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Tex Ritter was a pioneer of American country music, a singer, and an actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. Born in Murvaul, Texas, he became famous as a singing cowboy in over 70 films, starting with "Song of the Gringo" (1936). His most notable songs include "I'm Wastin' My Tears on You," "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often," and "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)." Ritter was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1964 and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1965. He passed away in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1974.
