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The Library of Congress has an article on Western and Cowboy Songs including info on Roy, Gene, Bob Wills, more: https://www.loc.gov/collections/songs-of-america/articles-and-essays/musical-styles/popular-songs-of-the-day/western-and-cowboy-songs/

Calin Coburn (Bob Nolan's grandson) and Elizabeth Drake McDonald had a fantastic website on Nolan with a filmography, biography ... and lots of great photos and images of posters and lobby cards. Sad to report that it is no longer running: http://bobnolan-sop.net/
A replacement website is being (slowly) re-built at: https://www.tumbleweedtrail.net

Roger Hall's Cowboy Songs Corral website has info and photos on several cowboy movie performers and various western tunes: http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/

The Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall Of Fame includes Jimmy Wakely, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Ray Whitley, Tex Ritter, Bob Nolan, Bob Wills, more.  The link below will take you to their website and when you get there, click on 'Hall of Fame': http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/

The Country Music Hall of Fame winners include Tex Ritter, Bob Wills, Gene Autry, the Sons of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers, more: https://countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/members/

The Western Music Association Hall of Fame winners include Johnny Bond, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter, Bob Wills, Gene Autry, the Sons of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers, Jimmy Wakely, Monte Hale, Eddie Dean, the Riders of the Purple Sage, lots more: https://iwesternmusic.org/award.php?2

You might find some additional info on individuals and groups at the hillbilly music website: http://www.hillbilly-music.com/groups/index.php

Brad's Page Of Steel site on steel guitars includes info on Noel Boggs, Joaquin Murphey, Leon McAuliffe, more: https://people.well.com/user/wellvis/steel.html

Photos and biography of Doye O'Dell: http://doyeodell.com/

The official website for singer/yodeler Carolina Cotton: http://www.carolinacotton.org/

Steve Hathaway has a western swing website: http://www.westernswing.com/, and you may also want to visit his western swing links page: http://www.westernswing.com/Links.html

The official Bob Wills website: http://www.bobwills.com/

There's a website on the famous Phelps Brothers - Norman, Earl and Willie. There's info and a variety of images documenting the period when they were doing westerns as members of the Ray Whitley and the Six-Bar Cowboys group: https://phelpsbrothers.tripod.com/

If you're looking for a composer, song, who has the copyright, etc., try one of these links:

ASCAP's ACE Database allows for queries on song title, artist, composer, etc.: https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/

BMI has a search function for song title, artist, composer, etc.: https://repertoire.bmi.com/

Johnny Bond's daughter Sherry Bond had a website on her Dad. But as of early 2006, the site was no longer working (http://www.johnnybond.com/).

Adrian DeBee had a website honoring the novelty singing group, The Hoosier Hotshots. But it was no longer working when checked in February, 2019: http://www.hoosierhotshots.com/

The Sons of the Pioneers singing group website is at: https://sonsofthepioneers.org/

The Riders of the Purple Sage singing group website was no longer working when checked in December, 2017: http://www.ridersofthepurplesage.com/

The official Riders In The Sky website is at: https://ridersinthesky.com/

Country Music Association (CMA): https://www.cmaworld.com/

Many of the cowboy performers such as Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Max Terhune, and Rex Allen worked at the "National Barn Dance" radio show which originated from WLS radio in Chicago (and much later over Chicago's WGN radio).  The Barn Dance began their broadcasts in 1924, one year before the Grand Ole Opry show started.  You can read a bit of history about the Barn Dance at: https://www.otrsite.com/articles/artjf008.html

Some additional history on Chicago's WLS Radio, the 'Prairie Farmer' station, and home of the "National Barn Dance":
https://www.wlshistory.com/WLS30/
https://www.wlshistory.com/NBD/
http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/wls/contents.html



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