1. Arnold Blackner, known as "The Cowboy Tenor", was a popular operatic singer in the 1910s through the 1930s.
17 Facts About Arnold Blackner
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Arnold Blackner gave various performances in the 1920s, and went abroad to study with John Ardizoni and Ernestine Schumann-Heink.
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Arnold Blackner went on a concert tour to the northwest states and to the states surrounding Utah in 1931.
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Arnold Blackner was born on September 26,1893, in Beaver, Utah, to John Henry and Hanna Elizabeth Eyre Blackner.
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Arnold Blackner sang "O Lord, Remember Me" in the October General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1928.
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Arnold Blackner sang in a special 24-hour radio program to dedicate KSL's new 5,000 watt transmitter in 1929.
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Arnold Blackner's program was at 10pm and was broadcast from the National Broadcasting Company in New York.
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Arnold Blackner sang several songs at the LDS Seminary in Weber County in 1931.
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Arnold Blackner was the featured singer for eight weeks at Grauman Chinese theater in Hollywood, California.
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In 1932, Arnold Blackner started studying with Pietro Chamini in Los Angeles.
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Arnold Blackner visited Utah for his uncle Leonard Blackner's funeral and sang several concerts during his travels in Beaver and Cedar City.
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Arnold Blackner gave a benefit concert for the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers in February 1935.
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Arnold Blackner performed with "the Los Angeles and Philadelphia Grand Opera Associations".
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Arnold Blackner's role was as the cowboy tenor who was famous from the radio.
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Arnold Blackner lived in Lyman, Wyoming, Salt Lake City, Utah, Santa Rose, California, Escondido, California, and Lovelock, Nevada at different points in his life.
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Arnold Blackner was active in the LDS Church his entire life.
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Arnold Blackner married Essie May Pope on October 14,1914, in Lyman, Wyoming.