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Jimmy Wakely was among the last vocalists to create it in films being a singing cowboy or transform a film contract right into a effective saving career. A protégé and breakthrough of Gene Autry, he was hardly ever remotely as effective as Autry in films, nor do his record product sales strategy those of his coach, but Wakely was effective being a crossover action, his tone of voice and repertoire appealing enough to get favour with pop in addition to nation & western viewers. Wayne Clarence Wakely was created in Arkansas on Feb 16, 1914, but grew up in Oklahoma, where he spent a lot of his early existence inside a succession of unusual careers while he nursed his ambitions for any profession in music. Ultimately he became a member of up with Dick Reinhardt and Johnny Relationship to create the Jimmy Wakely Trio in 1937. Their primary impact was the Sons from the Pioneers, and their performing and playing demonstrated attractive plenty of to property them a normal broadcasting gig in Oklahoma Town. Having accomplished some acknowledgement locally, they were able to parlay that right into a ending up in Autry when he toured Oklahoma in 1940, as well as the vocalist was impressed plenty of with their function to invite these to California. Wakely and organization became regulars on Autry’s Melody Ranch radio display, and also started showing up in his movies for Republic Photos. Strangely plenty of, despite Wakely’s later on achievement, Johnny Relationship became the very first person in the trio to obtain a recording agreement in 1941. Wakely got his personal recording offer in 1942, soon after he remaining the Autry collapse, and experienced his first strike a year later on having a cover of nation yodel celebrity Elton Britt’s wartime anthem, “There is a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Someplace.” At that time, despite — or simply due to — the omnipresence of Globe Battle II in individuals’ lives, the performing cowboy picture that Gene Autry founded in films was still growing. On the house front, the general public (especially the youngsters) liked the films, and there is money to be produced. Autry was portion within the U.S. armed forces, but Roy Rogers and Tex Ritter both continuing riding and performing their method through screen ventures, and other little studios were searching for their own performing cowboys. Monogram Images, Republic’s major competition among B-movie studios, contacted Wakely having a agreement in 1944, and his 1st picture, Music of the number, was a moderate achievement, resulting in a five-year stint while watching cams. Wakely was not as organic an acting professional as Autry or Roy Rogers, but his tone of voice was appealing and his 28 Westerns had been reasonably effective in their period. Amid Wakely’s function in B Westerns, his documenting profession thrived, as he started recording a distinctively sophisticated selection of nation, cowboy, and pop tunes. His string started with his personal “Song from the Sierras,” a richly atmospheric ballad that offered his voice inside a deep, severe light. His 1st major crossover strike followed a yr later on in 1948 with “YOU HAVE My Name (ANOTHER Has My Center),” a coming in contact with song in regards to a tragic passionate triangle that reached the very best spot on the united states & western graphs and the very best Ten within the pop graphs. Wakely became specifically closely from the music of honky tonk songwriter Floyd Tillman, and something cover, “I REALLY LIKE You A LOT It Hurts,” spent five weeks at the main spot on the united states graphs in 1949. It had been maker Lee Gillette who considered teaming Wakely up with songstress Margaret Whiting in what became a very effective partnership. Their 1st song collectively, the infidelity tale “Slippin’ Around,” established the pattern because of their relationship, the effervescent Whiting as well as the even, laid-back Wakely — who, by that point, was becoming referred to as the Bing Crosby of nation & traditional western music — controlling each other properly. “Slippin’ Around” spent 17 weeks at the main spot on the united states graphs and weekly at the main pop chart placement, and both had nine following hits jointly, including “Wedding ceremony Bells” and “IF YOU and I Had been Youthful Maggie Blues.” It had been inevitable from all this achievement that Wakely would turn into a mass media superstar. In 1952, he became the superstar from the Jimmy Wakely Present over the CBS radio network. After co-hosting the ABC tv network series 5 STAR Jubilee in 1961 with Tex Ritter, he continuing to record for his very own Shasta Information label, which he founded being a mail-order distribution firm in the middle-’60s. He continuing to perform reside in an action that included his kid and little girl, and remained well-known through the 1970s, until age group and health issues began acquiring their toll. Wakely passed away of emphysema in 1982.
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| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 1680 Vine Street in Hollywood, California. |
| 2 | Made his first public singing appearance in the Royal Theatre, located in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. At the time Jimmie was living in one of the little country towns of either Byars or Rosedale, Oklahoma. |
| 3 | His numerous couplings with singer Margaret Whiting at post-war Capitol Records proved memorable with "Slipping Around," "Broken Down Merry-Go-Round" and the Christmas classic "Silver Bells." |
| 4 | Country-western singer/actor |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace and Frankie | 2016 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| American Masters | 2007 | TV Series documentary performer - 1 episode | |
| Shadowboxer | 2005 | writer: "I Want To Ride That Glory Train" | |
| Clay Pigeons | 1998 | performer: "Moon Over Montana" / writer: "Moon Over Montana" | |
| Mars Attacks! | 1996 | writer: "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards The Sky" | |
| Country Style, U.S.A. | 1959 | TV Series short writer - 1 episode | |
| Money, Women and Guns | 1958 | performer: "Lonely Is The Hunter" / writer: "Lonely Is The Hunter" | |
| Slim Carter | 1957 | writer: "Cowboy", "Ride Cowboy, Ride" | |
| Ranch Party | 1957 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| A Day of Fury | 1956 | writer: "Vote for Emily Morgan" - uncredited | |
| The Silver Star | 1955 | performer: "The Silver Star" / writer: "The Silver Star" | |
| Dawn at Socorro | 1954 | writer: "Vote for Emily Morgan" - uncredited | |
| Arrow in the Dust | 1954 | "THE WEARY STRANGER" | |
| Jimmy Wakely's Jamboree | 1954 | Short performer: "Cattle Call", "Cimarron", "I've Had My Share of Sorrow" | |
| The Marshal's Daughter | 1953 | writer: "My Heart Has Room For You" | |
| Twilight in the Sierras | 1950 | writer: "Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy" | |
| Lawless Code | 1949 | performer: "I'll Be A Cowboy 'Till I Die", "Home On The Range" | |
| Brand of Fear | 1949 | performer: "Cool Water", "I Don't Care", "Rainbow Over the Range" | |
| Across the Rio Grande | 1949 | performer: "Across the Rio Grande", "I'm Lonely and Nobody Cares" / writer: "Across the Rio Grande", "I'm Lonely and Nobody Cares" | |
| Desert Vigilante | 1949 | writer: "I'll Never Let You Go, Little Darlin'" | |
| Gun Law Justice | 1949 | performer: "Rose Of Old Santa Fe", "I Have Looked the Whole World Over" / writer: "I Have Looked the Whole World Over" | |
| Gun Runner | 1949 | performer: "Paradise Trail", "Gonna Build A Little Home In Oklahoma" | |
| Courtin' Trouble | 1948 | performer: "Moon Over Montana", "A New Thrill From An Old Flame" / writer: "Moon Over Montana" | |
| Silver Trails | 1948 | performer: "Silver Trails", "Serenade", "For the Sake of Days Gone By" / writer: "Silver Trails", "Serenade" | |
| Cowboy Cavalier | 1948 | performer: "Night After Night", "Mine, All Mine" / writer: "Night After Night" | |
| Range Renegades | 1948 | performer: "Easy To Please", "Arizona Sunset", "Hifalutin' Cowboy", "I'm An Old Cowpoke Just A-pokin' Along" / writer: "Hifalutin' Cowboy" | |
| Partners of the Sunset | 1948 | performer: "It's a Beautiful Day", "Your Bouquet of Roses", "Telling My Troubles To My Old Guitar", "Press Along To the Home Corral" / writer: "It's a Beautiful Day", "Your Bouquet of Roses" | |
| The Rangers Ride | 1948 | performer: "The Yodeling Ranger", "Are You Ashamed to Call Me Darlin?", "Casting My Lasso to the Sky" / writer: "Are You Ashamed to Call Me Darlin?", "Casting My Lasso to the Sky" | |
| Oklahoma Blues | 1948 | performer: "Oklahoma Blues", "Judy", "On the Strings of My Lonesome Guitar" / writer: "Oklahoma Blues", "On the Strings of My Lonesome Guitar" | |
| Song of the Drifter | 1948 | performer: "I'll Hold You In My Heart", "It's Been So Long, Darling", "Gonna Go Fishing By the Riverside" / writer: "Gonna Go Fishing By the Riverside" | |
| Ridin' Down the Trail | 1947 | performer: "I'm Out to See Texas", "Ridin' Down the Trail With You", "Cowtown, U.S. A" / writer: "I'm Out to See Texas", "Ridin' Down the Trail With You", "Cowtown, U.S. A" | |
| Song of the Wasteland | 1947 | performer: "Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie", "Cimarron", "Hi Lo, Hi O", "I Hear You Talking", "Somebody's Rose" / writer: "I Hear You Talking", "Somebody's Rose" | |
| Six-Gun Serenade | 1947 | performer: "You Are Always On My Mind", "Blue, Blue Eyes", "Headin' Up the Santa Fe Trail" | |
| Rainbow Over the Rockies | 1947 | performer: "Lonesome Trail", "A Song To Remember You By", "Rainbow Over the Rockies", "Git Along Little Dogies Whoopie Ti Yi Yo", "Cowboy's Dream" / writer: "Lonesome Trail", "Rainbow Over the Rockies" | |
| Last Frontier Uprising | 1947 | writer: "You're the Sweetest Rose in Texas" | |
| Song of the Sierras | 1946 | performer: "Detour", "Song of the Sierras", "Texas Tornado" / writer: "Song of the Sierras", "Texas Tornado" | |
| Rustler's Round-up | 1946 | writer: "Vote For Cal Dixon" | |
| Trail to Mexico | 1946 | performer: "Trail To Mexico", "Little Rose of the Rancho" | |
| Moon Over Montana | 1946 | writer: "Rose of the Prairie", "Moon Over Montana" | |
| Lonesome Trail | 1945 | performer: "Lonesome Trail", "Goodbye, Good Luck My Darling", "Too Bad, Little Girl, Too Bad" / writer: "Strings of My Lonesome Guitar" | |
| Riders of the Dawn | 1945 | performer: "Shame on You", "Tomorrow Never Comes", "I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling", "Sleep, Baby, Sleep", "Saddle Pals" / writer: "I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling" | |
| Saddle Serenade | 1945 | performer: "Cool Water", "Stay Away From My Door", "Saddle Serenade", "I've Got Nuggets In My Pocket", "Saddle Pals" / writer: "Stay Away From My Door", "Saddle Serenade", "Saddle Pals" | |
| Springtime in Texas | 1945 | performer: "Saddle Pals", "You're the Sweetest Rose in Texas", "Good Bye, Good Bye" | |
| Song of the Range | 1944 | performer: "Saddle Pals", "Keep Rolling One", "When the Sunset Bids the Desert Goodnight", "Too Bad, Little Girl, Too Bad", "Good Morning Mr. Sunshine", "Goodbye, Old Pal" / writer: "Saddle Pals" | |
| I'm from Arkansas | 1944 | performer: "You Are My Sunshine", "Don't Turn Me Down Little Darlin'", "Whistlin' Down the Lane With You" / writer: "Whistlin' Down the Lane With You", "If You Can't Go Right, Don't Go Wrong" | |
| Riders of the Santa Fe | 1944 | lyrics: "Little Sweetheart of the Rio Grande" | |
| Trigger Trail | 1944 | writer: "Trail Dreamin'" | |
| Cowboy Canteen | 1944 | writer: "Walking Down the Lane With You" - uncredited | |
| Rhythm Serenade | 1943 | writer: "Bye and Bye" - uncredited | |
| The Lone Star Trail | 1943 | writer: "I Gotta See Texas Just Once More" | |
| Raiders of San Joaquin | 1943 | writer: "A Carefree Cowboy" | |
| Cheyenne Roundup | 1943 | writer: "Ain't Got Nothin' and Nothin' Worries Me" | |
| The Old Chisholm Trail | 1942 | writer: "Little Sweetheart of the Rio Grande" | |
| Little Joe, the Wrangler | 1942 | writer: "I'll Saddle My Pony" | |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | 1942 | writer: "Out On The Lone Star Trail" | |
| Boss of Hangtown Mesa | 1942 | writer: "Ain't Got Nothin'" uncredited, "Trail Dream" uncredited, "Nothin' Worries Me" | |
| The Silver Bullet | 1942 | writer: "My Gal, She Works In A Laundry", "Sweetheart of the Rio Grande", "Vote For Emily Morgan" | |
| Stardust on the Sage | 1942 | lyrics: "I'll Never Let You Go, Little Darlin'" 1943? - uncredited / music: "I'll Never Let You Go, Little Darlin'" 1943? - uncredited | |
| Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga | 1941 | performer: "Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy" / writer: "Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy" | |
| Give Us Wings | 1940 | performer: "Happy Jubilee", "On a Blue Ridge Mountain Trail" - uncredited |
Actor
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Slade | 1959 | TV Series | The Marshal |
| Arrow in the Dust | 1954 | Pvt. Carqueville | |
| The Marshal's Daughter | 1953 | Jimmy Wakely - Poker-Game Player | |
| Lawless Code | 1949 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Roaring Westward | 1949 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Brand of Fear | 1949 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Across the Rio Grande | 1949 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Gun Law Justice | 1949 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Gun Runner | 1949 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Courtin' Trouble | 1948 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Outlaw Brand | 1948 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Silver Trails | 1948 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Cowboy Cavalier | 1948 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Range Renegades | 1948 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Partners of the Sunset | 1948 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| The Rangers Ride | 1948 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Oklahoma Blues | 1948 | Jimmy Wakely, Posing as The Melody Kid | |
| Song of the Drifter | 1948 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Ridin' Down the Trail | 1947 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Song of the Wasteland | 1947 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Six-Gun Serenade | 1947 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Rainbow Over the Rockies | 1947 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Song of the Sierras | 1946 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Trail to Mexico | 1946 | Jimmy Wakely, aka Jimmy Jones | |
| West of the Alamo | 1946 | Texas Ranger Jimmy Wakely | |
| Moon Over Montana | 1946 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Lonesome Trail | 1945 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Riders of the Dawn | 1945 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Saddle Serenade | 1945 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Springtime in Texas | 1945 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Rough Ridin' Justice | 1945 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Sagebrush Heroes | 1945 | Musician Cowhand Jimmy | |
| Git Along Little Pony | 1944 | Short | Jimmy Wakely - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited) |
| Saddle Leather Law | 1944 | Musician / Cowhand Jimmy | |
| Montana Plains | 1944 | Short | Jimmy Wakely |
| Song of the Range | 1944 | Jimmy | |
| Cyclone Prairie Rangers | 1944 | Wakely, (Leader, Jimmy Wakely and His Saddle Pals) | |
| I'm from Arkansas | 1944 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Cowboy from Lonesome River | 1944 | Jimmy Wakely | |
| Swing in the Saddle | 1944 | Jimmy Wakely - Bandleader (uncredited) | |
| Sundown Valley | 1944 | Jimmy Holman, Steve's Foreman | |
| Cowboy in the Clouds | 1943 | Glen Avery | |
| The Lone Star Trail | 1943 | Jimmy - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited) | |
| Robin Hood of the Range | 1943 | Jimmy, Jimmy Wakely Trio | |
| Raiders of San Joaquin | 1943 | Jimmy Wakely - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited) | |
| Cheyenne Roundup | 1943 | Guitar Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio) | |
| Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground | 1943 | Jimmy - Guitar Player (as The Jimmy Wakely Trio) | |
| The Old Chisholm Trail | 1942 | Jimmy Wakely (uncredited) | |
| Strictly in the Groove | 1942 | Jimmy Wakely (uncredited) | |
| Little Joe, the Wrangler | 1942 | Singer (as Jimmy Wakely Trio) | |
| Deep in the Heart of Texas | 1942 | Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited) | |
| Come on Danger | 1942 | 2nd Banjo Player (uncredited) | |
| Heart of the Rio Grande | 1942 | Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited) | |
| Twilight on the Trail | 1941 | Guitar Playing Cowhand (uncredited) | |
| Stick to Your Guns | 1941 | Pete - Guitar Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio) | |
| Redskins and Redheads | 1941 | Short | Guitar Player |
| Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie | 1941 | Singing Cowhand (uncredited) | |
| Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga | 1941 | Jim | |
| Pony Post | 1940 | Guitar Player (uncredited) | |
| Texas Terrors | 1940 | Guitarist (uncredited) | |
| Give Us Wings | 1940 | Fish Fry Musical Trio Member (uncredited) | |
| The Tulsa Kid | 1940 | Guitar Player (uncredited) | |
| Saga of Death Valley | 1939 | Guitar Player (uncredited) |
Self
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lawrence Welk Show | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Five Star Jubilee | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ranch Party | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
| Jimmy Wakely's Jamboree | 1954 | Short | Himself |
| Texaco Star Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1950 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee | 1984 | Video documentary | Jimmy Wakely |
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