Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds: The Chart Years 1934-49The Sons of the Pioneers were one of the USA's earliest western singing groups, and the primary originators of what might be called "cowboy country", their songs, vocal harmonies and instrumental make up influencing countless artists who followed them, although they were such a long lived group that they were able to compete with many that they influenced. With their origins in California, they evolved from a vocal trio that comprised future cowboy

Jones made considerably less appearances on the show than many of his contemporaries but lack of quantity is outweighed by the quality of these fantastic performances

It's a hugely evocative musical snapshot of a remarkable era in popular music as it became a mass market phenomenon

actor and civil rights activist

and so represent something of a landmark

All of the works are with lyrics by William Shakespeare and are sung by Czech soprano Lucie Silkenová

Halír himself played regularly in a piano trio

the sixth full calendar year of the Billboard Best Sellers chart - the chart was launched in July 1940 - and the second year to feature both a Most Played in Juke Boxes and Most Played by Disc Jockeys charts as well

and had more than 60 hits across the Billboard

on a range of repertoire that includes his own compositions

technically brilliant performances

including "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

The daughter of Russian immigrant parents in Philadelphia