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Carl Stuart Hamblen (1908-1989), often called Stuart Hamblen, became radio's firt singing cowboy in 1926. Between 1931 and 1952 Hamblen had a series of highly popular radio programs on the West Coast of the U.S. He composed music and acted in motion pictures with such other stars as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and John Wayne. Gene Autry Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. ... Dale Evans & Roy Rogers Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), became famous as Roy Rogers, a singer and cowboy actor. ... John Wayne stamp John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor whose career began in silent movies in the 1920s. ...


In 1949 he experienced a religious conversion at a Billy Graham meeting in Los angeles. He soon gave up his secular radio and film career to enter religious broadcasting with his radio show, "The Cowboy church of the Air." Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the converts previous beliefs; in some cultures (e. ... Billy Graham The Rev. ... This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ...


Hamblen supported the temperance movement and agreed to run as the Prohibition Party's candidate for president in the 1952 national election. A Temperance Movement (see definition of temperance) attempts to greatly reduce the amount of alcohol consumed or even prohibit its production and consumption entirely. ... The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States. ...


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Temperance organizations (that is, organizations in the temperance movement) of the United States played an essential role in bringing about ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution establishing national prohibition of alcohol. ...

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Carl Stuart Hamblen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (176 words)
Carl Stuart Hamblen (1908-1989), often called Stuart Hamblen, became radio's first singing cowboy in 1926.
Between 1931 and 1952 Hamblen had a series of highly popular radio programs on the West Coast of the U.S. He composed music and acted in motion pictures with such other stars as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and John Wayne.
Hamblen supported the temperance movement and agreed to run as the Prohibition Party's candidate for president in the 1952 national election.
The Real Story Behind 'It Is No Secret' - BreakTheChain.org (812 words)
Hamblen was a successful singer and songwriter, with more than two hundred songs to his credit before he died in 1989.
Hamblen knew John Wayne from appearances in several movies starring the Duke, but there is no evidence that they were close friends or that Wayne had any hand in the song's coception.
Hamblen did lose his radio show in the '50's for refusing to do an alcohol commercial, but that decision launched an impressive run for President of the United States on the Prohibition Party ticket in 1952.
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