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- Birth nameCarl Stuart Hamblen
- During his youth Stuart Hamblen traveled throughout Texas with his father, and itinerant preacher who later became the head of his denomination. Hamblen attended school between trips, preparing for a teaching career, later completed college with a degree in education. He practiced singing while riding the range, often writing his own songs. His first musical opportunity came when he won an amateur singing contest in Dallas and was engaged to join a group of touring singers. Eventually he settled in California, where he began his radio career while also appearing in motion pictures and rodeos. His Radio program ran for 20 years. Eventually Hamblen would convert to the evangelical faith and begin to concentrate on writing hymns and sacred songs. Hamblen would also go on to record a collection of Robert W. Service poems, entitled: The Spell of The Yukon. Stuart Hamblen included several of his own compositions as well. The Spell Of The Yukon (Columbia) Side 1 Side 2 Shake The Hand Of A Man (Hamblen) Send Me A Lady (Hamblen) The Shooting Of Dan McGrew (Service) The Cremation Of Sam McGee (Service) The Lure Of The Little Voices (Service) Make Believe Bay (Hamblen) Pokolodie Bill Left His Soul Behind (Hamblen) Big Wicked Bill (Hamblen) The Spell Of The Yukon (Service) Mush (Hamblen)- IMDb Mini Biography By: Andie
- SpouseSuzy Daniels(? - March 8, 1989) (his death, 2 children)
- Hosted Cowboy Church of the Air radio show (1938-52).
- One of his most famous songs from the 1950s, "Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sunshine in", was later revived on an episode of The Flintstones and sung by Pebbles and Bamm Bamm in the mid-1960s.
- His song "This Ole House" awarded Song of the Year (1955).
- Wrote one of the most popular gospel songs of all time, "It Is No Secret", inspired by a Billy Graham prayer meeting and a conversation with John Wayne.
- Ran as a third party candidate for President of the United States in 1952. Running on the Prohibition Party ticket, Hamblen did well enough to accumulate some 72,949 recorded popular votes in an election that saw Dwight D. Eisenhower elected President for the first of two terms.
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