers 5:
Home in Oklahoma, Song of Texas
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show,
The
Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 1
Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 2
Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 3
Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 4
Roy Rogers Show,
The
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 1
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 2
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 3
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 4
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 5
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 6
Down Dakota Way
Song of Arizona
Song of Nevada
Susanna Pass
Roy Rogers Collection -
Cowboy and the Senorita, My Pal Trigger &
Roll on Texas Moon
FILMOGRAPHY
Heldorado
Cowboy and the Senorita,
The
Bells of San Angelo
Bells of Rosarita
Television:
The First Fifty Years
Golden Stallion,
The
Roy Rogers -
3 Classic Westerns
Roy Rogers:
Rough Riders Roundup, Bells of San Angelo, My Pal Trigger &
Trigger, Jr.
Twilight in the Sierras
Under Nevada Skies
Home in Oklahoma
Western Double Feature 10
Western Double Feature No. 1
Roy Rogers Collectors Edition
Roy Rogers Collection -
Bells of San Angelo, Rough Riders Roundup
Roy Rogers Collection -
Yellow Rose of Texas
Roy Rogers - Bells of San Angelo
Under Western Stars
Lights of Old Santa Fe
Sunset on the Desert
San Fernando Valley
Western Double Feature 11
Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 7
Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 8
Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 9
War of the Wildcats
Roy Rogers Collection,
The
Utah
Sunset in El Dorado
My Pal Trigger
Apache Rose
Big Show Off,
The
Bells of Coronado
Roy Rogers Show -
TV Classics Collection,
The
Roy Rogers 5:
Home in Oklahoma, Song of Texas
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show,
The
Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 1
Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 2
Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 3
Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 4
Roy Rogers Show,
The
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 1
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 2
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 3
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 4
Roy Rogers Show,
The - V. 5
Roy Rogers Show
& The - V. 6
Down Dakota Way
Song of Arizona
Song of Nevada
Susanna Pass
Roy Rogers Collection -
Cowboy and the Senorita, My Pal Trigger
Roll on Texas Moon
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KING of the COWBOYS
Photo of Roy Rogers, Trigger and Bullet
"Looking back over my life, I can see how the Lord has had His hand on me for years, even when I made no effort to know Him in a personal way."
"When I was a boy, my family lived on a farm twelve miles outside Portsmouth, Ohio. My mother was crippled from polio, and my dad worked at a shoe factory in the city - only coming home every other weekend. My three sisters and I did all the farm chores. And because of the Great Depression, we had very little money."
"As a child I wanted to be a dentist, perhaps because dental care was practically non-existent where we lived. If you got a bad toothache, the tooth was pulled with hardly any effective anesthetic."
"But because of hard times, I had to drop that and other dreams tied to a high school education and go to work alongside Dad in the shoe factory in Cincinnati. Later, our family visited my older sister in California and decided to move there."
"One day she talked me into playing guitar, singing and yodeling in a local talent contest. I was shy, so she literally had to push me on stage. I must have pleased some body because I was asked to join a group which ultimately became "The Sons of the Pioneers." That was the start of my career in the entertainment business."
"In those days I didn't go to church. I always believed in a power greater than myself, but knew nothing about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Yet God's hand guided me to the right places at the right times, and my career started to grow."
"Republic Studios was looking for a new singing cowboy. They had tested different fellows all morning when the vice president just "happened" to walk through the casting office and see me sitting there with my guitar and stetson. Immediately, he grabbed me and shoved me in front of the camera. I was on my way to stardom."
"But first God had to change my heart, which wasn't until after I had met and married Dale Evans. It began one day when Dale shared a new excitement with me: 'I've just made the greatest decision of my life. Today I dedicated my life to Jesus Christ. It's wonderful.' "
"Dale didn't pressure me to accept her faith. Instead, she gathered the family in the evenings for Bible reading and prayer. She even bought me a new Bible. I could see the change in Dale but didn't understand her new joy."
"Finally, one Saturday night I stood looking out our bedroom window after an incident at a party we had given that had strained our relationship. I thought about my responsibilities to my family, and it occurred to me that any financial provisions I might be able to leave for my children would someday be gone. The fame of being a movie star wouldn't last forever."
"The next morning as Dale was preparing to take the children to Sunday school and church, I came downstairs and informed her, 'If you are going to church, I am going with you.' "
"As we sat in the service, I bowed my head for a long time, thinking about the decision I should make. At the invitation I sat up and turned to Dale. 'Mama, I'm going down there.' I did go, accepting Jesus Christ as my Savior."
"Over the years, my trail has been a great one, sometimes bumpy, sometimes stormy, sometimes smooth and beautiful. But when I asked Jesus Christ to be my Savior and Lord in 1948, He took me at my word and has been working out His will for me ever since."
"I do not have to understand all the sorrow Dale and I have suffered in the loss of three children, friends and parents. It is not for me to question, but to trust His overall plan for my life as the Bible teaches: 'Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding' (Proverbs 3:5, NKJ)."
"God is a big, good God and makes no mistakes. I am grateful to Him for the blessings of my life, my country, my family, my career, and my many loyal friends. Even when I have stumbled and seemed to lose my way, He has come to my aid and brought my feet to a larger place of service. One of the greatest lessons I have learned in life is that He is the Master of my fate."
Roy Rogers with
The Yellow Jacket Boat Company
in Ohio.
*King of the Cowboys*
He's rode across your silver screen
For over forty years
He's brought bad men to justice
he's seen laughter, he's seen tears
and I know forever, in many hearts he'll reign
As the King of the Cowboys
There is honour to his name.
He's a kind and gentle legend
a hero's right to fame
He's taught young folks right from wrong
And he's taught me the very same
And I know forever, in many hearts he'll reign
As the King of the Cowboys
There is magic in his name
Chorus:
He's the King of the Cowboys, a legend in his time
A man who loves his country
Where he will always ride
Saddled up on his golden Palomino
A six gun at each side
His spurs and boots and his white hat
Walks a man with a lot of Pride
Chorus:
He's the King of the Cowboys
A legend in his time
A man who loves his country
Riding off into the sunset
In a western sky of blue
He has given precious memories
and Happy Trails to me and you!
Written by Dusty Rogers, along with members of his band, "The High Riders," as a tribute to his dad, Roy Rogers.
FILMOGRAPHY
The Old Homestead" (Liberty, 1935)
"Slightly Static" (MGM, short subject, 1935)
"Way Up Thar" (educational short subject, 1935)
"Gallant Defender" (Columbia, 1935)
"The Mysterious Avenger" (Columbia, 1936)
"Rhythm on the Range" (Paramount, 1936)
"The Big Show" (Republic, 1936)
"The Old Corral" (Republic, 1936)
"The Old Wyoming Trail" (Columbia, 1937)
"Wild Horse Rodeo" (Republic, 1937)
"The Old Barn Dance" (Republic, 1938)
(The above films did not feature Roy in a starring role.
Under Western Stars" below, was his first starring role.)
"Under Western Stars" (Republic, 1938)
"Billy the Kid Returns" (Republic, 1938)
"Come On, Rangers" (Republic, 1938)
"Shine On, Harvest Moon" (Republic, 1938)
"The Arizona Kid" (Republic, 1939)
"Rough Riders' Roundup" (Republic, 1939)
"Frontier Pony Express" (Republic, 1939)
"Southward Ho" (Republic, 1939)
"In Old Caliente" (Republic, 1939)
"Wall Street Cowboy" (Republic, 1939)
"Jeepers Creepers" (Republic, 1939)
"Saga of Death Valley" (Republic, 1939)
"Days of Jesse James" (Republic, 1939)
"Young Buffalo Bill" (Republic, 1940)
"The Dark Command" (Republic, 1940)
"The Carson City Kid" (Republic, 1940)
"The Ranger and the Lady" (Republic, 1940)
"Colorado" (Republic, 1940)
"Young Bill Hickok" (Republic, 1940)
"The Border Legion" aka "West of the Badlands" (Republic, 1940)
"Robin Hood of the Pecos" (Republic, 1941)
"Arkansas Judge" (Republic, 1941)
"In Old Cheyenne" (Republic, 1941)
"Sheriff of Tombstone" (Republic, 1941)
"Nevada City" (Republic, 1941)
"Bad Man of Deadwood" (Republic, 1941)
"Jesse James at Bay" (Republic, 1941)
"Red River Valley" (Republic, 1941)
"Man from Cheyenne" (Republic, 1942)
"South of Santa Fe" (Republic, 1942)
"Sunset on the Desert" (Republic, 1942)
"Romance on the Range" (Republic, 1942)
"Sons of the Pioneers" (Republic, 1942)
"Sunset Serenade" (Republic, 1942)
"Heart of the Golden West" (Republic, 1942)
"Ridin' Down the Canyon" (Republic, 1942)
"Idaho" (Republic, 1943)
"King of the Cowboys" (Republic, 1943)
"Song of Texas" (Republic, 1943)
"Silver Spurs" (Republic, 1943)
"Man from Music Mountain" aka "Texas Legionnaires" (Republic, 1943)
"Hands Across the Border" (Republic, 1943)
"The Cowboy and the Senorita" (Republic, 1944)
"The Yellow Rose of Texas" (Republic, 1944)
"Song of Nevada" (Republic, 1944)
"San Fernando Valley" (Republic, 1944)
"Lights of Old Santa Fe" (Republic, 1944)
"Brazil" (Republic, 1944)
"Lake Placid Serenade" (Republic, 1944)
"Hollywood Canteen" (Warner Brothers, 1944)
"Utah" (Republic, 1945)
"Bells of Rosarita" (Republic, 1945)
"The Man from Oklahoma" (Republic, 1945)
"Sunset in El Dorado" (Republic, 1945)
"Don't Fence Me In" (Republic, 1945)
"Along the Navajo Trail" (Republic, 1945)
"Song of Arizona" (Republic, 1946)
"Rainbow Over Texas" (Republic, 1946)
"My Pal Trigger" (Republic, 1946)
"Under Nevada Skies" (Republic, 1946)
"Roll On Texas Moon" (Republic, 1946)
"Home in Oklahoma" (Republic, 1946)
"Out California Way" (Republic, 1946)
"Heldorado" (Republic, 1946)
"Apache Rose" (Republic, 1947)
"Hit Parade of 1947" (Republic, 1947)
"Bells of San Angelo" (Republic, 1947)
Springtime in the Sierras" (Republic, 1947)
"On the Old Spanish Trail" (Republic, 1947)
"The Gay Ranchero" (Republic, 1948)
"Under California Stars" (Republic, 1948)
"Eyes of Texas" (Republic, 1948)
"Melody Time" (RKO Radio Pictures, 1948)
"Night Time in Nevada" (Republic, 1948)
"Grand Canyon Trail" (Republic, 1948)
"The Far Frontier" (Republic, 1948)
"Susanna Pass" (Republic, 1949)
"Down Dakota Way" (Republic, 1949)
"The Golden Stallion" (Republic, 1949)
"Bells of Coronado" (Republic, 1950)
"Twilight in the Sierras" (Republic, 1950)
"Trigger, Jr." (Republic, 1950)
"Sunset in the West" (Republic, 1950)
"North of the Great Divide" (Republic, 1950)
"Trail of Robin Hood" (Republic, 1950)
"Spoilers of the Plains" (Republic, 1951)
"Heart of the Rockies" (Republic, 1951)
"In Old Amarillo" (Republic, 1951)
"South of Caliente" (Republic, 1951)
"Pals of the Golden West" (Republic, 1951)
"Son of Paleface" (Paramount, 1952)
"Alias Jesse James" (United Artists, 1959)
"MacKintosh and T. J." (Penland Productions, 1975)
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Dale Evans, 1912-2001
QUEEN of the WEST
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A prolific author and songwriter best remembered for her film career with her fourth husband, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans was beloved by Western fans as
"The Queen of the West".
An active Evangelical lay minister and enduring American icon, Dale Evans died of heart failure at her home in Apple Valley, California on February 7th, 2001 at the age of 88.
Though Dale Evans became emblematic of All-American family values and domestic solidarity, the beloved singer and actress arose from a tumultuous early life that lent itself to a number of her 20 inspirational books.
Born on October 31st, 1912 in Uvalde, Texas,
the actress was named Lucille Wood Smith and underwent the first of many name changes when her parents changed her name to Frances Octavia Smith in her infancy. The daughter of a farmer who operated a hardware and general store in nearby Italy, Texas, Frances and her family relocated to Osceola, Arkansas by 1919 where she was enrolled in school for the first time at the age of 7.
Although considered the Queen of the West, Dale Evans came from humble beginnings. Born Frances Octavia Smith, October 31, 1912 in Uvalde, Texas. In her first school she was discovered to be a bright student and was immediately skipped to the third grade. A few years down the road she found she was being skipped another grade. All this pressure proved to be too much and at the age of 11, in eighth grade, she collapsed from a nervous breakdown.
During her high school years the family left Texas for Osceola, Ark., where, at the age of fourteen Dale eloped with her high school sweetheart. At fifteen she was in Memphis, Tennessee trying to break into local radio as a singer. During this time her name was changed, something she was originally against. Joe Eaton, a radio station manager at WHAS told her Dale Evans was simply easier to pronounce, and that Dale was not a boy's name, citing silent screen actress Dale Winters.
Dale headed for Chicago where she became a vocalist with a number of different 'big bands'. She was also a featured soloist in such hotels as the Blackstone (Balinese Room), the Sherman (Panther Room, along with jazz legend, Fats Waller), the Drake (Camellia Room) and the Chez Paree Supper Club. Dale spent a lot of time touring though after a two-month stint at The Coconut Grove, Dale left the Orchestra and returned to Chicago where she was hired as staff singer for radio station WBBM.
She landed two small roles in the movies Orchestra Wives and Girl Trouble but her career seemed to have reached a plateau.
As Frances Smith, she made up for her late enrollment by being promoted ahead to the 3rd grade her first year, and by the age of 11 graduated from junior high school, after which she reputedly suffered nervous collapse. During her recuperation she studied piano. Returning to school, she eloped with an older classmate, Thomas F. Fox, when she was 14 years old. As a child bride she and her husband went to Memphis, Tennessee, where she soon delivered a son, Thomas Fox, Jr., and was divorced by her husband in 1929. She was only to suffer the fate of single motherhood briefly, marrying August Wayne Johns that same year, and enrolling in secretarial school.
Aspiring to become a singer and using the professional name Frances Fox, she plied her secretarial trade first at insurance agencies and then radio stations, where she made a habit of singing at her desk. The unsubtle strategy worked, when a station manager in Memphis finally put her on the air and she graduated from singing secretary to radio show regular. After success in local radio under the professional names Frances Fox and Marion Lee, the songstress and her husband headed to Louisville, Kentucky where she found a better paying job at station WHAS. It was at WHAS that she also found her final- and ultimately famous- moniker, when station manager Joe Eaton renamed her Dale Evans.
As Dale Evans, she found success on the airwaves and club stages of Louisville, and also found accompanist, composer and arranger Robert Dale Butts. Once divorced from August Johns, Ms. Evans paired professionally and matrimonially with Butts in 1935. The newlyweds tested the opportunities in Dallas, Texas briefly before Butts received a job offer with an NBC affiliate in Chicago. A musical hot spot in the 1930s, Chicago provided Ms. Evans with plentiful work as a lead singer for jazz, swing and big bands, one turn with the Anson Weeks Orchestra taking her on a year long cross country tour. An eight week engagement in Los Angeles on that tour did not produce immediate opportunities for the singer, but she was summoned back from Chicago months later for a screen test for the Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire musical "Holiday Inn".
While Ms. Evans did not win a role in
"Holiday Inn", she did win a year contract with 20th Century Fox and found her first Hollywood agent, Joe Rivkin. Under Rivkin's management Dale Evans was repackaged for the Hollywood publicity machine: seven years were shaved off her age, she was ordered to remove her wedding band, and the trades soon lauded her selfless devotion to her teenaged brother Tommy, who was actually her son. Ms. Evans's memoirs later revealed her deep guilt and pain over her public deception, which she ended with the support of her last husband, Roy Rogers.
Ms. Evans did not initially work in Westerns, but made appearances in the big band epic "Orchestra Wives" (which boasted the star power of George Montgomery, Glen Miller and Jackie Gleason), and the comedy "Girl Trouble" with Don Ameche. Stranded by Fox in small parts she returned to radio and became a regular on the Chase and Sanborn Hour with Edgar Bergen before accepting a contract offer from Republic Pictures, Hollywood's Home of the Westerns. A staunch supporter of the war effort, Ms. Evans became a USO trouper in between such early films as "In Old Oklahoma" with John Wayne and a number of western theme musicals.
In 1944 Ms. Evans was offered her first top billed role in "The Cowboy and the Senorita", though it was not an initially smooth initiation into starring roles on the Sagebrush Stage. Ms. Evans's agent had overplayed her brief Texas upbringing and led studio executives to believe she was a more proficient rider and roper than she was: In fact, years later, she and her husband Rogers often reminisced over how she had largely ridden taxicabs and piano stools and mainly handled a microphone cord. While filming "The Cowboy and the Senorita",
it was estimated that the actress lost over $400 in porcelain crowns, paid a high penalty in saddle sores, and suffered nearly irreparable damage to her dignity. The film was a success, however, and introduced Ms. Evans to "King of the Cowboys", Roy Rogers.
Ms. Evans riding skills improved over the filming of three more Roy Rogers films in 1944, including some of the screen duo's most popular, "Yellow Rose of Texas" and "Lights of Old Santa Fe". Though she was originally billed after Roger's beloved horse Trigger, the spunky actress received tremendous fan support and Republic began developing more projects for "Rogers and Evans". Her success exacted a heavy personal toll, however, as a demands of film shoots and personal appearances as well as work in radio accelerated the deterioration of her marriage, which ended in divorce in 1945. Her co-star, Roy Rogers was beset by his own hardships, losing his wife Arlene to post natal complications after the birth of their 3rd child, Roy Rogers, Jr., in 1946.
The famed on-screen couple became an off-screen couple on New Year's Eve, 1946, when they were married at the Flying L Ranch, which had served as a location for their film "Home in Oklahoma". The couple went on to complete a total of 27 films, founded their own production company, and launched the popular television shows
"The Roy Rogers Show", which debuted in 1951, and in 1962 premiered "The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show". In her own golden years, Ms. Evans hosted the Christian faith program "A Date With Dale". At one time the most recognized media couple in the world, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans made some 400 recordings together, were seen on television or film in more than 50 countries, and immortalized on endorsed items that ranged from boys and girls western wear to lunch pails. The Roy Rogers fast food franchise is still one of the most widely distributed in the US.
With four children from previous marriages, Ms. Evans and Roy Rogers had only one child together, a daughter, Robin, who died from an illness and complications of Downs Syndrome before her second birthday. The tragedy inspired the first of Ms. Evans's 20 inspirational books, Angel Unaware, which was applauded for raising tolerance and awareness of retarded children in an era when most handicapped children were institutionalized. Ms. Evans donated all of the book's proceeds to charities, notably The American Foundation for Retarded Children. In addition to their four surviving children, Ms. Evans and Roy Rogers became foster and adoptive parents of a number of special need and minority children.
A prolific songwriter as well as an author and actress, Ms. Evans claimed more than 200 songwriting credits, including the famed "Happy Trails", "A-Ha, San Antone" and the popular song of faith "The Bible Tells Me So".
***See a partial list of Dale's songs below.***
In addition to 3 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Ms. Evans numerous industry and civic honors include California's Mother of the Year (1967), The Texas Press Association's Texan of the Year Award (1970), enshrinement in the Cowgirl Hall of Fame (1995) and the Cardinal Terrence Cook Humanities Award (1995) as well as special awards from several Western film societies, fan clubs, and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
When Republic Pictures B-Movies began turning to Sci-Fi in the early Fifties Roy and Dale persevered. In 1951 they began producing a half hour television series (The Roy Rogers Show - see *Filmography at the page bottom for more) that ran for seven years. In 1962 they returned to the small screen with The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show.
With Roy Rogers, Ms. Evans co-founded the
Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in Victorville, California, near their Apple Valley home. The museum preserves memorabilia from their films, television serials, and from the 1950s Golden Age of Westerns, as well as several co-stars: Horses Trigger, Buttermilk, and faithful dog Bullet were all mounted for posterity after their natural deaths, and may still be viewed by fans.
June 2003-It has now been relocated
to Branson, Missouri.
After several years of illness which included a stroke, heart attack and a pacemaker implant, Dale Evans passed away peacefully in the company of family on February 7th, 2001 at the age of 88. Preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Roy Rogers, an adopted son John David "Sandy" Rogers and an adopted daughter, Deborah Rogers, the actress is survived by children Thomas, Roy Jr., Dodie, Linda Lou, Marion and Cheryl, 16 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, and 6 great-great grandchildren. Dale Rogers was interred beside her husband Roy Rogers at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Apple Valley.
If you would like to learn more about Dale Evans, Roy Rogers or their work we recommend:
Angel Unaware
by Dale Evans Rogers
Rainbow on a Hard Trail
by Dale Evans Rogers
War of the Wildcats
(originally "In Old Oklahoma")
The Cowboy and the Senorita
Apache Rose
Yellow Rose of Texas
An A&E Biography- Roy Rogers: American Legend
Remember the song Happy Trails?
Dale wrote Happy Trails in 1950 while preparing for a radio show. She decided (quite correctly) that Roy needed a theme song and since he usually signed his autographs with "Happy Trails, Roy Rogers" the title came easily enough.
She scribbled the lyrics down on the back of an envelope and with only forty minutes before showtime she taught the medley to Roy and the Sons of the Pioneers. That night Roy had a new theme song that would become meshed with his name and image. Happy Trails To You became part of the American lexicon. Over the years Roy and Dale would record more than 400 songs together, the last in 1985 called
'Many Happy Trails.'
When Roy died in 1998 Dale had this to say:
"What a blessing to have shared my life together with him for almost 51 years," she said.
"To say I will miss him is a gross understatement.
He was truly the King of the Cowboys
in my life."
Dale Evans, died February 7 of heart failure, at the age of 88.
-Author Unknown-
Dale Evans Rogers books;
Angel UnaWare 1953
My Spiritual Diary 1955
Prayers for Children 1956
To My Son; Faith in Our House 1957
Christmas Is Always 1958
No Two Ways About It 1963
Time out Ladies 1966
Dearest Debbie
Salute to Sandy 1967
My Personal Picture Album 1971
Christians and Showbiz 1972
The Woman at the Well 1972
Cool It or Lose It 1972
Where He Leads 1974
Hear the Children Crying 1978
Woman 1980
Happy Trails 1981
Let Us Love 1982
Grandparents Can 1983
God in the Hard Times 1984
Home Stretch 1986
Only One Star 1988
In the Hands of the Potter 1994
Say Yes to Tomorrow 1994 or 1994
Our Values; Stories of Wisdom 1999
Rainbow on a Hard Trail 1999
To My Son *Year unknown
Roy Rogers has written
in some of these books.
Both Roy and Dale have also wrote
a FOREWORD in many other books
as well as these.
The following songs are all written by Dale Evans Rogers;
My Heart is Down Texas Way
Rounding up a Dream
Just Sign on the Dotted Line
Aha San Antone
Cowgirl Polka
It's Saturday Night
San Angelo
Double R Bar
Happy Trails
Snow on the Mountain
Down the Trail to San Antone
Hazy Mountains
I'm Always Dreaming of San Angelo
I'm Gonna Lock You Out of My Heart
I'm Sorry
Just Say Your Prayers
Lo Dee Lo Li/We're Happy, My Pals and I (?)
Never Fall In Love With a Cowboy
Secretary's Lament
Texas for Me
T for Texas
Why Don't You Kiss Me?
Yip-Pee-I-O Broadway
Pioneer Woman
Chicki Wicki Choctaw
The Bible Tells Me So
Tornado
Happy Birthday, Gentle Saviour
Home for Christmas
Let's Go To the Rodeo
Christmas is Always
Merry Christmas, My Darling
Oh Saviour
Build a Better Mousetrap
Get to Know the Lord
Prayer for My Country
Music of My Life
Prayer for America
Angel Unaware
Come On Home
Heart of the Country
Feeling Country Blue
Your Roses
Because of Him
He is Love
Are You Willing to Follow The Lord?
I Found it in Jesus
In His Arms
Jesus is My Closest Friend
Little Girl Lost
Where You Are
May the Road Rise Up
I Go to the Rock
Roy Rogers Had a Ranch
Dale co-wrote the following songs with other writers;
Will You Marry Me Mr. Laramie
"The Little Fat Man with a Big White Beard
Oh For Heaven's Sake
Wearing a Dream
I'm In Love with a Guy Who Flies in the Sky
Please Take Me Home This Moment
There's Only One You
I Wish I had Never Met Sunshine
His Hat Cost More Than Mine
Let Us Love
Songs Dale co-wrote with Roy;
My Heart Went That-A-Way
Dusty
Buckeye Cowboy
No Bed of Roses
Christmas is Always
Finding the Way
Trials, Tears, and Triumph
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FILMOGRAPHYHeldoradoCowboy and the Senorita, The Bells of San Angelo Bells of Rosarita Television: The First Fifty Years Golden Stallion, The Roy Rogers - 3 Classic Westerns Roy Rogers: Rough Riders Roundup, Bells of San Angelo, My Pal Trigger, & Trigger, Jr. Twilight in the Sierras Under Nevada Skies Home in Oklahoma Western Double Feature 10 Western Double Feature No. 1 Roy Rogers Collectors Edition Roy Rogers Collection - Bells of San Angelo & Rough Riders Roundup Roy Rogers Collection - Yellow Rose of Texas Roy Rogers - Bells of San Angelo Under Western Stars Lights of Old Santa Fe Sunset on the Desert San Fernando Valley Western Double Feature 11 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 7 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 8 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 9 War of the Wildcats Roy Rogers Collection, The Utah Sunset in El Dorado My Pal Trigger Apache Rose Big Show Off, The Bells of Coronado Roy Rogers Show - TV Classics Collection, The Roy Rogers 5: Home in Oklahoma, Song of Texas Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, The Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 1 Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 2 Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 3 Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 4 Roy Rogers Show, The Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 1 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 2 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 3 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 4 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 5 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 6 Down Dakota Way Song of Arizona Song of Nevada Susanna Pass Roy Rogers Collection - Cowboy and the Senorita, My Pal Trigger & Roll on Texas Moon FILMOGRAPHY Heldorado Cowboy and the Senorita, The Bells of San Angelo Bells of Rosarita Television: The First Fifty Years Golden Stallion, The Roy Rogers - 3 Classic Westerns Roy Rogers: Rough Riders Roundup, Bells of San Angelo, My Pal Trigger & Trigger, Jr. Twilight in the Sierras Under Nevada Skies Home in Oklahoma Western Double Feature 10 Western Double Feature No. 1 Roy Rogers Collectors Edition Roy Rogers Collection - Bells of San Angelo, Rough Riders Roundup Roy Rogers Collection - Yellow Rose of Texas Roy Rogers - Bells of San Angelo Under Western Stars Lights of Old Santa Fe Sunset on the Desert San Fernando Valley Western Double Feature 11 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 7 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 8 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 9 War of the Wildcats Roy Rogers Collection, The Utah Sunset in El Dorado My Pal Trigger Apache Rose Big Show Off, The Bells of Coronado Roy Rogers Show - TV Classics Collection, The Roy Rogers 5: Home in Oklahoma, Song of Texas Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, The Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 1 Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 2 Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 3 Roy Rogers Matinee Double Feature No. 4 Roy Rogers Show, The Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 1 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 2 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 3 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 4 Roy Rogers Show, The - V. 5 Roy Rogers Show & The - V. 6 Down Dakota Way Song of Arizona Song of Nevada Susanna Pass Roy Rogers Collection - Cowboy and the Senorita, My Pal Trigger Roll on Texas Moon |
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