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Here he comes... Hopalong Cassidy!
New 4th edition celebrating his 75th anniversary
meeting Hopalong Cassidy!In June of 1950, Roger Hall, who was then a very young Hoppy fan and a child model went with his mother to New York City for a magazine shoot for the LOOK magazine cover. It was a meeting that Roger never forgot and now you can read his memories of that meeting and much more.
Roger includes his story: "The day I met Hoppy" in his book.
Years later, Roger celebrated Hoppy in his articles for the Hoppy Fan Club in Cambridge, Ohio, where William Boyd grew up as a youngster before moving to California.
Roger also wrote the music to a new song,
"The Angels Handed Me A Rose (Hoppy's Song For Grace)"
with beautiful lyrics by Susie Coffman.
© PineTree Press from
"Following The Stars" - Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy
Picture taken at the Hopalong Cassidy Festival
in Cambridge, Ohio in 1995.
From left to right:
Frank "Junior" Coghlan (a child actor with William Boyd in silent films)
Grace Bradley Boyd (the actress known as Mrs. Hopalong Cassidy)
Roger Hall (songwriter and author of the book)
The title of the book is from the song in the first Hopalong Cassidy film in 1935,
sung in the movie by Jimmy Ellison:
The first edition of this book was published in 2005 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first Hopalong Cassidy film. The 2nd and 3rd editions added a few more pages.
Now the 4th edition is available with the complete Hoppy Song Series and more pictures including from the Hopalong Cassidy Statue Dedication ceremony in 2016.The author, Roger Hall, is a songwriter and a former music teacher.
He is now Director of the Center for American Music Preservation (or CAMP)As a very young fan of 7 years old,, he was thrilled to meet his coweboy hero, Hopalong Cassidy, in New York in 1950 for a LOOK magazine cover shoot.
Roger's personal story about that meeting in titled: "The Day I Met Hoppy."
Years later, he met Grace Boyd, on the 100th anniversary of William Boyd's birth at the Hopalong Cassidy Festival in Cambridge, Ohio in 1995. She read Roger's book and said she enjoyed reading it. She told him she was in New York with her husband when Roger met him in 1950.
In 2009, Roger was invited to speak about his book and about music in Hopalong Cassidy films at the Hopalong Cassidy Festival in Cambridge, Ohio.
The "Following the Stars" book is available in the 4th edition as a PDF book with many added pictures.
Also Included in the book is an illustrated magazine article by Roger Hall about the first Hopalong Cassidy movie from 1935 in this film magazine:
Over the years, Roger Hall has written many articles for the HOPPY TALK Fan Club Newsletter, assisted by Associate Editor, Fred Romary,
with Laura Bates as the Editor - she is shown here with Roger --
His Hoppy Song Series began with this film title:
Comments from satisfied customers from earlier editions of
"Following The Stars" on CD-ROM:"Really enjoyed it!" -- Allen from Maryland
"I've really enjoyed reading your book" -- Judy from Utah
"I truly enjoyed each page, reading and viewing photos,
some I've never seen" -- Scotty from Wyoming
Review of the 2nd edition:"FOLLOWING THE STARS: MUSIC AND MEMORIES OF HOPALONG CASSIDY" is by
Roger Hall, the boy who met Hopalong Cassidy in 1950. A nice supplement to the two current HC [Hopalong Cassidy] books with material not contained in either."
-- Boyd Magers, Western Clippings #90 (July/August 2009).The first, second, and third editions of "Following The stars" are now Sold Out.
New Fourth edition is now available!
This expanded edition has more pictures and available exclusively here
as a PDF book.It includes the "Following the Stars" lyrics from the first Hoppy film plus a new son:g:
"The Angels Handed Me A Rose (Hoppy's Song for Grace)
with lyrics by Susie Coffman. and music by Roger Hall.
Also included in the book are pictures from
the Hopalong Cassidy Statue Dedication in Cambridge, Ohio in June of 2016.
Here is one of the pictures:
Here are the chapters in the 4th edition:
1. Here He Comes! Hopalong Cassidy!
2. The Day I Met Hoppy in 1950
3. Hopalong Cassidy on Records
4. Songs in Hopalong Cassidy Films
Top Ten Favorite Songs
Who Were The King’s Men?
5. Music, Music Directors, and Singing Groups
Hop-along Cassidy (1935)
List of Composers, Music Directors, Singing Groups
6. Meeting Mrs. Hopalong Cassidy and Cambridge Festivals7. Photo Album from Hopalong Cassidy Festivals
10. About the Author and Picture Gallery
8. Hopalong Cassidy Song Series in “Hoppy Talk”
9. Article in Films of the Golden Age
"Following the Stars" -
Music and Memories of Hopalong Cassidy
by Roger Hall
(PineTree Press, 4th edition, 2025)It is available exclusively here and not at any other book dealer.
It will be sent directly to you by email attachment
to any email address
and it is readable on any device used to read PDF books.
As a Free Bonus for ordering this book,
you will also receive a rare Hoppy song audio file (MP3)
also sent by email attachment.
To order your copy of "Following The Stars" PDF book
with many pictures and Free audio file
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See the other personal stories by Roger Hall in his
MEMORIES AND MUSIC (MAM) Book Series
Go to: Hopalong Cassidy Music
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