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Sons of the Pioneers Biography

Profession Soundtrack, Actor, Music department

Fast Facts

  • Was honored by the Academy of Country Music with a Top Vocal Group of the Year Award in 1967 and a Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award in 1978
  • Were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980, the Western Music Association Hall of Fame in 1989, and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1995
  • Two of their songs were added to the Grammy Hall of Fame, "Cool Water" in 1986 and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" in 2002
  • Signed their first record deal with Decca Records in 1934, using the short-lived name Pioneer Trio
  • The original members of the group were Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, and Roy Rogers
  • The current members of the group are Luther Nallie, Ken Lattimore, Randy Rudd, Mark Abbott, Ricky Boen, and Tommy Nallie
  • Best known as one of the earliest American Western singing groups whose hit songs included "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water․"
  • The group has appeared in more than 90 films, the majority of which came out in the late 1930s and the 1940s
  • Were influential in connecting country music to the Western film genre and featured some of the industry's first "singing cowboys․"