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News Flash!
Songwriter Roger Hall is writing a new song in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Hopalong Cassidy, William Boyd and Grace Bradley Boyd.
The song will be introduced at the 2010
[Sheet music cover from first song in a Hopalong Cassidy film]
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 this 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.
One is by child singer Mandy Miller in 1954 on Parlophone (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 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.
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.
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
and hear it click on this link:Braden Corby - The Gentleman Balladeer
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
at
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