Talk:Riders of the Purple Sage (band)

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The first "original" Riders of the Purple Sage was formed circa 1932 by Jack Dalton and was disbanded after a couple of years. If Buck Page's group was indeed named Riders of the Purple Sage (they were advertised as the "Sons of the Purple R[S]age" in a Village Barn, New York advertisement), they were the second. Foy Willing's Riders of the Purple Sage, formed by him in 1943 when he started the Hollywood Barn Dance on CBS radio, was the third group, and became the most popular and successful of the three. Although disbanding in 1952, it was temporary; Foy never relinquished the name and periodically reorganized and recorded his Riders of the Purple Sage until his death, July 24, 1978.

Sharon Lee Willing, author of "No One to Cry To," a biography of Foy Willing. Sharonleewilling (talk) 21:56, 29 March 2008 (UTC)