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Tex Ritter--The Deck Of Cards
Tex Ritter--The Deck Of Cards
This is a great song by the late Tex Ritter. (January 12, 1905 January 2, 1974) In 1948, "Rye Whiskey" and his cover of "The Deck of Cards" both made the top ten. Ritter was married to actress Dorothy Fay from June 14, 1941, until his death. The couple had two sons, Thomas Ritter and television actor John Ritter. Ritter was married to actress Dorothy Fay from June 14, 1941, until his death. Ritter had his last recording session for Capitol Records in 1973. His last song, "The Americans," became a posthumous hit shortly after his death. In 1974, he had a heart attack and died in Nashville.
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Tex Ritter, "Rye Whiskey" ("Song of the Gringo", 1936)
Tex Ritter, "Rye Whiskey" ("Song of the Gringo", 1936)
Tex Ritter sings "Rye Whiskey" in "Song of the Gringo" (1936). Check out my blogs at publicdomainmoviesandaudio.blogspot.com and http for more public domain audio and video.
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Tex Ritter "Froggy Went A-Courtin'"
Tex Ritter "Froggy Went A-Courtin'"
Anyone ever heard this song? It's from Tex's 1973 album "American Legend". Good stuff!
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HIGH NOON by Tex Ritter
HIGH NOON by Tex Ritter
Live version from THE DICK CAVETT SHOW. August 11, 1970.
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Tex Ritter smoke smoke smoke that cigarette
Tex Ritter smoke smoke smoke that cigarette
just another classic, sit back close your eyes and just let his voice carry you away Now I'm a fellow with a heart of gold with the ways of a gentleman I've been told A kind of a fellow that wouldn't even harm a flea But if me and a certain character met that guy that invented the cigarette I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree That ain't that I don't smoke myself and I don't reckon they'll injure your health I've smoked 'em all my life and I ain't dead yet But nicotine slaves are all the same at a pheasant party or a poker game Everythin's gotta stop when they have that cigarette Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette puff puff puff and if you smoke yourself to death Tell St Peter at the Golden Gate that you hate to make him wait But you just gotta have another cigarette Now at a game of chance the other night ol' Dame Fortune wasn't doin' me right Them kings and queens just kept on comin' round Well I got a full and I bet it high but my plug didn't work on a certain guy He just kept a risin' and a layin' that money down He's raise me and I'd raise him I sweated blood I had to sink or swim He finally called and he didn't raise the bet I said aces full pal how about you he said I'll tell you in a minute or two But I just gotta have another cigarette Smoke smoke smoke that cigarette... The other night I had a date with the cutest gal in the fifty states A highbred uptown social little dame She said she loved me and it seemed to me that things were like they oughta be <b>...</b>
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Tex Ritter "The Touch Of The Masters Hand"
Tex Ritter "The Touch Of The Masters Hand"
A "talking" song from Tex Ritter, where he tells how "The Touch Of The Masters Hand" turns a worthless violin into a treasure.
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Tex Ritter - The Wayward Wind
Tex Ritter - The Wayward Wind
Gogie Grant had the big #1 hit of this song in 1956. Many other singers recorded it. But the 2d biggest recording of this song was by Tex Ritter Whose us recording went to #28 and in the UK it was much better reaching #8.
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The Boll Weevil - Tex Ritter & Mantan Moreland Video
The Boll Weevil - Tex Ritter & Mantan Moreland Video
This Tex Ritter Video Clip came from the Tex Ritter film titled "Riders of the Frontier" Tex plays straight man for Mantan Moreland, and afterwards launches into 'The Boll Weevil Song' with Moreland himself singing three verses solo and the chorus in duet with Tex Ritter!
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Tex Ritter, "Sam Hall" ("Song of the Gringo", 1936)
Tex Ritter, "Sam Hall" ("Song of the Gringo", 1936)
Tex Ritter sings "Sam Hall" in "Song of the Gringo" (1936). Check out my blogs at publicdomainmoviesandaudio.blogspot.com and http for more public domain audio and video.
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THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN - TEX RITTER (AUDIO ONLY)
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN - TEX RITTER (AUDIO ONLY)
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN - SUNG HERE BY TEX RITTER (1905-1974), LEGENDARY AMERICAN COWBOY ACTOR AND SINGER. BURL IVES ALSO MADE A FAMOUS VERSION OF THIS SONG BACK IN 1949. THE SONG IS THOUGHT TO DATE BACK TO THE 1890'S
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Tex Ritter - Jingle Jangle Jingle
Tex Ritter - Jingle Jangle Jingle
John Ritter's dad put out some pretty great Western records in his day. This is one of 'em.
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Tex Ritter, "Out on the Old Prairie" ("Song of the Gringo", 1936)
Tex Ritter, "Out on the Old Prairie" ("Song of the Gringo", 1936)
Tex Ritter sings "Out on the Old Prairie" in "Song of the Gringo" (1936). Check out my blogs at publicdomainmoviesandaudio.blogspot.com and http for more public domain audio and video.
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My Choice - Tex Ritter: The Deck of Cards
My Choice - Tex Ritter: The Deck of Cards
This story had been circulating through the internet. It speaks of a soldier who used a deck of ordinary playing cards as an aid to prayer and meditation. This story dates at least to 1788. The popular song deck of cards (sometimes known as "A Soldier's Prayer Book") was writen in 1948 by "T." Texas Tyler and was recorded by , among others, Tex Ritter in 1948. "The Deck of Cards" is a recitative that was popularized in both the country and popular music fields, first during the late 1940s. This religious, touching tale of a young American soldier arrested and charged with playing cards during a church service first became a hit in the US in 1948. Though Tyler wrote the spoken-word piece, the earliest known reference is to be found in an account/common-place book belonging to Mary Bacon, a farmer's wife, dated 20 April 1762. The story of the soldier can be found in full in Mary Bacon's World. A farmer's wife in eighteenth-century Hampshire, published by Threshhold Press (2010). The folk story was later recorded in a piece of 19th century British literature called "The Soldier's Almanack, Bible And Prayer Book" Woodward Maurice Ritter (1905--1974), better known as Tex Ritter, was an American Country Music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the father of actor John Ritter. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Music is copyrighted by its corresponding owners. No infringement of copyright is meant and if it does infringe, please <b>...</b>