Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely ( born February 16, 1914 as James Clarence Wakeley in Mineola, Arizona; † 23 September 1982) was an American country music singer and cowboy actor.
Hailing from a poor Jimmy Wakely grew up in rural Oklahoma and was a fan of Jimmy Rogers since his early youth. With Johnny Bond and Scotty Harrell, he founded the Three Bell Trio. The late thirties succeeded the three musicians to get a firm commitment at a radio station in Oklahoma City. As Harrell resigned and was replaced by Dick Reinhart, was called to order at Jimmy Wakely Trio. In 1940, she met Gene Autry. The superstar of Hollywood Westerns enabled them appearances in his Melody Ranch radio show in Los Angeles.
Career
1942 closed Wakelin with the Decca label a recording contract from. His first hit was There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere. 1949 made it his pop - oriented song I'm Sending You Red Roses to number three on the country charts. In addition to his musical activities, he appeared as a bit player in Western on, often on the side of Johnny Bond and Dick Reinhart.
In 1944 he received from the small film company Monogram Pictures, the main role of B- Westerns Song Of The Range. Wakely took the chance and became one of the most famous Hollywood Singing Cowboys of the postwar period. However, the western genre had long since passed its peak, so that his film career was short-lived. The more successful he was as a singer. With its pleasant, warm voice, he managed effortlessly high rankings both in the country and in the pop charts.
In 1947 he moved to the Capitol label. With One Has My Name ( The Other Has My Heart ) One year later he scored one of the biggest hits of the forties. This success was surpassed stood by the duet sung by Margaret Whiting Slipping Around, The incredible 17 weeks at the top of the country charts and also reached number one in the pop charts. Wakely and Whiting then played an even more successful singles. Following those by its sales, and it changed hands several times the label. In 1952, he received his own radio show, the Jimmy Wakely Show, in 1961, he supervised jointly with Tex Ritter a TV show.