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Tex Ritter | |
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Birth name | Woodward Maurice Ritter |
Born | Murvaul, Texas, U.S. | January 12, 1905
Died | January 2, 1974 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 68)
Genres | Country |
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Years active | 1928–1973 |
Labels | Columbia, Decca, Capitol |
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Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American Country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandsons Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter, and granddaughter Carly). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.