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Tex Ritter (12 Jan 1905 - 02 Jan 1974)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (28)

Official

Album

  1. Just Beyond the Moon 1967
  2. Sing, Cowboy, Sing 2004

Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of Tex Ritter 1966
  2. Conversation With a Gun - Best of the Cowboys 1988
  3. Greatest Hits 01 Jul 1991
  4. Country Music Hall of Fame Series 1991
  5. Capitol Collectors Series 1992
  6. High Noon 1992
  7. Greatest Hits 1996
  8. Vintage Collections 1996
  9. Blood on the Saddle 1999
  10. High Noon 2000
  11. The Very Best 2000
  12. Sing, Cowboy, Sing 2001
  13. Famous Country Music Makers 2004
  14. The Singing Cowboy 09 Mar 2005
  15. Dusty Trails 2005
  16. Western Heritage: Tex Ritter 2006
  17. Have I Stayed Away Too Long 2007
  18. America's Most Beloved Cowboy 12 Mar 2020

Single

  1. Boll Weevil / Rye Whiskey 1948
  2. Cool Water / You Are My Sunshine 1949
  3. Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam / Nobody's Fool 1951
  4. Daddy's Last Letter / Onward Christian Soldiers 1951
  5. Gunsmoke / Remember the Alamo Sep 1955

Bootleg

Other

  1. The Songs of the West 2020

Relationships (1)

Member Of

  1. Tex Ritter & His Texans

Recordings by (497)

  1. Rye Whiskey 3:14 (31 Mar 1933)
  2. Goodbye Old Paint ?:?? (31 Mar 1933)
  3. Boll Weevil ?:?? (1948)
  4. Daddy's Last Letter (A Letter From Korea) 3:19 (1951)
  5. Coal Smoke, Valve Oil, and Steam 2:38 (1951)
  6. Onward Christian Soldiers 2:12 (1951)
  7. Nobody's Fool 2:53 (1951)
  8. Gunsmoke ?:?? (Sep 1955)
  9. Remember the Alamo 2:24 (Sep 1955)
  10. His Leaf Shall Not Wither ?:?? (1958)
  11. How Excellent Is Thy Name ?:?? (1958)
  12. Who Shall Dwell In Thy Holy Hill ?:?? (1958)
  13. O Lord My Strength And My Redeemer ?:?? (1958)
  14. The Lord Is My Shepherd ?:?? (1958)
  15. Lift Up Your Heads ?:?? (1958)
  16. I Shall Never Be Moved ?:?? (1958)
  17. My Soul Thirsts For God ?:?? (1958)
  18. O Send Out Thy Light ?:?? (1958)
  19. Let The Sea Roar ?:?? (1958)
  20. His Mercy Is Everlasting ?:?? (1958)
  21. The Lord Is Thy Keeper ?:?? (1958)
  22. My Soul Doth Wait ?:?? (1958)
  23. We Hanged Our Harps Upon The Willows ?:?? (1958)
  24. Praise Ye The Lord ?:?? (1958)
  25. The Cowboy’s Prayer 2:20 (1962)
  26. I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven 3:09 (1963)
  27. High Noon 2:42 (1966)
  28. We Live in Two Different Worlds 2:47 (1966)
  29. Deck of Cards 4:31 (1966)
  30. There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder 2:57 (1966)
  31. I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven 3:05 (1966)
  32. You Will Have to Pay 2:49 (1966)
  33. Bad Brahma Bull 3:05 (1966)
  34. I Can't Get My Foot Off the Rail 2:40 (1966)
  35. Jealous Heart 2:56 (1966)
  36. Just Beyond the Moon 2:58 (1967)
  37. The Wall of Silas Stone 3:00 (1967)
  38. The Men in My Little Girl's Life 3:36 (1967)
  39. Touch of the Master's Hand 2:52 (1967)
  40. Trouble in the Amen Corner 4:43 (1967)
  41. H.E.V.N. 2:34 (1967)
  42. Suppertime 2:54 (1967)
  43. Here Was A Man 2:43 (1967)
  44. Beyond the Sunset 2:20 (1967)
  45. Old Doc Brown 3:42 (1967)
  46. She Loved This House 2:50 (1967)
  47. He Died Like a Man 2:34 (1967)
  48. Ole Tex Kringle 1:58 (1970)
  49. Green Grow The Lilacs 2:37 (1971)
  50. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) 2:47 (1973)
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On Recordings (2)

Vocals

  1. Travelin’ Salesman Polka ?:?? Tex Ritter and Jo Stafford (May 1949)
  2. Cowboy Voices Beyond the Campfire 2:02 Tom Russell with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Jack Hardy. David Massengill, Tex Ritter (15 Apr 2015)

Credited as (20)

  1. Tex Ritter
  2. Harry Geller & Tex Ritter
  3. Tex Ritter & Rex Koury
  4. Tex Ritter & Eddie Dean
  5. Tex Ritter & The Dinning Sisters
  6. Tex Ritter & Eddie Kirk
  7. Tex Ritter and The Dinning Sisters
  8. Johnny Bond feat. Tex Ritter
  9. Tex Ritter with The Dinning Sisters
  10. Tex Ritter with Andy Parker and The Plainsmen
  11. Tex Ritter with Les Baxter and His Orchestra
  12. Tom Russell with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Jack Hardy. David Massengill, Tex Ritter
  13. Tex Ritter and His Texans
  14. Tex Ritter & His Texans
  15. Tex Ritter & Calliope
  16. Tex Ritter and Jo Stafford
  17. Tex Ritter with Stan Kenton's Orchestra
  18. Roy Acuff / Tex Ritter / Sonny James / Ferlin Husky
  19. Leon Payne Feat. Tex Ritter
  20. Tennessee Ernie Ford, Merle Haggard and The Strangers, Buck Owens and His Buckaroos, Tex Ritter

Works (24)

Wrote

  1. Boss Jack
  2. Here Was a Man
  3. Long Time Gone
  4. Dear John

Composed

  1. Arizona Days
  2. I’m Gonna Leave You Like I Found You
  3. I'm Wastin' My Tears on You
  4. High, Wide and Handsome
  5. Headin' For the Rio Grande
  6. Jailhouse Lament
  7. I’ve Done the Best I Could
  8. There’s a Gold Star in Her Window
  9. You Will Have to Pay (For Your Yesterday)
  10. It’s Never Too Late

Lyrics

  1. I'm Wastin' My Tears on You
  2. Arizona Days
  3. High, Wide and Handsome
  4. Headin' For the Rio Grande
  5. Jailhouse Lament
  6. I’ve Done the Best I Could
  7. There’s a Gold Star in Her Window
  8. I’m Gonna Leave You Like I Found You
  9. You Will Have to Pay (For Your Yesterday)
  10. It’s Never Too Late

Links (13)

Other Databases

  1. https://ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/tex-ritter-57878
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/208537
  3. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/tex_ritter

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Tex%20Ritter

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/571637

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000033680

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728811/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/100245483

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q966565

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0m7gTbaLi5fM22MiRaRf7G
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/90873

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=877

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tex_Ritter_1966.JPG