Considering the kind of scruffy, backwoods, uneducated, Deep-South hillbilly types he played, many people would be surprised to hear that Ken Curtis wasn't actually born in the south but in the small town of Las Animas, Colorado, the son of the town sheriff. They would probably be even more surprised to learn that he began his show business career as a singer in the big-band era, and was a vocalist in the legendary Tommy Dorsey orchestra. He entered films in the late 1940s at the tail-end of the...
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Ken Curtis Soundtracks
Known for
Filmography: Ken Curtis songs
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I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen | Throw a Saddle on a Star | performer | |
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Skip to My Lou | Riders of the Pony Express | performer | |
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Skip To My Lou | The Searchers | performer | |
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A Lot of Elbow Room | Cowboy Blues | writer | |
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Empty Saddles | Rhythm Round-Up | performer | |
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Git Along Little Dogies | Call of the Forest | performer | |
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Git Along Little Dogies | Riders of the Pony Express | performer | |
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Hi-Yo Texas | Over the Santa Fe Trail | writer, performer | |
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Home on the Range | Lone Star Moonlight | performer | |
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Idaho-Ho | Song of the Prairie | performer | |
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It's Great To Be Back | Lone Star Moonlight | writer, performer | |
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Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair | Riders of the Pony Express | performer | |
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Little Cowgirl | Cowboy Blues | writer | |
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Lone Star Moonlight | Lone Star Moonlight | writer, performer | |
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Never Tangle with Old John Law | That Texas Jamboree | writer | |
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Over the Santa Fe Trail | Over the Santa Fe Trail | performer | |
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Prairie Serenade | That Texas Jamboree | writer | |
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Red River Valley | Riders of the Pony Express | performer | |
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Silver on the Sage | Song of the Prairie | performer | |
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Sing To Me Cowboy | Song of the Prairie | performer | |
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Singing on the Trail | Singing on the Trail | performer, writer | |
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Soft Breeze | Singing on the Trail | writer | |
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The First Thing I Do Every Morning | Cowboy Blues | performer | |
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The Strawberry Blonde on the Strawberry Roan | Throw a Saddle on a Star | performer | |
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The Wild Colonial Boy | The Quiet Man | performer | |
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Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Rhythm Round-Up | performer | |
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Tumbling Tumbleweeds | Ich möcht' so gern Dave Dudley hör'n | performer | |
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When Prairie Flowers Are In Bloom | Song of the Prairie | performer |
