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4 unusual facts about Rex Allen


Douglas B. Green

The show features the music of such classic western performers as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, Rex Allen, and the Sons of the Pioneers, as well as more obscure recordings.

Rex Allen

In 1948 he signed with Mercury Records where he recorded a number of successful country music albums until 1952, when he switched to the Decca label where he continued to make records into the 1970s.

Rex Allen, Jr.

(born August 23, 1947) is an American country music singer, who started singing at the age of six; he had followed in the footsteps of his father, Rex Allen, a singing cowboy and the narrator of many Walt Disney films.

Rex Allen, Jr. followed his father's footsteps as a film narrator when he lent his voice as narrator of the Jim Carrey movie, Me, Myself, and Irene.


Rhodes Reason

In 1958, Reason was cast as Black Jack in the episode "The Homesteaders" of the syndicated western series set in the Arizona Territory, Frontier Doctor, starring Rex Allen.

Snake River Stampede Rodeo

Gene Autry was the first of such singers, followed by others, such as Roy Rogers & Dale Evans, Rex Allen, and the Sons of the Pioneers.

Windwagon Smith

The Walt Disney cartoon "The Saga of Windwagon Smith" was released on March 16, 1961, directed by Charles Nichols and with music by Rex Allen.


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