10 Facts About Singing cowboy

Singing cowboy was a subtype of the archetypal cowboy hero of early Western films.

Image of the singing cowboy was established in 1925 when Carl T Sprague of Texas recorded the cowboy song, "When the Work's All Done This Fall".

Singing cowboy first appeared in silent motion pictures in 1923 and in addition to acting did stunt work.

Singing cowboy recorded two songs with Columbia Records before making his first film with a musical soundtrack.

Wayne's version of the singing cowboy was much darker than the later ones; his ten-gallon hat was black instead of white and he'd chant about "streets running with blood" and "you'll be drinking your drinks with the dead" as he strode purposefully down the street toward a showdown.

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Singing cowboy later appeared as a second lead to Johnny Mack Brown from 1939.

Autry's status as the top singing cowboy was never in question until 1937, when disagreements made him temporarily walk out on his contract with Republic Studios.

Singing cowboy is credited with making the last theatrical singing cowboy Western Phantom Stallion in 1954.

Autry and Rogers went on to star in The Gene Autry Show and The Roy Rogers Show, respectively, but the series' runs ended by the close of the decade, and the singing cowboy gradually ceased to exist in popular culture except as an exercise in nostalgia.

Singing cowboy image has since been parodied, most notably in the 1985 film Rustlers' Rhapsody, with Tom Berenger portraying a stereotypical singing cowboy, and in the Pixar film Toy Story 2.