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Karl Farr, 52, western singer and composer who founded the “Sons of the Pioneers” singing group with cowboy actor Roy Rogers 27 years ago, died of a heart attack Wednesday in Springfield, Mass. Farr was stricken while appearing in a musical at the Eastern States Exposition.
Karl Farr was born on 25 April 1909 in Rochelle, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Sons of the Pioneers (1942), Heldorado (1946) and Hit Parade of 1947 (1947). He was married to May Barksdale. He died on 20 September 1961 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Rochelle, Texas, USA
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- West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Karl Farr was born on April 25, 1909 in Rochelle, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Heldorado (1946), Sons of the Pioneers (1942) and Hit Parade of 1947 (1947). He was previously married to May Barksdale. He died on September 20, 1961 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
- April 25, 1909
- September 20, 1961
Hugh Farr retired from the group in 1959 and his brother, guitarist Karl Farr, died in 1961. The group continued to record new albums for RCA through the 1960s, the last being a collection of Hawaiian songs, The Sons of the Pioneers Visit the South Seas (1969).
Jan 20, 2015 · RCA Victor released only two Farr Brothers 78's. This was the first. Both discs were from the same 1947 session and featured Hugh Farr on fiddle, Karl Farr o...
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Karl Farr Farr, Karl. Country and swing guitar player, born April 25, 1909, in Rochelle, Texas, Karl Farr died in West Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 20, 1961. Besides playing music as a young child in the family home, Farr performed in a variety of bands throughout his life. At age thirteen, he began playing several instruments in Chet
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