Roy Rogers - Happy Trails: The Roy Rogers Collection 1938-52Roy Rogers was one of the most prominent of the singing cowboys, forging a career as a singer and actor in western movies during the 1930s as he followed in the footsteps of Gene Autry as King Of The Singing Cowboys. He appeared in over 100 films and became a TV star on the Roy Rogers Show, but throughout his career he recorded prolifically, initially as a member of The Sons Of The Pioneers, but then as a solo artist when, adopting the name Roy

many featuring Bea Wain

Gene Autry was the first of the Singing Cowboys

The Four Lovers

is an arrangement of a work by Ignazio Albertini (1644-1685)

and they had several hits during the 1950s

and a couple standalone singles

Along with his profound knowledge of early music

"Gambler's Guitar"

He is one of the most important musicians in Europe around 1600

Both the slow movement

It's about as definitive a compilation as you'll find on any artist

of which only the Angel Concerto remains