Tex Ritter

 

Artist: Tex Ritter

LP: Blood On the Saddle

Song: "The Face On the Barroom Floor"

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Song: "Rye Whiskey"

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Here are a couple songs from an album by Jack Tripper's father. Born in Texas in 1905, Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter is one of country music's earliest pioneers. He starred as a singing cowboy in a whole bunch of films in the 1930s and '40s and had a string of country hits throughout his long career. He performed his Oscar-winning theme song for the film HIGH NOON at the very first televised Oscar ceremony in 1953, and in 1964 Ritter became the 5th person to be inducted into the County Music Hall of Fame. You can read more about the life and career of Tex Ritter here and find a list of his film and TV appearances here. The liner notes and pictures from the back of the "Blood On the Saddle" LP (released in 1960) are included below.

 

 

[ Tex Ritter: January 12, 1905 — January 2, 1974 ]