Today we feature Leonard Franklin Sly’s music on Tune Tuesday. Who, you ask? Well, perhaps you remember him as “The King of the Cowboys,” Roy Rogers. He was born on this day in 1911.
He was one of the founders of the country western group, The Sons of the Pioneers. He would go on to become one of the most popular cowboys in America!
Wiki says, “He appeared in almost 90 motion pictures, as well as numerous episodes of his self-titled radio program that lasted for nine years. Between 1951 and 1957, he hosted the Roy Rogers Show on TV with his wife Dale Evans, horse Trigger, and dog Bullet. “
He was so popular that my blogger friend Randy’s favorite toys were his Roy Rogers action figures! (https://nostalgicitalian.com/2024/10/21/share-your-nostalgia-2/)
Randy’s write up reminded me of a 1991 song that Roy had with Clint Black. It was called “Hold On Partner.”
I had totally forgotten about it. I do remember playing it off of a vinyl 45 when I lived on the west side of the state. It had to be cool for Roy to be on the radio again. It’s a shame that the song never cracked the Top 40. It topped out at #42.
The video for the song is shot in black and white and is fun to watch.
Bonus track:
Roy and the Sons of the Pioneers had a song on the Smokey and the Bandit II soundtrack. It was called, “Ride Concrete Cowboy, Ride.”
Happy 113th birthday, Roy!!
Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian 
Thanks so much for the mention Keith. And thanks for that song and the video. Very cool how they made it black and white, just like the Roy Rogers tv show.
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Interesting – that Clint Black collaboration is rather a neat idea… he would have been, what about 80 at the time? Icame to know of him through the great Elton John song on ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick’ named for him – ‘Roy Rogers’ (is riding tonight…)
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