Bob Nolan
Bob Nolan was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on April 13th, 1908 and is the Country Singer. At the age of 72, Bob Nolan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Born Robert Clarence Nobles, 1908 to 1980, Bob Nolan (born Robert Clarence Nobles) was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor.
He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers and a writer of many Country music and Western music albums, including "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the best Western songwriters of all time.
He appeared in scores of Western films as an actor and singer.
Early years
Nolan was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on April 13, 1908, to Harry Nobles and Flora Elizabeth Hussey Nobles. In 1915, the couple divorced, and Flora raised her two young boys in Winnipeg.
Flora temporarily moved her children to her husband's house in Hatfield Point, New Brunswick, in 1916, but Nolan never saw his mother again, owing to his father's machinations.
Nolan went to Boston, Massachusetts, with his aunt Florence. He attended The Belmont School until 1921, when he and his father Harry, a United States Army officer, moved to Tucson, Arizona, at the age of 13. He attended Safford Junior High School until 1922, then moved to Roskruge Junior High. He was an average student in high school and excelled in athletics. In May 1928, he graduated from Tucson High School.
Nolan married Tennie Pearl Fields, a 16-year-old boy, on July 7, 1928, less than two months after he had left high school. Roberta Irene, a thirteen-month-old daughter, was born to them, but the marriage was not complete until the beginning.
Nolan left school and found jobs around the country, often writing songs. In 1929, he began working as a lifeguard in Los Angeles. His father had changed his name to Nolan, and it was as Bob Nolan that he started a career as a singer on the Chautauqua tent-show circuit and as a lifeguard in Santa Monica.
Film career
Nolan began his career in film in 1934 as Ken Maynard's singing voice in the 1934 film In Old Santa Fe. In 1935, the Sons of the Pioneers appeared in their first full-length Western film The Old Homestead. That year, they also contracted Columbia Pictures to provide the music for Charles Starkt's western films. The collaboration was far from lucrative (they were charged $33 apiece to appear in every film, and Nolan and Spencer each received $10 for every original song), but the worldwide exposure was very helpful to the company.
Nolan appeared in at least 88 Western films, first for Columbia Pictures and then with cowboys Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. He appeared in high-budget films like Hollywood Canteen and Rhythm on the Range with Bing Crosby, as the Sons of the Pioneers. Melody Time, a Walt Disney short, appeared in the Walt Disney short Melody Time.
Nolan appeared in several Charles Starrett westerns, often playing the second lead. Columbia's president Harry Cohn took an interest in Nolan, releasing three edicts; Nolan's singing voice in the early Star Wars was not a polished baritone and should not be subbed by other singers; and he wanted to make Nolan's dancing voice more prominent; and he wanted to prepare him to act in his own films. Nolan blasted Cohn's first two instructions, but he turned down the opportunity to be a film actor. Columbia students were advised by movie enthusiasts (who knew Nolan's singing voice from records and radio) to use Nolan's own voice, which was first seen on television in 1940.
Columbia disbanded the close-knit Starrett unit for a short time in 1941, freeing the Sons of the Pioneers from joining Roy Rogers at Republic Pictures. In numerous films from 1948, Nolan and the group appeared as his musical sidekicks. Night Time in Nevada was their last film together. In several of these films, Nolan was prominent supporting roles with extensive dialogue. Nolan's own cowboy film series was once offered by the Republic, but he turned down the offer.
Nolan married Clara Brown on June 11, 1942, who was dubbed P-Nuts due to her slim stature. They arrived at the Columbia Drugstore on Sunset and Gower near the Columbia Studio lot. P-Nuts had come to Hollywood in search of fame, but instead found work at the drugstore, where Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers often ate lunch and Nolan would work on his song lyrics.
Honours and awards
- 1971 Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame
- 1972 BMI Special Citation of Achievement for "Cool Water"
- 1976 Gene Autry Award
- 1976 Hollywood Walk of Fame Award
- 1977 William F. Cody Award
- 1979 National Western Film Heritage Award
- 1980 Country Music Hall of Fame Country Music Association Award
- 1984 New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame Award
- 1986 Grammy Award for "Cool Water"
- 1993 Canadian Country Music Association Hall of Fame
- 1994 Western Music Association Hall of Fame Award
- 2005 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Award for "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
- 2005 Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Award for "Cool Water"
- 2011 American Cowboy Culture Award for Western Music.
- 2012 Manitoba Country Music Association Hall of Fame Award