Rex Allen The Versatile (2-CD)

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(Jasmine Records) 60 tracks Rex Allen, or The Arizona Cowboy as he was better known, was a... more

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Rex Allen: The Versatile (2-CD)

(Jasmine Records) 60 tracks

Rex Allen, or The Arizona Cowboy as he was better known, was a man with a big voice who found fame in Western movies, TV shows along with a soundtrack and singing career. Across this 2CD set we focus on some very fine material from his singles and LPs that have often been overlooked.

Great versions of pop hits like 'Sparrow In The Tree Top', 'The Roving Kind', 'Forever And Ever' and 'Lazy River'. As well as his hit versions of 'Take It Back And Change It For A Boy', 'Crying In The Chapel' and 'Hawaiian Cowboy'.

Every single one of the 60 tracks available here is a stunning example of Rex's powerful voice and range, covering country, honky-tonk, western, gospel and ragtime!

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Interpret: Rex Allen
Album titlle: The Versatile (2-CD)
Genre Country
Label Jasmine Records
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0604988067323
weight in Kg 0.11

Allen, Rex - The Versatile (2-CD) CD 1
01	Till The Well Goes Dry	Rex Allen
02	Afraid	Rex Allen
03	Hot Time In New Orleans Tonight	Rex Allen
04	Ten More Miles To Go	Rex Allen
05	Crying In The Chapel	Rex Allen
06	Ballad Of John Colter	Rex Allen
07	Foggy River	Rex Allen
08	Take It Back And Change It For A Boy	Rex Allen
09	A Broken Down Merry Go Round	Rex Allen
10	Always You	Rex Allen
11	You Drifted	Rex Allen
12	I Thank The Lord	Rex Allen
13	Sparrow In The Treetop	Rex Allen
14	Yodelin' Crazy	Rex Allen
15	Wreck Of The John B.	Rex Allen
16	Don't Turn Your Back On Me	Rex Allen
17	The Roving Kind	Rex Allen
18	The Last Carouse	Rex Allen
19	Wringle Wrangle	Rex Allen
20	Blue Dream	Rex Allen
21	Tagalong	Rex Allen
22	Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home	Rex Allen
23	I Couldn't Care Less	Rex Allen
24	Rack Up The Balls Boys	Rex Allen
25	Naggin'	Rex Allen
26	Lazy River	Rex Allen
27	Mr & Mississippi	Rex Allen
28	Lonely Little Robin	Rex Allen
29	Honolulu Boogie	Rex Allen
30	Too-Lee-Rollum	Rex Allen

Allen, Rex - The Versatile (2-CD) CD 2
01	Blue Light Waltz	Rex Allen
02	Westward Ho The Waggons!	Rex Allen
03	Farther Along	Rex Allen
04	Jambylaya (On The Bayou)	Rex Allen
05	The Mystery Of His Way	Rex Allen
06	Little White Horse	Rex Allen
07	I Know The Reason Why	Rex Allen
08	Somewhere	Rex Allen
09	Angel To Joe	Rex Allen
10	He Played A Steel Guitar	Rex Allen
11	Flower Of San Antone	Rex Allen
12	I'm Lonely My Darlin'(Green Grow The Liliacs)	Rex Allen
13	Staying Young	Rex Allen
14	Money, Marbles And Chalk	Rex Allen
15	Softly And Tenderly	Rex Allen
16	Bringing Home The Bacon	Rex Allen
17	If God Can Forgive You So Can I	Rex Allen
18	I Could Cry My Heart Out (Sometimes)	Rex Allen
19	Drango	Rex Allen
20	I'm Learning To Live Without You	Rex Allen
21	Forever And Ever	Rex Allen
22	You Took My Name	Rex Allen
23	The Little Old Church In The Valley	Rex Allen
24	L-O-N-E-S-O-M-E Letter Blues	Rex Allen
25	Morgen (One More Sunrise)	Rex Allen
26	Tomorrow's Just Another Day To Cry	Rex Allen
27	Ragtime Melody	Rex Allen
28	To Be Alone	Rex Allen
29	Hawaiian Cowboy	Rex Allen
30	Light In The Window	Rex Allen

Rex Allen Rex Elvie Allen, born in Willcox, Arizona, on December 31, 1920, ranks among the... more

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"Rex Allen"

Rex Allen

Rex Elvie Allen, born in Willcox, Arizona, on December 31, 1920, ranks among the last of the great singing cowboys. On the family ranch he learned to ride almost before he could walk; after the early death of his older brother the family moved into town. His father, a fiddle player, bought him a small mail-order guitar so the two could perform together at local dances. A voice of remarkable range and expressiveness, together with his warmth and friendliness, made "the Arizona Cowboy" a perennial favorite with country fans.

His national radio career began in 1945 on WLS' National Barn Dance, where he followed in the footsteps of Gene Autry, Eddie Dean and Bob Atcher. That same year he started recording, first for Mercury and later for Decca and Buena Vista. In 1950 he made his first motion picture, The Arizona Cowboy, and starred in around a dozen more Westerns over the following years. His 1954 feature The Phantom Stallion is regarded as the last of the singing-cowboy films, and Allen fittingly billed himself as the last of the singing cowboys.

He appeared in television series such as Frontier Doctor, narrated more than 80 Walt Disney productions, and Dell Comics issued 30 comic books featuring him. His greatest success as a singer came in 1962 with Don't Go Near The Indians, produced by Jerry Kennedy. In the early 1970s he recorded a classic Western album for Jack Clement's JMI label, later reissued by Bear Family. With Knock Knock Rattle, cut in Nashville for Decca in 1956, he crossed over just once from country to Rock 'n' Roll.

In his final years Allen increasingly withdrew into private life. He died on December 17, 1999, at the age of 78; at his request his ashes were scattered in the small park in his hometown of Willcox where his horse Koko is buried. Willcox, to which he remained devoted all his life, has hosted the Rex Allen Days for nearly half a century.

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