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Stuart
Hamblen
"I
try to write music with a spiritual uplift instead of a moral downbeat."
"Having
written a song like 'It Is No Secret' and some of those other
serious things means a lot more to me than anything else I have
done...I would rather have written that song than be President of the
United States."
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Birth
Name: Carl Stuart Hamblen
Induction
Year: 1970
Date
of Birth: 10/20/1908
Place
of Birth: Kellyville, TX
Date
of Death: 3/8/1989
Place
of Death: Santa Monica, CA |
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Former Occupations:
school
teacher
cow
puncher
prize
fighter
race
horse trainer |
Education:
McMurray
State Teachers College (Abilene, TX) |
Career Milestones:
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1927--won
an amateur singing contest |
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1927--first
recording made at the Victor Talking Machine Company |
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1927--landed
first radio job singing on station KFI in Los Angeles |
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early
1930s--moved to Hollywood, CA |
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1934--first
artist signed by newly formed MCA Records |
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1938-1952--hosted
Cowboy Church of the Air on radio |
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1946--formed
Hamblen Music Company |
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1949--first
major country & western hit with "But I'll Be Chasin' Women" |
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1954--signed
by RCA Victor in June |
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1954--first
release on RCA Victor "This Ole House" |
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1971--Cowboy
Church returns to radio |
Awards:
1955--Song
of the Year\This Ole House
1970--Country/Western
Hall of Fame induction
1972--ACM\Pioneer
Award\for being the first Country/Western singer on radio
1976--Gene
Autry Award\for enrichment of our western musical heritage
1988--Golden
Boot Award\for contributions to the Motion Picture Relief Fund
Catalog
Highlights
This
Ole House
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Artists:
Stuart Hamblen (1954), Rosemary Clooney, Herb & Kay, Tex
Williams & Rex Allen, Jordanaires
Open
Up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine In)
It
Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
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Artists:
Stuart Hamblen, Elvis Presley, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Jim
Reeves, Eddy Arnold
(Remember
Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
My
Mary
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Co-writer:
Jimmie Davis
- Artists:
Justin Tubb, Jim Reeves, Jimmie Davis
Texas
Plains
(I
Won't Go Huntin', Jake) But I'll Go Chasin' Women
Mainliner
The
Lord Is Counting On You
Golden
River
Little
Old Rag Doll
Known
Only to Him
Army
of the Lord
Blood
Upon Your Hands
But
For the Grace of God
Dear
Lord, Be My Shepherd
Don't
Send Those Kids to Sunday School
Face
to Face
Few
Things to Remember
Friends
I Know
Gathering
Home
Go
On By
Grasshopper
MacClain
Handful
of Sunshine
Have
Faith, Don't Cry
He
Bought My Soul at Calvary
His
Hands
How
Big Is God
I
Am Persuaded
I
Believe
I
Don't Know Why
I
Want To Be There
I'm
Not Afraid of the Dark Anymore
Is
He Satisfied With Me
It's
a Brand New Day
I've
Got So Many Million Years
Keep
This In Mind
King
of All Kings
Little
Black Sheep
Lord,
I Pray
My
Father
My
Lord Is Mighty
My
Religion's Not Old-Fashioned
Of
God I Sing
One
Day Nearer Home
Partners
With The Lord
Someone
Somewhere
Beyond the Sun
Teach
Me, Lord, to Wait
That
Lonesome Valley
These
Things Shall Pass
This
Book
This
Ship Of Mine
Tho'
Autumn's Coming On
Until
Then
Well
Done, Come Home
What
Can I Do For My Country?
When
Earth's Last Picture Is Painted
Where
the Seasons Never Change
Workshop
of the Lord
You
Can't Love Without Giving
You
Must Be Born Again
Comments:
The
Los Angeles City Council named 2/13/1976 Stuart Hamblen Day
Was
awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1976
Ran
as a presidential candidate on the Prohibition ticket in 1952
Appeared
in western films |