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Subsequently, the first three notes of Foy's song and the title were used by Dale Evans in writing her version of "Happy Trails" for both the original The Roy Rogers Show and the short-lived The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, which aired on ABC in 1962. Dale's is the version that is popularly played and sung today, albeit without giving credit ...
Happy Trails is the second album of the American band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Most of the album was recorded from two performances at the Fillmore East and Fillmore West, although it is not clear which parts were recorded at which Fillmore. The record was released by Capitol Records in 1969 [1] in stereo.
The show's theme song, “Happy Trails”, was written by Dale Evans and sung by her and Rogers over the end credits of each episode. [2] The show received an Emmy nomination in 1955 for Best Western or Adventure Series, but it lost out to the syndicated Stories of the Century, an anthology series starring and narrated by Jim Davis. [4]
Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. [3] The band achieved wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and, through their recordings, [4] with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, and several of their albums ranked in the Top 30 of the Billboard Pop charts.
Happy Trails may refer to: Happy Trails, a 1968 album by Quicksilver Messenger Service "Happy Trails" (song), the theme song of The Roy Rogers Show;
Rogers and Evans' famous theme song, "Happy Trails", was written by Evans; they sang it as a duet to sign off their television show. In fall 1962, they cohosted a comedy-Western-variety program, The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show, aired on ABC. It was cancelled after three months, losing in the ratings to The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS.
In addition to her successful TV shows, more than 30 films and some 200 songs, Evans wrote the song "Happy Trails". [10] In later episodes of the program, she was outspoken in her Christianity, telling people that God would assist them with their troubles and imploring adults and children to turn to Him for guidance.
Gary Duncan (born Eugene Duncan, Jr., adopted at birth and named Gary Ray Grubb, [1] September 4, 1946 – June 29, 2019) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was guitarist with The Brogues, then most notably with Quicksilver Messenger Service, where the complex interplay between himself and fellow-guitarist John Cipollina did much to define the unique sound of that San ...