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Eddie Dean ( – )〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 was an American western singer and actor whom Roy Rogers and Gene Autry termed the best cowboy singer of all time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eddie Dean Obituary )〕 Dean was best known for "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven" (1955), which became an even greater hit for Tex Ritter in 1961.〔''Billboard Bulletin'', March 8, 1999〕 Dean was born Edgar Dean Glosup in the rural community of Posey in Hopkins County, Texas, northwest of Sulphur Springs. His father was a teacher, who encouraged Dean to launch a professional singing career. At the age of sixteen, Dean performed on the Southern gospel circuit with the Vaughan and then the V.O. Stamps quartets. Dean and his brother, Jimmie Dean (not to be confused with Jimmy Dean, the country entertainer originally from Plainview, Texas) moved to Chicago and performed together on WLS Radio's ''National Barn Dance''. They also did work from a radio station in Yankton, South Dakota.〔 In 1934, Dean appeared in his first film in the role of Sam in ''Manhattan Love Song''. In 1937, Dean relocated to Hollywood, California; many of Dean's early roles were uncredited.〔 Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), a low-budget movie studio, had been making more ambitious pictures in 1944 and 1945, and introduced a new novelty: hour-long westerns in color. This was the first time a regular series of features was photographed in color, and Eddie Dean was chosen as the star of the series. The films were an immediate success, launching Dean as a popular western star and showcasing his pleasant baritone singing voice. His comic sidekick was usually Mississippi native Roscoe Ates in the role of Soapy Jones. Dean's later films, in 1947 and 1948, were conventional black-and-white westerns. ==Film and musical numbers== A partial listing of Dean's films and musical numbers includes: * ''Renegade Trail'' as Singing Cowboy "Red" (1939) * ''Rolling Home to Texas'' as a sheriff (1940) * ''The Harmony Trail'' as Marshal Eddie Dean, his first starring role (1944) * ''Wildfire'' as Sheriff Johnny Deal (1945); performing "On the Banks of the Sunny San Juan" and "By the Sleepy Rio Grande" * ''Song of Old Wyoming'' as Himself (1945); performing "Hills of Old Wyoming", "My Herdin' Song", and "Wild Prairie Rose" * ''Colorado Serenade" as Himself (1946); performing "Riding On Top of the Mountain", "Western Lullaby", "Ridin' Down To Rawhide", and "Home on the Range" * ''Down Missouri Way'' as Himself (1946); performing "Old Missouri Hayride" * ''Romance of the West" as Himself (1946); performing Ridin' the Trail To Dreamland", "Love Song of the Waterfall", and "Indian Dawn * ''Tumbleweed Trail'' as Himself (1946); performing "Tumbleweed Trail", "Lonesome Cowboy", and "Careless Darlin'" * ''Stars over Texas'' as Himself (1946); performing "Stars Over Texas", "Sands of the Old Rio Grande", and "Fifteen Hundred and One Miles of Texas" * ''Range Beyond the Blue'' as Himself (1947); performing "West of the Pecos", "Range Beyond the Blue", and "Pony With the Uncombed Hair" * "Shadow Valley" as Himself (1947); performing "Rose Anne Of San Jose", "I'm Gonna Hang My Heart On The Hitching Post", and "Corn Bread Country", starred with his horse, White Cloud. *''Wild Country'' as Himself (1947); performing "Wild Country", "Saddle With a Golden Horn", and "Ain't No Gal Got a Brand On Me" * ''The Westward Trail'' as Himself (1948); performing Cathy", "It's Courtin' Time", and "Westward Trail" * ''The Tioga Kid'' as Himself (1948); performing "Driftin' River", "Way Back In Oklahoma", "Ain't No Gal Got A Brand On Me" * ''Black Hills'' as Himself (1948); performing "Black Hills", "Punchinello", and "Let's Go Sparkin'"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Eddie Dean'' )〕 Dean also appeared in the Hopalong Cassidy adventure film series.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eddie Dean (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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