Simply one of the best singing voices ever! A timeless treasure, an extraordinary example of well honed talent, which I most heartedly applaud. ThxU Tex.
I grew up on Westerns and when I heard High Noon and Gunsmoke by Tex Ritter I was so proud to be an American and a Texan. I know the spirits of these greats never leave us and they will be back again.
I still play a Tex Ritter CD every single night when I got to sleep. I got to meet him once and have his autograph...... a great man........ I won't ever forget him.
I had the great pleasure of spending about 45 minutes in a booth at a coffee shop with Tex Ritter and Waylon Jennings in 1968. Waylon was griping about RCA and the songs they were making him cut and Tex was telling him that he should be happy now that he's on the national charts and making money. It is one of my most cherished memories
I met both multiple times, Waylon because I provided Security for a lot of his Appearances in and around Houston Texas .. . Yes Ritter because Him and Many others were part of HFD Benefit Programs My Uncle brought to Houston to raise money for the Fore Department from the 50ies on Until his Death !! ! And a special personal friend B. J. Thomas who I met and became friends with thru a former Member of his Band .. . I went to School with David at Sam Houston High School !! !
AIN'T NO GREATER SINGER OR UNKLE THEN MY FAVORITE COWBOY FRIEND TEX RITTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY GOD BLESS HIM IN COWBOY HEAVEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UK - I was lucky enough to meet him when I was an inpatient in a children's hospital many many years ago. I was only about 5 years old but I remember him well. He gave me a signed photograph of himself that I still have. He was a wonderful man.
My Dad, '29 - '94 used to sing out loud when in great mood, "do not forsake me oh my Darling"..just that part, not the whole song. I never knew what song it was he was or by whom. Than I found out after I started to be a big fan of classic country. I love it and purchased it along with a few other Tex Ritter tunes off of itunes.
Tex Ritter was born in Panola county Texas in the Murvaul community which no longer exists but a nearby lake was named after it. I was born in Shelby county just a few miles down the county road. I got to see and hear him perform and talk to him while at college in Nashville in late 1972 just a little over a year before his death. It was a small but intimate gathering in the Law School auditorium.
Lucky me!!! As heros go, off screen what were they like? Better than their screen image. Tex Ritter and me, for example, he put his arm around my shoulder and we talked father-to-father. What an honor. What a "nice" human being. I was in radio at the time and acting as a host to a bunch of very big stars. I liked them all, but none.. none.. came close to the man who you are watching here. The very nicest, un-asumming (spl) man I have ever met.
"Just lost his primary run for senate in Tennessee." I saw him just before this when he dined at the Holiday Inn where I worked part time while in high school. He was in town for one of those package shows Nashville put on the road back then. Part of the package was the late Loretta Lynn, who I also got a chance to see. She was coming out of her room at the HI escorted by 2 auxiliary policemen, when I just happened to be in the area. I was immediately mesmerized by how beautiful she was in person and stood there staring at her like a sick calf. The policemen escorted her to a big gold Cadillac with "Tex Ritter for Senate" bumper stickers all over it. R.I.P. to both and thanks for the lifelong memories.
“Cowboy ethics”” I’m 85 years old and I still remember the lessons taught in movies like “High Noon “….duty, honor..courage…sadly Hollywood doesn’t value that anymore
Where did all the good men go ? Heaven for sure ! Men like Tex never needed a medal , he just rode straight thru life and the kids and grownups wanted to ride along with him ! Have you seen any men today that makes a mark in life like he did ? If so, tell us ...
Wow thats about the best clip from Dick Cavett I can remember! I really liked that performance, very dramatic and close to the end of Tex's life too, really powerful, thanks for posting! Thanks Tex!
The greatest western theme song from the greatest western movie ever made, High Noon. This great performer was actually the father of John Ritter of "Three's A Company" fame. RIP.
I am a 76-year- old guy from India. I have seen bits of High Noon perhaps a 100 times on U-Tube. The movie's the biggest movie classic till today. The movie's got the depth of a Shakespeare play. Like U derive something new from Hamlet & Macbeth each time U read them.... I derive something new from High Noon each time I C it. And what is High Noon? It's Tex Ritter & Don't forsake me, O My Darling.... .....a haunting melody that resonates throughout the movie. V R privileged to live in a time High Noon was made. Keep smiling my friends Arvind Kala
I'm a fan of High Noon as well. I liked it as a kid and I liked it even more as an adult. I don't know if you've seen the 1939 movie, Stagecoach, but if you haven't you might give that a try as well. FWIW, I'm 75.
this version blends the films original lyrics of: "The noonday train will bring frank miller If I'm a man, I must be brave And I must face that deadly killer" with the re-written for release by Frankie Laine version: "I do not know what fate awaits me I only know I must be brave And I must face a man who hates me" I guess Tex has sung both versions so many times they blend into one!
John Ritter's father. Loved his Three's Company. The funniest series ever. Specially jack tripper :) John died in the same year his mother dorothy Faye died, 2003. John, wherever you are smile, because you're loved.
Well...either the date you offered was mistaken or you were duped...into sharing a good, though inaccurately recollected experienced of what maybe the second most important thing in your tale...a cold beer, a good story and warm-hearted friends to tell it to with that minor note self-effacing plot twist.
Thanks for posting. I saw another version where Tex is sitting in a cowboy outfit in a studio by a stream singing this. Can't locate it now. I'll try again anyway. Thanks.
First saw him sing Wagon Wheels when I was a young man. He was up there with Autry and Rogers. Untile Cheyenne Bodie came along, he was my favorite cowboy.
What an utterly CRAP site ! - I posted two replies to differing posts that have been deleted . Write what they want to hear to get your opinion in print !! Waste of F*****g time and space !
Great footage of Tex. I have been trying to track down Tex's song called "Fall Away" without success. If you have this Is there any chance of putting it on here.
