Simply one of the best singing voices ever! A timeless treasure, an extraordinary example of well honed talent, which I most heartedly applaud. ThxU Tex.
I grew up on Westerns and when I heard High Noon and Gunsmoke by Tex Ritter I was so proud to be an American and a Texan. I know the spirits of these greats never leave us and they will be back again.
I still play a Tex Ritter CD every single night when I got to sleep. I got to meet him once and have his autograph...... a great man........ I won't ever forget him.
I had the great pleasure of spending about 45 minutes in a booth at a coffee shop with Tex Ritter and Waylon Jennings in 1968. Waylon was griping about RCA and the songs they were making him cut and Tex was telling him that he should be happy now that he's on the national charts and making money. It is one of my most cherished memories
I met both multiple times, Waylon because I provided Security for a lot of his Appearances in and around Houston Texas .. . Yes Ritter because Him and Many others were part of HFD Benefit Programs My Uncle brought to Houston to raise money for the Fore Department from the 50ies on Until his Death !! ! And a special personal friend B. J. Thomas who I met and became friends with thru a former Member of his Band .. . I went to School with David at Sam Houston High School !! !
UK - I was lucky enough to meet him when I was an inpatient in a children's hospital many many years ago. I was only about 5 years old but I remember him well. He gave me a signed photograph of himself that I still have. He was a wonderful man.
AIN'T NO GREATER SINGER OR UNKLE THEN MY FAVORITE COWBOY FRIEND TEX RITTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY GOD BLESS HIM IN COWBOY HEAVEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Dad, '29 - '94 used to sing out loud when in great mood, "do not forsake me oh my Darling"..just that part, not the whole song. I never knew what song it was he was or by whom. Than I found out after I started to be a big fan of classic country. I love it and purchased it along with a few other Tex Ritter tunes off of itunes.
Wow thats about the best clip from Dick Cavett I can remember! I really liked that performance, very dramatic and close to the end of Tex's life too, really powerful, thanks for posting! Thanks Tex!
Lucky me!!! As heros go, off screen what were they like? Better than their screen image. Tex Ritter and me, for example, he put his arm around my shoulder and we talked father-to-father. What an honor. What a "nice" human being. I was in radio at the time and acting as a host to a bunch of very big stars. I liked them all, but none.. none.. came close to the man who you are watching here. The very nicest, un-asumming (spl) man I have ever met.
“Cowboy ethics”” I’m 85 years old and I still remember the lessons taught in movies like “High Noon “….duty, honor..courage…sadly Hollywood doesn’t value that anymore
Tex Ritter was born in Panola county Texas in the Murvaul community which no longer exists but a nearby lake was named after it. I was born in Shelby county just a few miles down the county road. I got to see and hear him perform and talk to him while at college in Nashville in late 1972 just a little over a year before his death. It was a small but intimate gathering in the Law School auditorium.
The greatest western theme song from the greatest western movie ever made, High Noon. This great performer was actually the father of John Ritter of "Three's A Company" fame. RIP.
"Just lost his primary run for senate in Tennessee." I saw him just before this when he dined at the Holiday Inn where I worked part time while in high school. He was in town for one of those package shows Nashville put on the road back then. Part of the package was the late Loretta Lynn, who I also got a chance to see. She was coming out of her room at the HI escorted by 2 auxiliary policemen, when I just happened to be in the area. I was immediately mesmerized by how beautiful she was in person and stood there staring at her like a sick calf. The policemen escorted her to a big gold Cadillac with "Tex Ritter for Senate" bumper stickers all over it. R.I.P. to both and thanks for the lifelong memories.
I am a 76-year- old guy from India. I have seen bits of High Noon perhaps a 100 times on U-Tube. The movie's the biggest movie classic till today. The movie's got the depth of a Shakespeare play. Like U derive something new from Hamlet & Macbeth each time U read them.... I derive something new from High Noon each time I C it. And what is High Noon? It's Tex Ritter & Don't forsake me, O My Darling.... .....a haunting melody that resonates throughout the movie. V R privileged to live in a time High Noon was made. Keep smiling my friends Arvind Kala
I'm a fan of High Noon as well. I liked it as a kid and I liked it even more as an adult. I don't know if you've seen the 1939 movie, Stagecoach, but if you haven't you might give that a try as well. FWIW, I'm 75.
Where did all the good men go ? Heaven for sure ! Men like Tex never needed a medal , he just rode straight thru life and the kids and grownups wanted to ride along with him ! Have you seen any men today that makes a mark in life like he did ? If so, tell us ...
this version blends the films original lyrics of: "The noonday train will bring frank miller If I'm a man, I must be brave And I must face that deadly killer" with the re-written for release by Frankie Laine version: "I do not know what fate awaits me I only know I must be brave And I must face a man who hates me" I guess Tex has sung both versions so many times they blend into one!
John Ritter's father. Loved his Three's Company. The funniest series ever. Specially jack tripper :) John died in the same year his mother dorothy Faye died, 2003. John, wherever you are smile, because you're loved.
Well...either the date you offered was mistaken or you were duped...into sharing a good, though inaccurately recollected experienced of what maybe the second most important thing in your tale...a cold beer, a good story and warm-hearted friends to tell it to with that minor note self-effacing plot twist.
Thanks for posting. I saw another version where Tex is sitting in a cowboy outfit in a studio by a stream singing this. Can't locate it now. I'll try again anyway. Thanks.
First saw him sing Wagon Wheels when I was a young man. He was up there with Autry and Rogers. Untile Cheyenne Bodie came along, he was my favorite cowboy.
What an utterly CRAP site ! - I posted two replies to differing posts that have been deleted . Write what they want to hear to get your opinion in print !! Waste of F*****g time and space !
Great footage of Tex. I have been trying to track down Tex's song called "Fall Away" without success. If you have this Is there any chance of putting it on here.
Though there is been many great versions of this song Ritter's version is the one and only. Too bad that his original has been overshadowed with Frankie Laine's recording for instance.
Those of us of a certain age get a shiver up the spine,,,,
I think it has less to do with age and more to do with the soul's depth.
I’m 36 and it makes my knees weak ❤
I'm 85 and old enough to know America needs a lot more men like Tex Ritter !
probably one of the most iconic movie tracks of all time.
And unlike Jaws, this has dialogue.🤠
He put 100% into that performance, even though he has played it 1000's of times. Wonderful feeling...
Amen brother. Tex was a great performer.
Great time to be alive.
Simply one of the best singing voices ever! A timeless treasure, an extraordinary example of well honed talent, which I most heartedly applaud. ThxU Tex.
I grew up on Westerns and when I heard High Noon and Gunsmoke by Tex Ritter I was so proud to be an American and a Texan. I know the spirits of these greats never leave us and they will be back again.
High Noon and this song share the same greatness in the American art.
Absolutely the Quintessential Man Music Movie
I still play a Tex Ritter CD every single night when I got to sleep. I got to meet him once and have his autograph...... a great man........ I won't ever forget him.
winstonsuz that must have been so amazing
The soft fading in and out of this tune throughout the movie helped express the loneliness and solitude of a man facing and unknown future.
Thanks for posting this. He sings about a time when good and evil were clear cut.
Amen
Yeap.
The America I grew up in. Long gone, but not forgotten.
You were alive in 1886?
I had the great pleasure of spending about 45 minutes in a booth at a coffee shop with Tex Ritter and Waylon Jennings in 1968. Waylon was griping about RCA and the songs they were making him cut and Tex was telling him that he should be happy now that he's on the national charts and making money. It is one of my most cherished memories
I met both multiple times, Waylon because I provided Security for a lot of his Appearances in and around Houston Texas .. .
Yes Ritter because Him and Many others were part of HFD Benefit Programs My Uncle brought to Houston to raise money for the Fore Department from the 50ies on Until his Death !! !
And a special personal friend B. J. Thomas who I met and became friends with thru a former Member of his Band .. .
I went to School with David at Sam Houston High School !! !
Nailed it. The best. Iconic.
Pure magnificent live performance.
UK - I was lucky enough to meet him when I was an inpatient in a children's hospital many many years ago. I was only about 5 years old but I remember him well. He gave me a signed photograph of himself that I still have. He was a wonderful man.
AIN'T NO GREATER SINGER OR UNKLE THEN MY FAVORITE COWBOY FRIEND TEX RITTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY GOD BLESS HIM IN COWBOY HEAVEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tex,Ritter was one of my favorite singers when I was a kid coming up in,Jackson, Miss. He will never be forgotten.
Joe,G Bowen
Miss Gulf Coast
An all time great song from the movie "HIGH NOON".
Still sounds good after all these years
Just wonderful. What a voice!
Composer Dimitri Tiomkin won an Oscar for this song!
+Ted Sarbin Dimitri a great composer.
@@colkidglen8802 A chief composer of western theme songs.
the great storytellers of country music.
Now THAT was a performance and {MORE}.
To me, this remains a True*
from the heart...
《Tex💛Ritter》
sentimentality sung! 💚*
My Dad, '29 - '94 used to sing out loud when in great mood, "do not forsake me oh my Darling"..just that part, not the whole song. I never knew what song it was he was or by whom. Than I found out after I started to be a big fan of classic country. I love it and purchased it along with a few other Tex Ritter tunes off of itunes.
THAT WAS GREAT TEX !
Great Tex Ritter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow thats about the best clip from Dick Cavett I can remember! I really liked that performance, very dramatic and close to the end of Tex's life too, really powerful, thanks for posting! Thanks Tex!
This song caught me off guard!!! Randomly heard it and started crying lol
The guitar fills in this rendition - the electric guitar throughout - are amazing. Just wonderful
only one TEX RITTER,GOD REST HIS SOUL
Masterpiece from an Academy Award winning movie ... Gary Cooper and the song writer ... +!
Loved him as singer and actor
That guitar is a beauty.
Wonderful song for a marvelous movie.
Watching Three's Company got me here, because of his son John.. Glad i did..
This was very cool to watch..
Lucky me!!! As heros go, off screen what were they like? Better than their screen image. Tex Ritter and me, for example, he put his arm around my shoulder and we talked father-to-father. What an honor. What a "nice" human being. I was in radio at the time and acting as a host to a bunch of very big stars. I liked them all, but none.. none.. came close to the man who you are watching here. The very nicest, un-asumming (spl) man I have ever met.
I will never forget the time when I was a little boy in the 60's.....Tex was the Star Singer at a Grocery Store Opening in Mesquite, Texas......
What a classic tune by one of America’s greatest country’s singers.
was always great in cowboy westerns, remember going movies and watching , Tex Ritter
AWESOME, decades afterwards...LOVE IT!!!!!
In the movie, the film score for "High Noon," it is Tex Ritter. Frankie Laine also did a terrific version of the song.
“Cowboy ethics”” I’m 85 years old and I still remember the lessons taught in movies like “High Noon “….duty, honor..courage…sadly Hollywood doesn’t value that anymore
3 generations of Ritter family entertainment .... Tex, John, Kristin .... 🤗
Never heard of Kristin. But I’ve heard of Jason. He did Dipper from Gravity Falls. Unfortunately, that has nothing on Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Amo esta música!❤
Iconic song from an iconic movie, by an iconic singer
WE LOVE & MISS YOU " TEX "!!!!😊❤🤍💙🤟🤘👍👍👍👍🙏💪
The movie was 1953 .Did u ever see it ?
Tex Ritter was born in Panola county Texas in the Murvaul community which no longer exists but a nearby lake was named after it. I was born in Shelby county just a few miles down the county road. I got to see and hear him perform and talk to him while at college in Nashville in late 1972 just a little over a year before his death. It was a small but intimate gathering in the Law School auditorium.
Just watched HighNoon, reminds me of theGolden time of Hollywood.
I have commented on this song by the great Tex many times , It is great
I love this guy!
The greatest western theme song from the greatest western movie ever made, High Noon. This great performer was actually the father of John Ritter of "Three's A Company" fame. RIP.
So so great love it & DC.
"Just lost his primary run for senate in Tennessee." I saw him just before this when he dined at the Holiday Inn where I worked part time while in high school. He was in town for one of those package shows Nashville put on the road back then. Part of the package was the late Loretta Lynn, who I also got a chance to see. She was coming out of her room at the HI escorted by 2 auxiliary policemen, when I just happened to be in the area. I was immediately mesmerized by how beautiful she was in person and stood there staring at her like a sick calf. The policemen escorted her to a big gold Cadillac with "Tex Ritter for Senate" bumper stickers all over it. R.I.P. to both and thanks for the lifelong memories.
Tex Ritter Singing Cowboy 1952
Black and White
Good vs Evil
Music is Emotion
Amazing. Thx for posting. Legendary
I am a 76-year- old guy from India.
I have seen bits of High Noon perhaps a 100 times on U-Tube.
The movie's the biggest movie classic till today.
The movie's got the depth of a Shakespeare play.
Like U derive something new from Hamlet & Macbeth each time U read them....
I derive something new from High Noon each time I C it.
And what is High Noon? It's Tex Ritter & Don't forsake me, O My Darling....
.....a haunting melody that resonates throughout the movie.
V R privileged to live in a time High Noon was made.
Keep smiling my friends Arvind Kala
I'm a fan of High Noon as well. I liked it as a kid and I liked it even more as an adult.
I don't know if you've seen the 1939 movie, Stagecoach, but if you haven't you might give that a try as well. FWIW, I'm 75.
Where did all the good men go ? Heaven for sure ! Men like Tex never needed a medal , he just rode straight thru life and the kids and grownups wanted to ride along with him ! Have you seen any men today that makes a mark in life like he did ? If so, tell us ...
Beautiful guitar, Fender not really known for acoustics, love to have that one
Best Western Song of all Time
Comprei um CD e foi uma grande emoção quando ouvi esta música, que voz maravilhosa e até hoje coloco para tocar varias vezes.
Check out Mary Lou by The Creative Force, amazing!
One of Best Movies ever
Eines meiner Lieblingslieder!
Great Tex Ritter and his song
The perfect voice for this song. ❤
this version blends the films original lyrics of:
"The noonday train will bring frank miller
If I'm a man, I must be brave
And I must face that deadly killer"
with the re-written for release by Frankie Laine version:
"I do not know what fate awaits me
I only know I must be brave
And I must face a man who hates me"
I guess Tex has sung both versions so many times they blend into one!
Late Joh Ritter father. RIP to both.
Hard to believe that in a few years, he’d be gone
John Ritter's father.
Loved his Three's Company. The funniest series ever. Specially jack tripper :)
John died in the same year his mother dorothy Faye died, 2003.
John, wherever you are smile, because you're loved.
I met Tex Titter in 1978 in riverside ca when i worked at MCTV the old mds tv ch / ON TV out of LA had a cold beer with the man
GREAT, but didn'the die in 1974?
Wow !!!!
sorry you could not have met tex in 1978 as he died in 1975
Well...either the date you offered was mistaken or you were duped...into sharing a good, though inaccurately recollected experienced of what maybe the second most important thing in your tale...a cold beer, a good story and warm-hearted friends to tell it to with that minor note self-effacing plot twist.
@TheJR1948 john ritter's dad
Thanks for posting.
I saw another version where Tex is sitting in a cowboy outfit in a studio by a stream singing this. Can't locate it now. I'll try again anyway. Thanks.
Hope I get to see you and John in Hillbilly Heaven!😔😃love and miss you both!!
Bloody brilliant
a good stage act and a beautiful white caddy convertible...
nezapomenutelná píseň, barva hlasu i melodie!!!!
Exactly!
Tex Ritter had a very good song that I like that's called " Just Beyond The Moon " and for some strange reason the video takes no comments !
Love seein his face and name painted on that building in Tenaha, Texas.
I'm a metal head, and I respect him big time. Legend.
Great to hear an alternative version of the original lyrics!
Finally the version from the film such a good film might i add long live tex and gary
First saw him sing Wagon Wheels when I was a young man. He was up there with Autry and Rogers. Untile Cheyenne Bodie came along, he was my favorite cowboy.
What an utterly CRAP site ! - I posted two replies to differing posts that have been deleted . Write what they want to hear to get your opinion in print !! Waste of F*****g time and space !
Cheyenne was always my favorite western. I didn't know, until recently, how good a singer Clint Walker was.
Awesome... he could bring it
Makes me shed a little tear ya all
Beautiful
Amazing classic even for us brits xxx
Out of control backing guitar pull the plug - PS Frankie was great, it was Mitch the goofed things up
Tch, tch, tch, Tex. You were some likeable character!
Tex still had. Bless him
@mjp2501 This song by Tex won best song as well as best picture of that year I believe early 50's. This award was the academy award......
a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do
Thank you.
Nur Stimme und Musik, great
I like it
Superb
Golden Triangle Texas proud...😮...Tex...The Big Bopper...Barbara Lynn...Janis Joplin...😮...
brilliant!!
Great footage of Tex. I have been trying to track down Tex's song called "Fall Away" without success. If you have this Is there any chance of putting it on here.
Good song!
Bucky Pizzerelli on that amazing guitar coming from the Dick Cavett orchestra!
I didn’t know Ol’ Tex ran for Senator in Tennessee back in the day! 🥴
Though there is been many great versions of this song Ritter's version is the one and only. Too bad that his original has been overshadowed with Frankie Laine's recording for instance.