Biography
b. Helen Hagstrom, 20 Oct 1926, Money, Arkansas, USA, d. 10 June 1997, Bakersfield, California, USA. Hagstrom’s family members acquired emigrated from Sweden and 1st resolved on a plantation in Arkansas however they relocated to California immediately after Helen was created. She attended college in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA however when aged 14, referred to as a petite blue-eyed blonde having a vivacious character, she began performing and yodelling on KYA using the traditional western swing music group of Dude Martin. Martin known as her Carolina Natural cotton declaring that Carolina sounded much better than Arkansas as well as the name trapped. In 1942, she shifted to Hollywood and fascinated by her stage existence and extravagant yodels, she was instantly hired by best band head Spade Cooley. She wedded vocalist Deuce Spriggens past due in 1945, however they divorced the next calendar year with her declaring his infidelity through the three months these were wedded. In 1944, she was provided a part within a film known as Sing, Neighbor, Sing which highlighted several country superstars including Roy Acuff and his music group and popular few Lulu Belle And Scotty. On the next a decade she made an appearance in more films numerous top superstars including Acuff, Eddy Arnold inFeudin’ Tempo (1949) andHoedown (1950), and Bob Wills and co-starred in B-movie Westerns with both Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. In 1952, she got so set up her popularity as a respected cowgirl yodeller that she was ensemble as Charles Starrett’s leading female inThe Rough Hard West. Through the middle-50s, she was typically the most popular feminine singer on visible jukeboxes. Her biggest offering record was her self-penned ‘Three Mls South Of PROFIT Arkansas’ which she documented for the MGM Information label supported by Bob Wills’ Tx Playboys in 1951. Professionals of the artwork course two of her greatest yodels as ‘I WANT TO Yodel’ and ‘Mocking Parrot Yodel’ which were documented on the Ruler Information label in 1949. Through the 50s, she produced many overseas excursions to amuse the American makes including several excursions to Korea in addition to to Japan and Germany. Another marriage to Expenses Ates, the sibling of acting professional Roscoe Ates created two daughters but finished in divorce. She ultimately appeared to develop tired of the approach to life and trained to be always a instructor. In the first 70s, she trained in US colleges in Central America before teaching in Bakersfield, California, where she produced her home. Every once in awhile she went to Film Fairs and on events demonstrated that she could still sing and yodel her aged songs. Periodically, unusual songs of her show up on compilation CDs plus some recordings made out of Bob Wills made an appearance within the boxed group of Wills released by Bear Family members Information in 1985. In 1991, the German Cattle label released an entire recording of her recordings.
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1 | She preferred to yodel in her bare feet, so she "could get a good toe-hold" when she yodeled! |
2 | She hand-made nearly all of her stage costumes. |
3 | Often performed her self-penned song "Three Miles South of Cash in Arkansas" at concerts, and coaxed other performers to join her in the yodeling part of the song. Some of the surprise yodelers included Walter Pidgeon, and Bob Hope! |
4 | While planning the release of her TV adventure series "Queen of the Range", manufacturers were set to produce 25 Carolina Cotton items, such as toys. When her series was shelved, the items were never put into production. However, at least one Carolina Cotton doll, and a few gun and holster sets were made. |
5 | While her radio show "Carolina Cotton Calls" was aired on the Armed Forces Radio Service, from 1952-1954, she received more fan mail and requests than any other performer. |
Actress
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Song of the Prairie | 1945 | Carolina | |
Outlaws of the Rockies | 1945 | Singer | |
Spade Cooley: King of Western Swing | 1945 | Short | Carolina (uncredited) |
Why Did I Fall for Abner? | 1945 | Short | Vocalist |
I'm from Arkansas | 1944 | Abigail 'Abby' Alden | |
The Singing Sheriff | 1944 | Singer (uncredited) | |
Sing, Neighbor, Sing | 1944 | Carolina | |
Take Me Back to Tulsa | 1944 | Short | Vocalist |
Blue Canadian Rockies | 1952 | Carolina Cotton | |
The Rough, Tough West | 1952 | Carolina | |
Apache Country | 1952 | Carolina Cotton | |
All Star Revue | 1952 | TV Series | Guest singer |
Hoedown | 1950 | Carolina Cotton | |
Feudin' Rhythm | 1949 | Carolina Cotton | |
Stallion Canyon | 1949 | Ellen Collins | |
Smoky Mountain Melody | 1948 | Perky Durkin (uncredited) | |
Smoky River Serenade | 1947 | Carolina | |
Wabash Cannon Ball | 1946 | Short | Carolina, Band Singer |
Missouri | 1946 | Short | Carolina |
Singing on the Trail | 1946 | Carolina - Band Singer (uncredited) | |
Cowboy Blues | 1946 | Carolina Cotton | |
That Texas Jamboree | 1946 | Carolina Cotton | |
Down the Trail to San Antone | 1946 | Short | Band Singer Carolina |
Missouri's Calling Me | 1945 | Short | Carolina Cotton |
Texas Panhandle | 1945 | Singer Carolina |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Blue Canadian Rockies | 1952 | performer: "Yodel, Yodel, Yodel", "Lovin' Ducky Daddy" | |
The Rough, Tough West | 1952 | performer: "Cause I'm in Love", "You Gotta Get a Guy With a Gun", "Ragtime Annie Lee" / writer: "You Gotta Get a Guy With a Gun" | |
Apache Country | 1952 | performer: "I Love To Yodel", "Cold, Cold Heart" / writer: "I Love To Yodel" | |
Hoedown | 1950 | performer: "I Betcha I Getcha", "Oh Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone?" | |
Smoky Mountain Melody | 1948 | performer: "Party Time on the Prairie" | |
Smoky River Serenade | 1947 | writer: "I Love to Yodel" - uncredited | |
Singing on the Trail | 1946 | performer: "Wabash Cannonball" | |
Texas Panhandle | 1945 | performer: "I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take", "I Love to Yodel" / writer: "I Love to Yodel" | |
Song of the Prairie | 1945 | performer: "Fireball Mail" | |
Outlaws of the Rockies | 1945 | performer: "Do Ya or Don'tcha?" | |
Texas Home | 1945 | Short performer: "Texas Home" | |
I'm from Arkansas | 1944 | performer: "Yodel Mountain", "I Love to Yodel" / writer: "Yodel Mountain", "I Love to Yodel" |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The World Dances | 1954 | Documentary | Herself - American Singer-Yodeler |
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood on the Ball | 1952 | Short | Herself |
Three Miles South of Cash in Arkansas | 1951 | Short | Herself |
Yodel Mountain | 1951 | Short | Herself |
If You Ever Come to Texas | 1946 | Short | Herself |
I'd Love to Be a Cowgirl (But I'm Afraid of Cows) | 1946 | Short | Herself |
When Pay Day Rolls Around | 1946 | Short | Herself |
Sioux City Sue | 1946/II | Short | Herself |
Texas Home | 1945 | Short | Herself - Singer |
When the Bloom Is on the Sage | 1945 | Short | Herself |
I Love to Yodel | 1944 | Short | Herself |
My Wubba Dolly | 1944 | Short | Herself |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Still Ramblin' | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
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