Talk:Carl Stuart Hamblen

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The source for this Wikipedia entry is "Temperance Movement Groups and Leaders in the U.S.," from which the reference and material in bold was taken. Omission of the source reference is now corrected.David Justin 23:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Carl Stuart Hamblen (October 20, 1908 - March 8, 1989 ) , often called Stuart Hamblen, became radio's first singing cowboy in 1926. Between 1931 and 1952 Hamblen had a series of highly popular radio programs on the West Coast of the U.S. He composed music and acted in motion pictures with such other stars as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and John Wayne.

In 1949 he underwent a religious conversion at a Billy Graham revival in Los Angeles. He soon gave up his secular radio and film career to enter Christian broadcasting with his radio show, "The Cowboy church of the Air."

Hamblen supported the temperance movement and agreed to run as the Prohibition Party's candidate for president in the 1952 national election.

Hamblen wrote the popular songs, "This Ole House" and "Let the Sunshine In." Other songs include "Hell Train", "It is No Secret" (not the familiar one of the 1980's) and "Blood on Your Hands". Some of his post-conversion songs depict a rather wrathful version of the gospel sung with such good natured high spirits that they have an ironic appeal to religious scoffers.

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• Carl Stuart Hamblen Biography