STUART HAMBLEN
Stuart Hamblen (October 20, 1908–March 8, 1989) became one of American radio’s first singing cowboys in 1926, going on to become a singer, actor, radio show host, and songwriter, later undergoing a Christian conversion and becoming a Temperance movement supporter and recurring candidate for political office. He is best known as the composer of the song “This Ole House” (1954). (More from Wikipedia)
As written by Stuart Hamblen – one of the earliest “singing cowboys” – “This Ole House” was originally treated as an epitaph for a dead mountain man who was found in his home. Rosemary Clooney’s rollicking, gospel-tinged version is a rock and roll treatment of the song; as with Hamblen’s original recording, her cover version features basso profundo vocals by Thurl Ravenscroft.
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