Freddy Quinn und Ken Curtis alias Festus aus rauchende Colts (Smoking Guns)
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@peggynapoli55019 ай бұрын
Still watch Fetus on ME TV Gunsmoke! What a versatile actor singer, and all around Good Cowboy!
@paulabrown5243Ай бұрын
Yes every day. Gunsmoke comes on on INSP several times a day.
@deanblanton-fh3gq4 ай бұрын
Sure brings back good memories while riding around in my dad’s truck listening to the AM radio and the Sons of the Pioneers are singing . Great music and still is.
@roseluke71483 жыл бұрын
Love Ken's beautiful voice!!❤
@kennbo1 Жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis' real name was Curtis Gates. He was my father's school mate. His father was the sheriff of their small town Las Animas. My father would laugh when Gunsmoke came on because Curtis real voice was nothing like his characters.
@jimwatts49013 ай бұрын
I met him back in 84 I think it was ? One nice and multi talented man 👍
@jamestucker41153 ай бұрын
😮
@Bronwyn5112 жыл бұрын
RIP ken curtis, he was a wonderful actor and singer, hard to believe he has been gone so long
@sharonboshart49863 жыл бұрын
I watch Gunsmoke just to see what Fetus will do! He is really a man to love because he does so many things are just precious! I love to hear him sing!
@jimlobley86752 жыл бұрын
Yes I loved him in gunsmoke but didn't know he could sing like this he is bloody great
@patriciamilitia16 жыл бұрын
This song sure brings back memories from a kinder, gentler time in life! Thanks for posting it.
@ArkRed113 жыл бұрын
I worked for four years with Festus on the fair and rodeo circuit. What a great guy to work with. RIP Mr. Ken.
@ladycharsw2 жыл бұрын
We remembered him and his wife lived in Clovis Cal. My son and wife lives in Fresno. My son is gone now since 2015, but his wofe and her family lives there. Merry Xmas🙏
@curtcoltharp37192 жыл бұрын
I met him as a 10 year old kid in Vernon, TX, about 1969 or 1970. He performed at our local rodeo sponsored by the Wagoner Ranch. You may have been on that trip. He sang with a group. I can’t remember their name but the female singer was Joanie something. I’ll never forget that experience.
@mariaschatz91412 жыл бұрын
@@curtcoltharp3719 You are so lucky
@mariaschatz91412 жыл бұрын
You are so lucky
@ArkRed12 жыл бұрын
@@curtcoltharp3719 I joined in 1974-78. The female singer you saw was Joannie O'Bryant. She left before I joined. Heidi Nelson took her place for awhile, and then, funny as it seems, Jeannie Bryant (no relation) stayed with the group until Ken retired. Sometimes Ken not thinking would introduce her as Joannie O'Bryant. We'd all get a chuckle out of that. Ken would laugh with the rest of us. He was such a great guy.
@paulinegulas35652 жыл бұрын
He can sing anything!!! I love him 😍👍❤️
@deadeye-zh9ce2 жыл бұрын
I’m 13 and gunsmoke is my favorite show
@danaaugustine28092 жыл бұрын
Good for you! Festus and Matt will show you how to treat people with kindness and respect.
@deadeye-zh9ce2 жыл бұрын
Thanks I agree
@deadeye-zh9ce2 жыл бұрын
God bless you
@barrybrittain1633 жыл бұрын
Oh, that just TOTALLY blew me away! This has really made my day! Love Ken Curtis! I get such a big kick out of his Festus Haggen character and his Festusisms, those funny comeback lines really crack me up!😂 He was such a multitalented actor and a really awesome singer, I really miss seeing him on TV!
@donaldleslie11455 жыл бұрын
Festus a man for all seasons. Wonderful man and outstanding performer! They just don't come any better this side of heaven.
@AlamoYTCGermany11 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis, in dieser Freddy Quinn Show damals, war schon ein Highlight. Erinnere mich noch dran. Curtis war der Schwiegersohn des großen John Ford, ein begnadeter Sänger (Son's of the Pioneers) und ein beliebter Schauspieler. Nicht nur als Festus in Rauchende Colts (Gunsmoke), oder als Jim Buckley in "Sprung aus den Wolken" (Ripcord). Vor allem in zahlreichen Western u.a. an der Seite von John Wayne unvergesslich, so zb. Rio Grande, Alamo oder Der schwarze Falke. Danke für diesen "Upload"!
@cindybuffington29862 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this gem! He had a incredible voice such as Jim nabors
@dav10999 жыл бұрын
Still watch Gun Smoke everyday at noon on MeTV, great singer and very good actor.
@rickmay14347 жыл бұрын
dav1099 Festus, can also do the tater bug danice. if U can read the wright, or wrote read, that's how he say it.
@rickmay14347 жыл бұрын
dav1099 He made Gunsmoke fun.😅
@garyatkins71426 жыл бұрын
the black and white versions are on INSP ch 364 directv :D
@Tewrobert496 жыл бұрын
yeeehaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
@catherinegabriel7605 жыл бұрын
So So I, (Only Comcast DOESN'T for some STUPID reason) have Me-Tv anymore. I only watch it when I visit my mom. She has (U-Verse which has Me-Tv)
@mizkat10143 жыл бұрын
Everytime I see Mr Ken Curtis in anything else …, I’m in awww of his acting ! This man was a true ‘actor’ 💯
@judynichoks86849 жыл бұрын
absolutely wonderful. Festus is a great man, voice and acting .Thank you for features of him.
@jesusnova53293 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful man! Loved his Festus character, beautiful voice!
@pascaldrake88116 жыл бұрын
I’m a Festus fan. Ken Curtis was such a special person. Great actor and singer. Son in law of the famous director John Ford, he also replaced Frank Sinatra in the Tommy Dorsey Band. I still watch Gunsmoke and miss him. RIP pard.
@MrCarlHaynes7 жыл бұрын
God Bless You Ken Curtis and the Sons Of The Pioneers!
@raymondutter26162 жыл бұрын
Awesome Ken Curtis clip , thank you
@Jetsonzgirl13 жыл бұрын
How great is it to see Festus in full cowboy regalia and a Freddy Quinn in tux and tails singing a great cowboy lament!! Thanks for sharing this classic.
@lorainetaylor2012 Жыл бұрын
These old songs are absolutely amazing and great I love them Thankyou for sharing them
@curtcoltharp37192 жыл бұрын
Mr Curtis came you our small town for a rodeo appearance back early 70’s and I got to meet him and shake his hand. Several of the local business and social clubs invited him to attend and he turned them down but he did tour all the area hospitals and nursing homes. He was a very nice man and a great singer and performer. It absolutely made my day as a 10 year old kid.
@margel629 жыл бұрын
It's amazing! You'd never think he would sound like that!
@haroldpayne25273 жыл бұрын
Who’s the other guy,my wife is looking for his show, Thanks.
@margel623 жыл бұрын
@@haroldpayne2527 Freddy Quinn but I don't know him.
@drydesert80362 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, please watch his movie w/Wayne. "Riogrande" he's in there and singing and standing tall. With Ben Johnson and fellow cast members some of the greats in the business. Yooo Dogie..
@gunterangel6 ай бұрын
@@haroldpayne2527 If you're still interested, this was in a German TV show in 1986, "Die Freddy- Quinn -Show: It's Country Time", where Freddy Quinn hosted international stars of country music. Quinn is Austrian. He was born in 1931 to an Austrian mother, his father was of Irish descent. Thus Quinn grew up bilingual and became fluent im English. This fluency in English as a teenager helped him in getting good connections to American soldiers, when they occupied Austria and Germany after WW2 and he travelled the USA in his early adult years. His good connections to the USA obviously resulted in contacting Ken Curtis and inviting him for his country-music-TV-show in Germany. I still remember this guest-star- appearance of Ken Curtis at the German TV very well and how astonished we all were to learn that he was not only Festus in Gunsmoke ( that was all that we knew him from in Germany ), but also an accomplished singer with a remarkably beautiful and sonor baritone voice. In the German dubbed version of Gunsmoke they had given him the cranky odd voice of German dubbing actor Gert Duwner, and by doing so they hade made Festus' appearance even more eccentric and quirky than in the American original. So you can imagine, what a surprise, yes, what revelation it was for the German TV audience, when they heard him for the first time speaking AND SINGING with his actual and really well-sounding beautiful own voice.
@haroldpayne25276 ай бұрын
He also was a member of (Sons of the Pioneers ).
@CommanderKurgan15 жыл бұрын
Yep, the gentleman in the tux is Freddy Quinn, Austrian-born singer, actor and entertainer who hosted a show "It's Country Time" on German TV back in the...80s, I believe. Damn, I'm getting old, but I still remember taping Ken Curtis' "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" with a cassette recorder in front of the TV. Aaaah, youth...
@hattiesgrandaughter44638 жыл бұрын
Curtis Wain Gates (Ken Curtis) began his singing career with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in the 1940s. Made 60+ films between 1941 and 1991 - 50 years - Was a member of The Sons of the Pioneers for many years most notable performances in films with John Wayne. He appeared on Gunsmoke between 1962 and 1975.
@peterpiperman95428 жыл бұрын
Maureen Nolan the emergency backup singer for Frank Sinatra in case he left the band which of course he did them sing with the sons of the Pioneers amazing talent
@TheShizue7777 жыл бұрын
Before Tommy Dorsey, Ken was with Shep Fields and his New Music. KZbin has a couple of clips with Ken singing: Shep Fields New Music - Ken Curtis (Vocal)
@karenmiddleton9955 жыл бұрын
I have a CD from his younger years. If I wasn't told that was him and probably would have never recognized him. Boy he was young. Gunsmoke ain't good without Festus. Gotta love his character.
@John-ob7dh4 жыл бұрын
Charlie in the searchers.No kicking biting or gouging.lol
@moryan64473 жыл бұрын
He was a son in law of John Ford and appeared in a number of his movies often with John Wayne. But I think he got the parts because he could act not just being a relative. And what a voice!
@elkekuehl60303 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Ken curtis and Freddy in germany
@carolynjones64575 жыл бұрын
I absolutely Love this song.
@kennethpack19632 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis was a great singer a long time before he became a cowboy on the telly...
@TheShizue7778 жыл бұрын
I'm 62 and should have known this about Don't Fence Me In. The composers? Music by Cole Porter and lyrics by Robert Fletcher and Cole Porter. So easy to take these wonderful songs for granted and all these years later (I'm 62) realize what a timeless talent is behind it. Cole Porter!
@DressedForDrowning10 жыл бұрын
Wow. Goosbumps because of this song and performance.
@JimTopsecret9 жыл бұрын
Areat actor, singer and person God Bless you Festus and thanks for the good times
@patriciaberry89364 жыл бұрын
Remember Sons of the Pioneers, when I was very young. My Uncle loved, " Cool Water".
@patriciaberry89364 жыл бұрын
An Ken is a great singer.
@patriciaberry89364 жыл бұрын
I still watch the old stations an of course, Gunsmoke, Rifleman, etc.
@ArkRed12 жыл бұрын
I joined Ken in 1974 replacing Hi Busse. The girl who sang with him was Joanie O'Bryant when you saw him. Who was replaced by Heidi Nelson, who was replaced by Jeannie Bryant (no relation). I left to work a music show in Branson in 1978, Jeannie and the others in the group, guitar and bass, stayed with him until he retired. Funny, the last show I played with Ken was in Vernon, TX. in 1978.
@dianebowers7103 Жыл бұрын
Love this song
@honeywolf18 жыл бұрын
love and miss him
@jimlobley55872 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful singer also actor
@Angel99122218 жыл бұрын
I did not know that "Festus" could sing He has a very good voice!!.
@dorothycoker88307 жыл бұрын
Linda Fraser you don't watch many John Wayne movies.
@StacyAnneH6 жыл бұрын
Festus AKA Ken Curtis sang with the Sons of The Pioneers at one time. He replaced Bob Nolan when he left the group.
@lrctrublu6215 жыл бұрын
Linda, are you aware that Amanda Blake AKS Miss Kitty, could belt out a song too? yep.
@hermansjo2 жыл бұрын
Geweldig dat is echt genieten Gr Lies
@williamlegall29882 жыл бұрын
All I can say is "Precious"!!! Doubtful if they'll ever be moments like this, in the media, ever again.
@dennisb-trains23 Жыл бұрын
Love FESTUS! Ken Curtis. Actors don't sing like this today.
@michaelblair69559 жыл бұрын
He wrote one of my faveorite songs, Ghost Riders In The Sky, to bad not a lot of people know that this man was such a great singer song writer.
@shizuehicks74428 жыл бұрын
Stan Jones of Douglas, Arizona (1948) wrote Ghost Riders In the Sky. Ken Curtis sang with The Sons of the Pioneers when they made the hit recording of Ghost Riders in the Sky (1949).
@kennbo1 Жыл бұрын
Stan Jones and co-writer Eden Ahbez wrote this in 1948. Stan Jones first performed it in 1949.
@andrearath77824 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@catherinegabriel7605 жыл бұрын
GOD, Festus (Ken Curtis) was so fine, & man could he sing!!! RIP, Ken Curtis
@goodnluckyone44477 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis was lead singer for Sons Of The Pioneers for several years. He later joined Gunsmoke when Dennis Weaver left.
@billypate24796 жыл бұрын
Goodn Luckyone he also played in Glenn Miller's band in the 1940's
@anniehooker5410 Жыл бұрын
Festus was the best. He was an EXCELLENT singer.
@davidlloyd99804 ай бұрын
Underrated, absolute Genius❤❤❤
@Whatshisname511 жыл бұрын
Would love to see, Ken dressed as Festus singing big band songs.
@greenacres190910 жыл бұрын
This made me cry and smile :-)
@larrymick24459 жыл бұрын
+Billy Green -------------Me,too. I could hardy see! It's too short, so I listened to it about ten times, and I had just as much trouble with the tenth one as I did with the first one; ditto for tumbling tumbleweeds.
@TheShizue7777 жыл бұрын
See YT clip: Ken Curtis sing "Noah's Dove" Ken's beautiful voice shines again.
@derkaderka40175 жыл бұрын
Billy Green Amen sir!
@williamlegall29882 жыл бұрын
So true! It's so precious!
@daviddoherty52493 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis was a one of a kind.
@daningrisham96024 жыл бұрын
Wonderful actor and singer loved festus in Gunsmoke and classic song originaly sang by the king of the Cowboys aka Roy Rogers
@j.sumner69992 жыл бұрын
If you want to really hear Ken sing, check out "Call of the Faraway Hills". The music was the theme for "Shane". Beautiful.
@janicesimmons6764 Жыл бұрын
Love hearing Ken Curtis sing
@kevinw9073 Жыл бұрын
A beautiful classic!
@m.micola61817 жыл бұрын
this man had a voice. .one of the greatest singers ever equal to & probably better than any the only 2 persons that would equal him: Frankie Lane, Glenn Yarbrough
@bernhardberlage75924 жыл бұрын
Freddy ist immer super !!!
@KRAZZYMF14 жыл бұрын
LOL! this just blows my mind,I never knew he could sing!!
@user-tv9de3wu4d10 ай бұрын
This song was a favorite of many German soldiers during WW2.
@FayeWear-hf1vp11 ай бұрын
Love Fesus great voice
@diannehallmancrazybirdlady10 ай бұрын
Amazing! No words!!
@MissKitty-qf7jp5 жыл бұрын
Love Festus 2019 god bless you thanks love your songs and great on gunsmoke
@RuthMannshausen14 жыл бұрын
@mjp2501 Thanks for the Info. This where a Show for Birthday of Freddy Quinn
@annavanjaarsveld74113 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful voice
@evaheiser40832 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis und Freddy ,herrlich.schöne Erinnerungen ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@carolcole8198 жыл бұрын
love Ken
@carmendelrrodriguez12832 жыл бұрын
Festus by far the best on Gunsmoke
@gunterangel6 ай бұрын
If you're still interested, this was in a German TV show in 1986, "Die Freddy- Quinn -Show" - It's Country Time", where Freddy Quinn hosted international stars of country music. Quinn is Austrian. He was born in 1931 to an Austrian mother, his father was of Irish descent. Thus Quinn grew up bilingual and became fluent im English. This fluency in English as a teenager helped him in getting good connections to American soldiers, when they occupied Austria and Germany after WW2 and he travelled the USA in his early adult years. His good connections to the USA obviously resulted in contacting Ken Curtis and inviting him for his country-music-TV-show in Germany. I still remember this guest-star- appearance of Ken Curtis at the German TV very well and how astonished we all were to learn that he was not only Festus in Gun Smoke ( that was all that we knew him from in Germany ), but also an accomplished singer with a remarkably beautiful and sonor baritone voice. In the German dubbed version of Gunsmoke they had given him the cranky odd voice of German dubbing actor Gert Duwner, and by doing so they hade made Festus' appearance even more eccentric and quirky than in the American original. So you can imagine, what a surprise, yes, what revelation it was for the German TV audience, when they heard him for the first time speaking AND SINGING with his actual and really well-sounding beautiful own voice.
@biffarone14 жыл бұрын
When Frank Sinatra left the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra to go out on his own ... Ken Curtis replaced him! He also sang with the Sons of the Pioneers and was the son in law of legendary western director John Ford
@laken.bowles16 жыл бұрын
That was great! Thanks for posting.
@TheShizue7778 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing, Ruth Mannshausen! Great clip of a wonderful star who was a wonderful singer -- Ken Curtis! This is the first time I've heard Freddy Quinn, singing star from Austria. He's great and they both do a wonderful duet with Don't Fence Me In. Nice to hear.
@karlcolt6 жыл бұрын
The best ever!!!!!
@thomasdrozd94712 жыл бұрын
Evey time I watch Gunsmoke, I cry a little, because I adored Ken Curtis. He really cold sing and ws a great actor. R.I.P. MR. CURTIS. That was my MOM'S maiden name. Col. P Drozd
@adrianahinestrosaАй бұрын
Love you cowboys 😄😄😄😄😄😄♥️♥️♥️♥️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@archierussell19992 жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFUL.
@archierussell19992 жыл бұрын
Beautiful.
@paulinegulas35652 жыл бұрын
It was him!the great singer! I loved him!
@curlywolfone9 жыл бұрын
Don't fence me in is my personal philosophy.
@whitt70214 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis never got far in the movies until he showed his acting ability as Festus Hagan where he became a household name. Personally, I like him as a singing cowboy. He sure showed his teeth!!!!!
@judybest69916 жыл бұрын
All I can say is WOW WHAT A VOICE
@strattuner11 жыл бұрын
multi talented,excellent vocalist
@joansmith58702 жыл бұрын
So beautiful
@showaltermicro2 ай бұрын
Super Nice !!!!
@keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117 Жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis was a great Original member of the "Sons of the Pioneers"
@terrysampson57592 жыл бұрын
He is so cute Festus
@Igor1947Carolina9 жыл бұрын
Very good!...
@TheNLCrane15 жыл бұрын
beautiful!
@donnacouch74304 жыл бұрын
beautiful voice
@jivenet19 күн бұрын
First saw him with in Roy Roger westerns (Sons of the Pioneers) 1950's. He was also in 2 episods of Have Gun Will Travel (S4 E2).
@randysalas34534 жыл бұрын
love this!!!
@daddioduce12 жыл бұрын
What a guy.
@janicesimmons6764 Жыл бұрын
Festus as I know him best from Gunsmoke looks so happy when he is singing ❤️❤️🙏🙏..RIP Festus ( Ken Curtis)
@joanforchrist72726 жыл бұрын
I love his voice and Gun Smoke. I have heard him sing before.
@cma116 жыл бұрын
Ken Curtis is/was the greatest!!!
@greycaddis13 жыл бұрын
Ken was in Rio Grande/ the Searchers he also starred in the TV series the Yellow Rose of Texas with Sam Elliot and Noah Berry.
@dixiestine999111 жыл бұрын
He sang on some of the very early episodes. I still watch them just about every evening. :)
@lmdixon37953 ай бұрын
He was my cousin, twice! We were very proud of him.
@wayneberry82262 жыл бұрын
Love ken..
@MrCarlHaynes7 жыл бұрын
I don't want to be fenced in neither... Believe that! PLEASE?!!
@maureenannethompson50313 жыл бұрын
I so amazed I didn’t know he could sing and do very good