The song has a carefree sing-along feel, “Who cares about the clouds when we’re together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.” In the Youtube comments for the video, Linda Johnson remarks, “ This song brings back so many happy childhood memories!” This show being geared towards kids reflects the family values and optimism of the 1940’s and 1950’s and romanticizes the life of the cowboy as depicted in Westerns in Radio, TV, and Film.
Roy Rogers was an actor from Cincinnati, Ohio who got famous as a “singing cowboy” and became an American star on Radio, Tv, and Film. This song was the theme of The Roy Rogers Show (Radio: 1944-1955, TV: 1951-1957 ) and was released as a single in 1952. “Happy Trails” (1952) by Dale Evans & Roy Rogers Let’s start out with one of the most famous singing cowboys of the 20 th century. The last two featured artists in this article didn’t belong to the counter-culture generation of the 1960’s but they ended up having similar criticisms of Los Angeles. We’ll then move into the later half of the 20 th century where many music artists such as the Flying Burrito Brothers began to criticize L.A. This list starts out with songs that glorify the idealized Old West of Hollywood films. While many of these musicians sang about their grievances with L.A., many like Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett had to reconcile these views with their ambitions of being future stars of the silver screen. began challenging this idealized portrayal of America and the glamorous world that Hollywood built up around itself. Starting in the 1960’s, country singers in L.A. Many of their songs praised American values such as independence and family values, which were challenged in the 1960’s by the counterculture movement. While they dressed the part, these Hollywood cowboys weren’t authentic. Singing “cowboys” like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers rose to fame in the 1930’s through the 50’s starring in Western radio and TV shows and singing songs about life on the cattle trail. Country music and Los Angeles have had a complicated relationship since the early 20 th century.
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