Bob Nolan
Country, Composer
1908 – 1980
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Who was Bob Nolan?
Bob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the finest Western songwriters of all time. As an actor and singer he appeared in scores of Western films.
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- Born
- Apr 13, 1908
Winnipeg - Also known as
- Nolan, Bob
- Clarence Robert Nobles
- The Stephen Foster of the West
- America's No. 1 Cowboy Composer
- Sons of the Pioneers
- Bob Noland and The Sons of the Pioneers
- Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers
- Robert Clarence Nobles
- Parents
- Spouses
- Pearl Fields
(1928 - 1930) - Clara Estelle Brown
(1942/06/11 - 1980/06/16)
- Pearl Fields
- Children
- Nationality
- Canada
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Tucson High Magnet School
- Lived in
- Winnipeg
- Died
- Jun 16, 1980
Newport Beach
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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