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Affiliation | Prohibition |
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Name | Stuart Hamblen |
Address | Hollywood, California , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
Born |
October 20, 1908 |
Died |
March 08, 1989
(81 years) |
Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur Dec 19, 2023 02:19am |
Tags |
Cancer - Protestant -
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Info | Carl Stuart Hamblen - country and gospel musician.
Born in Kellysville TX on 10/20/1908, son of itinerant Methodist minister.
Began his music career by winning a yodeling contest in 1929 and then cutting four records in Camden NJ.
In 1931, he began his "Cowboy Joe" radio show.
"I try to write music with a spiritual uplift instead of a moral downbeat."
"Having written a song like 'It Is No Secret' and some of those other serious things means a lot more to me than anything else I have done...I would rather have written that song than be President of the United States."
Birth Name: Carl Stuart Hamblen
Induction Year: 1970 (Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall of Fame)
Date of Birth: 10/20/1908
Place of Birth: Kellyville, TX
Date of Death: 3/8/1989
Place of Death: Santa Monica, CA
Former Occupations:
school teacher
cow puncher
prize fighter
race horse trainer
Education:
McMurray State Teachers College (Abilene, TX)
Career Milestones:
1927--won an amateur singing contest
1927--first recording made at the Victor Talking Machine Company
1927--landed first radio job singing on station KFI in Los Angeles
early 1930s--moved to Hollywood, CA
1934--first artist signed by newly formed MCA Records
1938--Democratic nominee for US House in California
1938-1952--hosted Cowboy Church of the Air on radio
1946--formed Hamblen Music Company
1949--first major country & western hit with "But I'll Be Chasin' Women"
Also had a spiritual awakening at a Billy Graham revival; Hamblen swore off alcohol and horse racing immediately
Gave up his $1,000 per week radio show because it would not reject beer advertising
1954--signed by RCA Victor in June
1954--first release on RCA Victor "This Ole House"
1971--Cowboy Church returns to radio
Awards:
1955--Song of the Year\This Ole House
1970--Country/Western Hall of Fame induction
1972--ACM\Pioneer Award\for being the first Country/Western singer on radio
1976--Gene Autry Award\for enrichment of our western musical heritage
1988--Golden Boot Award\for contributions to the Motion Picture Relief Fund
Catalog Highlights
This Ole House
Artists: Stuart Hamblen (1954), Rosemary Clooney, Herb & Kay, Tex Williams & Rex Allen, Jordanaires
Open Up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine In)
It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
Artists: Stuart Hamblen, Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold
(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
Artists: Stuart Hamblen (1950), Ernest Tubb, Johnny Cash
My Mary
Co-writer: Jimmie Davis
Artists: Justin Tubb, Jim Reeves, Jimmie Davis
Texas Plains
Artists: Stuart Hamblen
(I Won't Go Huntin', Jake) But I'll Go Chasin' Women
Artists: Stuart Hamblen (1949)
Mainliner
Artists: Hank Snow
The Lord Is Counting On You
Golden River
Little Old Rag Doll
Known Only to Him
Artists: Don Gibson
Army of the Lord
Blood Upon Your Hands
But For the Grace of God
Dear Lord, Be My Shepherd
Don't Send Those Kids to Sunday School
Face to Face
Few Things to Remember
Friends I Know
Gathering Home
Go On By
Grasshopper MacClain
Handful of Sunshine
Have Faith, Don't Cry
He Bought My Soul at Calvary
His Hands
How Big Is God
I Am Persuaded
I Believe
I Don't Know Why
I Want To Be There
I'm Not Afraid of the Dark Anymore
Is He Satisfied With Me
It's a Brand New Day
I've Got So Many Million Years
Keep This In Mind
King of All Kings
Little Black Sheep
Lord, I Pray
My Father
My Lord Is Mighty
My Religion's Not Old-Fashioned
Of God I Sing
One Day Nearer Home
Partners With The Lord
Someone
Somewhere Beyond the Sun
Teach Me, Lord, to Wait
That Lonesome Valley
These Things Shall Pass
This Book
This Ship Of Mine
Tho' Autumn's Coming On
Until Then
Well Done, Come Home
What Can I Do For My Country?
When Earth's Last Picture Is Painted
Where the Seasons Never Change
Workshop of the Lord
You Can't Love Without Giving
You Must Be Born Again
Comments:
The Los Angeles City Council named 2/13/1976 Stuart Hamblen Day
Was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1976
Ran as a presidential candidate on the Prohibition ticket in 1952
Appeared in western films
Died on 3/8/1989 from complications from a cancer operation.
National Prohibitionist, 12/2004 |
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