Jules Verne Allen Born:  April 1, 1883 Died:  July 10, 1945 KFI Los Angeles, CA KNX Hollywood, CA WFAA Dallas, TX WOAI San Antonio, TX

About The Artist Jules Verne Allen was born in the 80's, the 1880's to be exact in Waxahachie, Texas on the first day of April. Based on the biographical sketch that was included in the book he wrote "Cowboy Lore", he lived the words he wrote about. He started working with cattle when he was just ten years old in Jack County, Texas. In the 1890s, he was a horse wrangler, crossing the plains five times. He worked cattle from the Rio Grande border to the Montana line. He was a "rough string rider" and "bronco buster" fourteen years. While not in the ranches and prairies, he also grew up with a guitar and music. He recorded for the RCA Victor label. It was said that "despite the claims of contemporaries he is "The Original Singing Cowboy" and this title is fully copyrighted by RCA Victor and Southern Music Publishing Company. He worked in law enforcement for many years - as a peace officer at different times in his career; deputy sheriff of el Paso County; member of the El Paso police force; deputy sheriff of Bernillo County, New Mexico; mounted inspector for the U. S. Immigration authorities; and, Texas Ranger during Governor Sterling's administration. He volunteered to serve his country was accepted on APril 5, 1917 for duty in World War I. He was a member of both the Disabled American Veterans and American Legion. The sketch indicates that his programs displayed his versatility, but it always came down to those "...frontier ballads that have made him famous from coast to coast." He wrote the book "Cowboy Lore" to hand down to the glamor and glory of the southwest to history for others to learn what life was like in those years. The New York Times reviewed Mr. Allen's book in June of 1933. The article notes that Mr. Allen had told them the way of the cowboy was still going strong, alluding to one Texas ranch that had nearly 800 of them. It notes he started his cowboy training when he was just ten years old. When the book was published, it seems that Jules Verne Allen was doing more entertaining as a Singing Cowboy over the radio airwaves along with personal appearances at rodeos and recordings. than he was as a cowboy. Credits & Sources Cowboy Lore; By Jules Verne Allen; Biographical Sketch of the Author; 1943; Naylor Company; San Antonio, TX The Cowboy Lives On; New York Times; Book Review; June 4, 1933; New York, New York Get The Music British Archives of Country Music

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Recordings (78rpm/45rpm)   Montgomery Ward Rec. No. Side Song Title   4343 A Home On The Range   4344 A Little Joe The Wrangler   4344 B Long Side The Sante Fe Trail   4463 A Chisholm Trail   4463 B Days Of 49   4464 A Zebra Dun   4464 B Jack O' Diamonds   4779 A Jack O' Diamonds   4779 B Cowboy's Love Song   4780 A Longside The Santa Fe Trail   4780 B Little Joe The Wrangler   4781 A Two Fragments   4781 B Texas Cowboy   Victor Rec. No. Side Song Title   VI40022 A Gal I Left Behind   VI40022 B Zebra Dun   VI40068 A Texas Cowboy   VI40068 B Prisoner For Life   VI40118 A Longside The Santa Fe Trail   VI40118 B Two Fragments   VI40167 A Chisholm Trail   VI40167 B Cowboy's Love Song   VI40178 A Cowboy's Dream   VI40178 B Cowboy's Lament   VI40263 A When The Work's All Done This Fall   VI40263 B Punching The Dough