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in the Cowboy Songs Corral
A New Song For Hoppy!
Songwriter Roger Lee Hall has written a new song about Mr. and Mrs. Hopalong Cassidy -- William Boyd and Grace Bradley Boyd.
This love song, with lyrics by Susie Coffman from her book,
Follow Your Stars, is titled:"The Angels Handed Me A Rose (Hoppy's Song For Grace)"
Here is the song sheet with vintage border (shown much reduced in size):
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Roger introduced his new song in Cambridge, Ohio at the 20th anniversary Bar 20 Reunion in 2010.
Copies of this song are available on a song sheet (8 1/2 X11) suitable for framing.
Also available for the 60th anniversary of the Look magazine in 1950 is an illustrated booklet titled,
LOOK! HOPPY AND ME! - A Personal Remembrance
It tells how Roger met Hoppy and why it took him so long to find the magazine. There is a full color picture of the 1950 Look magazine and the great magazine article about Hopalong Cassidy too. Also in the 60th anniversary booklet are lists of all the songs from the movies, TV and radio theme, and lyrics to several songs about Hopalong Cassidy.
Included with this booklet is an 8 1/2 X 11 broadside sheet suitabe for framing with the Look magazine cover (shown here reduced in size):
If you make a donation of $25, you will receive all these items (postage included), and they will be autographed by songwriter, Roger Hall:
(1) Illustrated booklet: "Look, Hoppy and Me! A Personal Remembrance"
(2) Souvenir Sheet: 1950 Look magazine cover illustration
(3) Song Broadside: "The Angels Handed Me A Rose"
Help support the mission of this site
and receive the Look magazine booklet, souvenir sheet
and song broadside all for $25, payable to
PineTree Productions through safe and secure PayPal.
The items will be autographed by Roger Hall.
To receive all three items, just click on this button to:
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[Sheet music cover from first song in a Hopalong Cassidy movie]
It is not generally known that there were over 40 songs featured
in Hopalong Cassidy westerns between 1935 and 1947.
There is a list of all the song titles and information about singers like Brad King in in the newly revised e-book on CD-ROM, playable on your computer:
"Following the Stars"
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy
(2009 edition)
Over years there were some fine songs written in tribute to Hopalong Cassidy.
Here are four of them...
1. "Hopalong Cassidy (Clippity, Clippity, Clop)"
This song was written by Harry Leon and Jack Henry
and published by Box & Cox in London, England in 1954.
Here is a promotional copy of the sheet music cover from
Joe Caro's illustrated guide, Hopalong Cassidy Collectibles:
There were several recordings made of this song in the UK.
One is by child singer Mandy Miller in 1954 on a Parlophone 78 RPM (R3908).
A more elaborate recording of the song was made by Billy Cotton and His Band, with Allan Breeze and His Bandits. This rare British Decca record from the 1950s has been generously provided by a Hoppy collector and is now included, along with other Hoppy songs, on the expanded 2009 edition of
"Following the Stars"
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy"Hopalong Cassidy (Clippity Clippity Clop)" was sung by Roger Hall,
the boy on the Look magazine cover, at the Hopalong Cassidy Festival
in Cambridge, Ohio in 2000.
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2. "Hoppy, Gene and Me"
A much better known song by Thomas ("Snuff") Garrett,
Stephen Dorff, and Milton Brown.
Written in 1975, it was the last hit record for singing cowboy star, Roy Rogers.
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3. "Along Come Hopalong Cassidy"
This song by Braden Corby was released in 1981 as a 45 RPM on the Double A Records label. He wrote on his website:"The song got virtually no airplay -- except for a small town in southern Alberta --Stettler--there we rocketed to the number 6 spot. My claim to fame is that I hit the top ten in Stettler, Alberta. I gave up recording after that and stuck to live entertainment."
There are some folks who still remember his song.
To read about this song, click on this link:
Braden Corby - The Gentleman Balladeer
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4. "Hoppy's Gone"
Most poignant of all was the song by Johnny Slate, Larry Henley and Red Lane.
It was written in 1972 just after the death of William Lawrence Boyd.This touching memorial song was sensitively sung by Roger Miller and
available on this recommended 3 CD box set:
King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller
What is your favorite song from a Hopalong Cassidy western?
Send your song title with comments to
Read all about the annual Hopalong Cassidy Festivals
and Reunions held in Cambridge, Ohio
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