Fleming Allan (February 2, 1904 – February 2, 1965)''California, Death Index, 1940-1997'' was an American composer of Western music, who helped make that genre popular in the 1930s. Fleming Allan was born in California On February 2, 1904. His mother was a native of

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.Fleming Allan, Occupation: Composer, resident in Hollywood, 1935 address in Chicago, residing with mother Minnie Fleming, divorced. ''1940 United States Federal Census'' He worked at

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around the time that

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and

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were singing for that station, then moved to

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. He spent most of the rest of his life in California, writing songs for many movies in the 1930s and 1940s. For a period in the early 1950s, Allen and the Mesner brothers operated Intro Records, a BMI affiliate. In January 1954 he left this job to join Gene Autry's music publishing business. Allan composed songs for western movies by Autry, Ken Curtis,

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, Rod Cameron, Ray Whitley, Bob Baker, George O'Brien,

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. His songs were recorded by Roy Rogers (I've Sold My Saddle for an Old Guitar), Gene Autry (Old Buckaroo) and Eddie Dean. He died in Los Angeles on his 61st birthday.

Films

Fleming Allen composed songs for many western films, often performed by

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The Old Corral '' The Old Corral '' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Irene Manning. Based on a story by Bernard McConville, the film is about a sheriff of a small western town who sings his ...

'' (1936) * '' Boots and Saddles'' (1937) * '' Git Along Little Dogies'' (1937) * '' Public Cowboy No. 1'' (1937) * '' Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm'' (1937) * '' Wild Horse Rodeo'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) * '' Western Gold'' (1937) * '' Courage of the West'' (1937) * '' Range Defenders'' (1937) * '' Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge'' (1937) * '' Ghost Town Riders'' (1938) * '' Prairie Justice'' (1938) * '' Guilty Trails'' (1938) * '' Black Bandit'' (1938) * '' Outlaw Express'' (1938) * '' Western Trails'' (1938) * '' Saga of Death Valley'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Stunt Pilot'' (1939) * '' Wolf Call'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Honor of the West'' (1939) * '' The Tulsa Kid'' (1940) * '' Rainbow Over the Range'' (1940) * '' Stage to Chino'' (1940) * '' Sierra Sue'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1944) * '' Riders of the Santa Fe'' (1944) * '' Lone Star Moonlight'' (1946) * '' Singing on the Trail'' (1946) * '' Throw a Saddle on a Star'' (1946) * '' Over the Santa Fe Trail'' (1947) * '' Brand of Fear'' (1949)

References

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