This doesn't say if the single was culled from the album or if the album was released to cash in on the success of the single. In 1975 he released a singing album-his first. In the '60s he starred in the TV series "Frontier Circus" and "The Rounders." For his work in The Alamo (1960) he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. 'Trail Of The Lonesome Pine' originally appeared in the 1937 film Way Out West and became a smash hit single in 1975. He provided the voice of Francis the Talking Mule in the "Francis" comedy series of films. It is often forgotten that whilst Stan Laurel was the smaller of the two physically, he played the bigger part in shaping the pair s destiny, and it was his decision to incorporate songs and some dance routines into the storylines. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) WEB-DL 720p.mkv Format. For the next fifteen years he was busy onscreen as a character actor, but after 1953 his film work became less frequent. Old, Old, Old School Tune, Is closer than others, But still may need some tweaking THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE F7 204320 CAPO 5th FRET C G7 F7 G7 On a mountain in Virginia, Stands a lonesome pine G7 C D7 G G7 Just below is the cabin home, Of a little girl of mine C E7 B7 Em Her name is June and, Very, Very soon, She'll belong, To. Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda. After appearing with the group in several Westerns, beginning with his screen debut, Bar 20 Rides Again (1935), he disbanded the group in 1938. There was something exquisite about early Technicolor, particularly when you had faces as divine as those of Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda to photograph.
He formed Chill Wills and the Avalon Boys, a singing group in which he was the leader and bass vocalist, in the '30s. In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia On the trail of the lonesome Pine In the pale moonshine our hearts entwine. He began performing in early childhood, going on to appear in tent shows, vaudeville, and stock throughout the Southwest.
Biography of Chill Wills by All Movie Guide