ROOTS of Country Music

The Professional Work of Roy Rogers

(Nov. 5, 1911 ~ Jul. 6, 1998) 

Career Highlights

Barn Dance Affiliate: Hometown Jamboree

Stage Name:

• Hollywood Hillbillies
• International Cowboys
• Rocky Mountaineers

Film, Night Club, Radio & TV

• Ed Sullivan Show, 4
• Ernest Tubb’s  Midnight Jamboree, 3
• The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, 4
• The Jimmy Dean Show, 4
• The Johnny Cash Show, 4
• The Porter Wagoner Show, 4
• The Statler Brothers Show, 4
• The Wilburn Brothers Show, 4 

1-Film, 2-Night Club, 3-Radio, 4-TV 

Billboard Chart Data 

• No. 1 Singles:
• Top-10 Singles:
• Crossover Singles:
• Charted Singles:
• Chart Years Active:

Awards

Country Music Association

• Country Music Hall of Fame 1988

Career Label:

Billboard Top-10 Singles

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Roy Rogers (Aka, Leonard Slye) was a western movie star from 1938 to 1953. He began playing at local functions during the 1920s. After stints with such groups as the Rocky Mountaineers and the Hollywood Hillbillies, he formed his own band, the International Cowboys. Rogers began playing bit parts in films, first under the name of Dick Weston, and then assuming his guise as Roy Rogers. He eventually won a starring role in "Under Western Skies" (1938).

With his horse Trigger and frequent female partner, Dale Evans (whom he married in 1947) and occasional help from such people as the Sons of the Pioneers and Spade Cooley, Roy became Gene Autry's only real rival.

Roy Rogers appeared in over 100 movies and had his own TV show in the mid-1950s. Rogers, who recorded for RCA-Victor for many years, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Researched, compiled and written by Richard Bell, Roots of Country Music, Mar. 20, 2012