Only twice during the Don Bowman era of ACC did someone else (other than Bob Kingsley) host special countdowns.
On July 4, 1976, legendary cowboy movie and recording star Rex Allen hosted the 3-hour special "Songs of the American West." The songs featured were as follows:
#44 - The Last Frontier - Rex Allen
#43 - Wagons West - Sons of the Pioneers
#42 - When the Work's All Done This Fall - Tex Ritter
#41 - Little Joe the Wrangler - Marty Robbins
#40 - When the Cactus Is in Bloom - Arlo Guthie
#39 - The Everlasting Hills of Oklahoma - Hank Thompson
#38 - Sierry Pete's - Bob Atcher
#37 - Song of the Trail - Sons of the Pioneers
#36 - Cowpoke - Johnny Western and Sons of the Pioneers
#35 - Riders in the Sky - Vaughn Monroe
#34 - The Night Guard - Roy Rogers
#33 - Night Rider's Lament - Jerry Jeff Walker
#32 - (Take Me back to My) Boots and Saddle - Bob Atcher
#31 - A Cowboy's Dream - Eddy Arnold
#30 - The Last Round-up - Rex Allen
#29 - Empty Saddles - Burl Ives
#28 - Call of the Canyon - Jimmy Wakely
#27 - Rawhide - Frankie Laine
#26 - Press Along to the Big Corral - Sons of the Pioneers
#25 - The Railroad Corral - Rex Allen
#24 - Stampede - Johnny Cash
#23 - Strawberry Roan - Marty Robbins
#22 - All Around Cowboy - Waylon Jennings
#21 - Calgary Snow - Bobby Bare
#20 - Red River Valley - Marty Robbins
#19 - Davy Crockett Speech - John Wayne
#18 - Remember the Alamo - Tex Ritter
#17 - Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie - Eddy Arnold
#16 - Lorena - Johnny Cash
#15 - Jose Villa Lobo Alfredo Thomaso Vincente Lopez - Rex Allen
#14 - I'm a Young Cowboy (Streets of Larado) - Rex Allen
#13 - Ballad of Boot Hill - Johnny Cash
#12 - High Noon - Tex Ritter
#11 - Hardin Wouldn't Run - Johnny Cash
#10 - Sam Bass - Tex Ritter
#9 - Billy the Kid - Marty Robbins
#8 - Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold and Hugo Winterhalter Orch.
#7 - Back in the Saddle - Gene Autry
#6 - Run Apache - Walter Brennan
#5 - Cool Water - Sons of the Pioneers
#4 - At the Rainbow's End - Hank Snow
#3 - Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Sons of the Pioneers
#2 - Home on the Range - Tex Ritter
#1 - Too Lee Roll'um - Rex Allen
Songs of the Amercian West Hosted by REX ALLEN
The songs on the 3 LPs are:
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