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| | Roy Rogers St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles |
 | | Rogers' rise to stardom transformed the "singing cowboy" from an isolated phenomenon to a recognized movie genre, and his popular success, added to Autry's, brought screen stardom in turn to Tex Ritter, Jimmy Wakely, Monte Hale, Johnny Mack Brown, and others. |
 | | Rogers, in fact, is the only person to have been inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame twice--once as a solo performer, and once as a member of the Sons of the Pioneers. |
 | | Rogers inherited Autry's title of King of the Cowboys,; and his wife, Dale Evans,; whom he married in 1947, was dubbed the Queen of the West. |
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