Bob Nolan (born Clarence Robert Nobles, April 13, 1908 â€" June 16,
1980. Name changed to Robert Clarence Nobles in 1929) was a
Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a
founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous
Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool
Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of
the finest Western songwriters of all time. As an actor and singer he
appeared in scores of Western films.Nolan was born April 13, 1908 in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Harry Nobles and Flora Elizabeth Hussey
Nobles. The couple separated in 1915, and Flora raised her two little
boys in Winnipeg.In the summer of 1916 Flora temporarily moved her
children to her husband's parents' home in Hatfield Point, New
Brunswick, but due to the machinations of his father, Nolan never saw
his mother again.
1980. Name changed to Robert Clarence Nobles in 1929) was a
Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a
founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous
Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool
Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of
the finest Western songwriters of all time. As an actor and singer he
appeared in scores of Western films.Nolan was born April 13, 1908 in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Harry Nobles and Flora Elizabeth Hussey
Nobles. The couple separated in 1915, and Flora raised her two little
boys in Winnipeg.In the summer of 1916 Flora temporarily moved her
children to her husband's parents' home in Hatfield Point, New
Brunswick, but due to the machinations of his father, Nolan never saw
his mother again.
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