Over the years, country music greats such as Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, Jimmie Davis, Will Strahan, Slim Whitman, Floyd Cramer, Sonny James, Hank Snow, Faron Young, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, Claude King, Jimmy Martin, George Jones, John and The Three Wise Men, Johnny Cash, Frankie Miller, Tex Ritter, and Lefty Frizzell, among many others performed on Louisiana Hayride.

King was frequently on the same shows with Elvis Presley, Tex Ritter, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, Jimmie Davis, Slim Whitman, Faron Young, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, George Jones and Lefty Frizzell.

The grave of Tex Rickard in Woodlawn Cemetery ( Bronx ) | Woodlawn CemeteryRickard was engaged in fight promotion in Miami Beach when he died at age 59 on January 6, 1929, of complications following an appendectomy.

He travelled worldwide to defend his title during his three-year reign as champion, including making frequent stops back in Vancouver to defend his title in NWA All Star, taking on challengers such as Lou Thesz, Don Leo Jonathan, Dutch Savage, Bill Dromo, Bearcat Wright, John Tolos, Chris Tolos, Abdullah the Butcher, Haystacks Calhoun, Bobby Shane, Dean Higuchi, Tex McKenzie and Paddy Barrett in the promotion.

Dallas had not worn its blue jerseys at home since 1964, as Cowboys general manager Tex Schramm opted to have the team wear white at home in order to present fans with a consistent look.

A few months later, he forced out longtime general manager Tex Schramm, and assumed complete control over football matters.

Throughout his tenure, Landry worked closely with the Cowboys general manager, Tex Schramm.

* Tex Schramm ( 1920 – 2003 ), original president and general manager of the U. S. National Football League's Dallas Cowboys franchise

Texas Earnest " Tex " Schramm, Jr. ( June 2, 1920-July 15, 2003 ) was the original president and general manager of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys franchise.

In January, Lomax, who knew nothing whatever about the recording business, became Lead Belly's manager and, through a friend, cowboy singer Tex Ritter, got Lead Belly a recording contract with the famous A & R man Art Satherly of ARC records.

It consists of lead singer / drummer Didi, twin guitarists Tex and Rex ( who play one oversized instrument together ), bassist / vocalist Grace, and pianist Tito ; their manager is J. J. Silvers.

He was the last first-round draft pick made by the Cowboys under the leadership of long-time general manager Tex Schramm, player personnel director Gil Brandt, and coach Tom Landry ( Schramm predicted that Irvin would accelerate the Cowboys ' " return to the living ").

For example, in the 1960s, Sports Illustrated's lead football writer was Tex Maule, whose previous job had been as public relations director for Pete Rozelle, the general manager of the NFL's Rams.

Other celebrities who have appeared include retired heavyweight boxer Randall " Tex " Cobb, former 76ers President Pat Croce, former Phillies manager Larry Bowa, U. S. Senator Arlen Specter, and others.

With two games left for the Cowboys to play in the 1967 NFL season, Murchison and Cowboys general manager Tex Schramm announced a plan to build a new stadium in Irving, Texas.

Mike Nye, Ronnie Ford, Bert Smith, Tex Collins and many other softball legends took to the field for Detroit, led by manager Gary Vitto, earning the team two World Series titles before disbanding after the 1979 season.

The fact that his manager, Jack Kearns, and his promoter, Tex Rickard, to whom many refer today as the Don King of his era, were also famous, made city officials even more convinced that a large crowd would visit Shelby for the fight, in hopes of seeing Kearns and Rickard as well as the fight.

Also present at the historic event were Cowboys owner Clint Murchison, president / general manager Tex Schramm and Head Coach Tom Landry.

Ring of Honor inductees have been chosen by the former president-general manager, Tex Schramm and then by owner Jerry Jones.

Versions have been recorded by Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Tommy Dorsey, Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orchestra ( Recorded in New York City on February 1, 1947 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalogue number 20-2016B and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number BD 5968 ), Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Doris Day, Jan Garber, Fumio Nanri, Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Mel Tormé, Connie Francis, Jean Sablon, Keely Smith, Terumasa Hino, Harry Connick Jr, Ella Fitzgerald, Olavi Virta, The Peanuts, Django Reinhardt, Barry Manilow, John Coltrane, Earl Grant, Willie Nelson, Billy Ward and His Dominoes, George Benson, Mina, Ken Hirai, Los Hombres Calientes and many others.

* With University of Texas Saxophone Ensemble: Tex Sax Next Generation ( Mark Records 7119 )

* With University of Texas Saxophone Ensemble: Tex Sax ( Mark Records 2280 )

Another related label was Citation Records, " a Scepter Records subsidiary / series that featured a fake gold record on every cover, advertising the ' best of ' ( Joe ) Tex, Flip Wilson, Deep Purple, Wilson Pickett, the Isley Brothers, and anything else they could lease ( or own the rights to ).

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section played on hits by many Stax artists during the late 1960s through the mid 1970s, and Atlantic Records artists Pickett, Percy Sledge, Joe Tex and Aretha Franklin.

Records released a four-track EP by Harvey's retro rock band The Wallbangers, featuring songs written by Harvey, and also with co-writers Tex Perkins, Loene Carmen.

* Tex Beneke ( as " Blues in the Night March ", released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3513, with the flip side " The One Who Gets You ")

In 1935, he was promoted to animator, and assigned to work with new Schlesinger director Tex Avery.

Tex Schramm was believed to be a " one-man committee " in choosing inductees and many former Cowboys players and fans felt that Schramm deliberately excluded linebacker Lee Roy Jordan because of a bitter contract dispute the two had during Jordan's playing days.

As Tex, his horse and dog are very thirsty, Kalamakooya also makes a waterfall where there had been no water before and so when the town was built, it was named after Tex's feathers and the waterfalls.

This song is sometimes described as the theme song to the series, but it was not as another song referring to the Tex Tucker character actually opened the episodes.

The closing theme song was " Two Gun Tex of Texas.

Other Hall of Famers who participated in the game were from Dallas: GM / President Tex Schramm, and defensive coordinator Ernie Stautner, who actually was a HOF defensive tackle for the Steelers.

The film was shown at the Chicago Film Festival and released, alongside the teen drama Tex, for two weeks in one Los Angeles cinema.

By the end of the decade, a new Schlesinger production team, including directors Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, and Chuck Jones was formed.

The legendary animation director Tex Avery was the producer of the first Raid " Kills Bugs Dead " commercials in 1966, which were very successful for the company.

Doris Tate was the first person to make such an impact statement under the new law, when she spoke at the parole hearing of one of her daughter's killers, Charles " Tex " Watson.

Tex Avery was hired to the studio in 1935, and his film Gold Diggers of ' 49 reused much of the cast from I Haven't Got a Hat, albeit in wildly different roles.

In 1954, " Tiger Rag " was featured in the MGM cartoon Dixieland Droopy, directed by Tex Avery, in which Droopy plays on his record.

Probably the most famous and first was ( I've Got a Gal In ) Kalamazoo " ( 1942 ) by the Glenn Miller band with Tex Beneke.

He was the film sales executive in charge of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, which included Tex Avery and the team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, creators of Tom and Jerry.

Matt Groening has claimed that Hans Moleman was inspired by Tex Avery's Droopy, who shares many of Moleman's deadpan and unassuming mannerisms.

" Chattanooga Choo Choo " was performed by the Miller orchestra with his singers Gordon " Tex " Beneke, Paula Kelly and the vocal group, the Modernaires.

This band was led by Tex Beneke, former lead saxophonist and a singer for the civilian band.

George Lewis " Tex " Rickard, president of Madison Square Garden, was awarded an NHL franchise for the 1926-27 season to compete with the now-defunct New York Americans, who had begun play at the Garden the previous season.

Another, more Americanized form of Australian country music was pioneered in the 1930s by such recording artists as Tex Morton, and later popularized by Slim Dusty, best remembered for his 1957 song " A Pub With No Beer ".

Frederick Bean " Fred / Tex " Avery ( February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980 ) was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation.

Tex Avery was born to George Walton Avery ( b. June 8, 1867-d. January 14, 1935 ) and the former Mary Augusta " Jessie " Bean ( 1886 – 1931 ) in Taylor, Texas.

The film was shot so adults, except for Dee Wallace, are never seen from the waist up in the first half of the film, as a tribute to the cartoons of Tex Avery.

According to Bogdanovich, Tex Ritter was almost cast in the role ( he was introduced to Bogdanovich by John Ritter, who was being considered for the part of Sonny ).