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Tex Ritter, born Woodward Maurice Ritter on January 12, 1905, in Marvaul, Texas, was an American singer and actor known for his contributions to country music and film. He began his career in the early 1930s, performing cowboy songs on the radio in New York and acting in the Broadway production of "Green Grow the Lilacs." Ritter hosted radio programs such as "Tex Ritter's Campfire" and "Cowboy Tom's Roundup" before recording his first records in late 1932. His breakthrough came in 1936 when Hollywood producer Edward Finney cast him in the Western film "Song of the Gringo." Over the years, he starred in a total of 85 films, including "Trouble in Texas" (1937) alongside a young Rita Hayworth, and made around 20 Westerns in the late 1930s and early 1940s. In 1942, he became the first country artist signed to Capitol Records, where he enjoyed a long and successful career. Ritter achieved significant chart success in the 1940s, with hits like "I'm Wastin' My Tears on You" in 1944, which topped the charts, and "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often," which reached #1 for 11 consecutive weeks in 1945. He continued to record and host the television program "Town Hall Party" from 1953 to 1960. After an

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