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Below is Roy Rogers memorabilia,
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for sale on eBay. Roy Rogers was an American singer, movie, and television superstar, recognized as "King Of The Cowboys." His memorabilia has been wildly
popular among fans and collectors for decades. Please scroll down for more
information on Roy Rogers.
About Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers was born Leonard Franklin Slye on November 5, 1911 in Cincinnati,
Ohio. As a youth he quit high school to work in a shoe factory with his father
to help support his family. In his late teens he moved to California, where a
sister had already gone, and was soon followed by the rest of the family. For a
time he and his father both found work as truck drivers, but when the
construction company they worked for went bankrupt they were forced to move on
and found themselves picking fruit and living in campsites with other workers.
When his father decided to move to Los Angeles to work in another shoe factory,
young Len decided to pursue a career as a singer.
After several years of little success in the singing business, in 1933 Len
founded a Western singing group with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer. The group was
called The Pioneer Trio. In early 1934, while preparing for a radio performance,
radio announcer Harry Hall called the group Sons of the Pioneers, saying that
the young men looked too young to be pioneers themselves. The new name stuck,
and the Sons of the Pioneers, with their beautiful harmonies, found huge
success. Soon after Len began working in the movies, finding steady work in
Westerns in supporting roles or as a singing cowboy. In 1938 he signed with
Republic Studios, who soon changed his name to Roy Rogers. Shortly after his
name change Republic placed him in his first leading role in "Under Western
Stars." For the movie he was paired for the first time with a golden palomino
stallion named Golden Cloud, a name Roy soon changed to Trigger. The movie was a
huge success, launching
the duo of Roy Rogers and Trigger on their ascent to entertainment superstardom.
Roy Rogers and Trigger attained a
status as American legends,
galloping fearlessly into the hearts of movie, and then television, audiences.
The duo always stood for what was right and thrilled audiences with their wild
cowboy adventures. Roy could ride a horse, twirl a gun, and sing a heck of a
good song to boot. Along with the actress Dale Evans (who became his real life
wife), Roy and Trigger also teamed up with Bullet The Wonder Dog and pal Pat
Brady (who drove the Jeep Nellybell) to right injustice throughout the cinematic
American West. Devout Christians, Roy and Dale also made countless personal
appearances, many of which carried a distinct Christian message. When Roy Rogers
passed away in 1998 at the age of 86 he left legions of fans spanning all ages, many of whom love and collect a wide variety of Roy Rogers
memorabilia.
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