Sons of the Pioneers

Profession

Soundtrack, Actor, Music department

Two of their songs were added to the Grammy Hall of Fame, "Cool Water" in 1986 and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" in 2002
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
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
Best known as one of the earliest American Western singing groups whose hit songs included "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water․"
The current members of the group are Luther Nallie, Ken Lattimore, Randy Rudd, Mark Abbott, Ricky Boen, and Tommy Nallie
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․"

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