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Tex Ritter

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Aliases
Tex Ritter and His Texans
Tex Ritter with Cowboy Band
Real name
Woodward Maurice Ritter
Born
January 12, 1905
Died
January 2, 1974
Country
United States
IPI
00026155896 2 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Country singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor
Family
Rick Johnson Nephew
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
June 1946 (7 artists)
 REC April 1972 Originally by Tom T. Hall REL
June 1959 (2 artists)
 REL September 1955 (10 artists)
Originally by Ray Anthony REC
 REC February 1944 (22 artists)
Originally by Perry Como REL
 BRD (170 artists)
Originally by Tex Ritter REC,REL
 REC,REL June 9, 1952 (170 artists)
Originally by Tex Ritter BRD
December 1944 (136 artists)
February 13, 1967 (3 artists)
Long Time Gone Tex Ritter April 1946 Unverified
September 1955 (14 artists)
January 1951 Spade Cooley & The Western Swing Dance Gang
 REL January 1956 Bill Darnel
Originally by Rusty Draper BRD,REC
October 1944 (24 artists)
 REC May 1961 Cindy Walker
Originally by Rose Lee Maphis - Music Accompaniment by Joe Maphis REL
 REC 2000 (13 artists)
Originally by Benny Strong and His Orchestra REL
 REL June 1951 Originally by Hank Williams REC
December 1944 (36 artists)
July 1945 (8 artists)
 REC September 1965 Originally by Johnny Cash REL

Covers by Tex Ritter

Title Performer Release date Originally by
October 1963 Trío González
October 1963 Cantantes de la Orquesta Típica Mexicana
  1936 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Elmer Feldkamp REC, Fuzzy Knight with Henry Fonda (whistling) BRD
July 1933 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1954 Kirk Douglas with The Mellomen
January 1960 Vernon Dalhart
January 1951 Red Perkins
September 1965 Dickey Lee
September 1948 Mac (Harry McClintock)
February 1968 Gene Autry with The Pinafores & The Cass County Boys
June 1946 Fiddlin' John Carson
March 1954 Rosemary Clooney with Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus
July 1965 Jimmy Dean
January 1960 Bentley Ball
April 1949 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Don Cornell and The Three Kaydets
September 1948 Tex Owens
February 1968 The Ames Brothers
listen on Internet Archive June 1946 (unknown)
October 1963 Trío González
October 1972 Shel Silverstein
July 1962 Bob and Randall Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes
listen on Internet Archive September 1948 Bob and Randall Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes
1950 "T" Texas Tyler - The Man with a Million Friends
May 1970 Billy Grammer
  February 1968 Roy Orbison REL, Jim Reeves [US] REC
September 1948 (unknown)
May 1970 Freddie Hart
September 1968 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  July 1962 The Sons of the Pioneers REL, Bing Crosby BRD, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
listen on Internet Archive August 1947 Dick Reinhart and His Lone Star Boys - Vocal Duet by Dick Reinhart and Vera Woods
September 1945 (unknown)
May 1970 Bobby Bare
1933 "Mac" (Harry McClintock)
May 1970 Walter Brennan with The Johnny Mann Singers
July 1945 (unknown)
October 1963 Tito Guizar con guitarras
  September 2, 1946 Jerry and Zelda REL, Gene Autry REC, Lulu Belle and Scotty BRD
February 1968 Ernest Tubb and The Wilburn Brothers
  July 1962 Tex Ritter BRD,REC,REL
September 1969 Vernon Dalhart
July 1962 Vernon Dalhart
April 1972 Warren Smith [US2]
May 1961 Eddie Dean with The Frontiersmen
March 1956 Clyde (Barefooted) Chesser
February 1968 Jerry Wallace
February 1968 Eddy Arnold
August 1942 The Merry Macs
October 1963 (unknown)
May 1970 John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet, James Stewart
September 1953 Wade Ray
January 1960 Marc Williams "The Cowboy Crooner"
1936 Stuart Hamblen
February 1951 Hardrock Gunter and The Pebbles
May 1970 Curly Putman
1936 Jimmie Davis
May 1970 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
November 1954 Doye O'Dell
1950 J. W. Myers
May 1970 Bill Anderson [US1]
April 1948 Roy Rogers and The Sons of The Pioneers
October 1963 (unknown)
  September 1969 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
  July 1962 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
August 1937 Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws
October 1951 (unknown), Mack McCray
March 1933 Fiddlin' John Carson
March 1935 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive June 1946 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan with Orchestra
  July 1955 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
  July 1962 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
January 1960 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
March 1973 Ray Griff
1935 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Cliff Weston
July 1962 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Cliff Weston
October 1951 The Dinning Sisters with Jan Garber and His Orchestra
January 1974 Gordon Sinclair
September 1954 (unknown), Côro Misto com Conjunto, Billy Shepard with Orchestral Accompaniment
September 1968 Jim Reeves [US]
The Everlasting Hills Of Oklahoma Tex Ritter September 1968 Unverified
July 1964 Johnny Bond
July 1962 (unknown performer)
1936 Smith Ballew with Chorus
April 1972 Wynn Stewart with Skeets McDonald and His Orchestra
July 1962 George Olsen and His Music
September 1968 Johnny Bond
July 1967 Mike Douglas
1935 Jack Jackson and His Orchestra
September 1948 Vernon Dalhart
May 1956 Sons of the Pioneers
January 1956 Jerry Jericho
March 1956 (unknown)
May 1956 Gogi Grant - Orch. under direction of Buddy Bregman
April 1967 Woody Guthrie
September 1948 Thelma La Vizzo
June 1946 Ernest Tubb
February 1968 Ernest Tubb
  July 1962 Everett Marshall PRF, George Olsen and His Music – Vocal Refrain by Joe Morrison and Quartet REC
1936 Bing Crosby with Victor Young and His Orchestra
February 1939 Hart Brothers
February 1952 Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
March 1976 Tom T. Hall
listen on Internet Archive September 1948 The Pine Ridge Boys
February 1968 Eddy Arnold with Orchestra and Choir conducted by Charles Grean
October 1963 (unknown)

Songs written by Tex Ritter

Original songs

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Answer to Nobody's Darlin' Tex Ritter 1936 Champion [US1]
A-Riding Old Paint Tex Ritter July 1933 Conqueror
A Whale of a Tale Tex Ritter 1954 Capitol Records
Brave Man Tex Ritter March 1954 Capitol Records
Bummin' Around Tex Ritter July 1965 Capitol Records
Careless Hands Tex Ritter April 1949 Capitol Records
Coffee Pot Tex Ritter June 1951 Capitol Records
Comin' After Jinny Tex Ritter October 1972 Capitol Records
Conversation with a Gun Tex Ritter June 1959 Capitol Records
Daddy's Last Letter Tex Ritter 1950 Capitol Records
Deck of Cards Tex Ritter 1950 Capitol Records
Everyday in the Saddle Tex Ritter 1933 Conqueror
Gunsmoke Tex Ritter with Orchestra conducted by Rex Koury September 1955 Capitol Records
Have I Stayed Away Too Long? Tex Ritter and His Texans February 1944 Capitol Records
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You Tex Ritter September 2, 1946 Capitol Records
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) Tex Ritter June 9, 1952 Capitol Records
I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven Tex Ritter May 1961 Capitol Records
If Jesus Came to Your House Tex Ritter March 1956 Capitol Records
I'm Hittin' the Trail for Home Tex Ritter August 1937 Decca
Jingle Jangle Jingle Tex Ritter and His Texans August 1942 Capitol Records
Just Beyond the Moon Tex Ritter February 13, 1967 Capitol Records
Nobody's Darling but Mine Tex Ritter 1936 Champion [US1]
Old Tex Kringle Tex Ritter November 1954 Capitol Records
One Night for Willie Tex Ritter March 1973 Capitol Records
Pecos Bill Tex Ritter with Andy Parker and The Plainsmen April 1948 Capitol Records
Prairie Home Tex Ritter with Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Van Alexander September 1954 Capitol Records
Rye Whiskey Tex Ritter March 1933 Melotone
Sam Hall Tex Ritter March 1935 Decca
Stay Away from My Heart Tex Ritter January 1951 Capitol Records
Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle Tex Ritter 1935 Champion [US1]
Tennessee Blues Tex Ritter October 1951 Capitol Records
The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion) Tex Ritter January 1974 Capitol Records
The Fool's Paradise Tex Ritter with Music by Johnny Bond July 1964 Capitol Records
The Hills of Old Wyoming Tex Ritter 1936 Champion [US1]
The Long Black Rifle Tex Ritter September 1953 Capitol Records
There's a New Moon over My Shoulder Tex Ritter and His Texans October 1944 Capitol Records
The Searchers (Ride Away) Tex Ritter May 1956 Capitol Records
These Hands Tex Ritter with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle January 1956 Capitol Records
We Live in Two Different Worlds Tex Ritter and His Texans December 1944 Capitol Records
When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley Tex Ritter and His Texans February 1939 Decca
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again Tex Ritter February 1952 Capitol Records
Wichita Tex Ritter July 1955 Capitol Records
You're Always Brand New Tex Ritter February 1951 Capitol Records
You Two Timed Me Once too Often Tex Ritter and His Texans July 1945 Capitol Records

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