{"id":1602,"date":"2001-02-19T14:39:04","date_gmt":"2001-02-19T14:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2001\/10\/24\/herb-jeffries-visiting-907\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:36:02","slug":"herb-jeffries-visiting-907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/2001\/02\/19\/herb-jeffries-visiting-907\/","title":{"rendered":"Herb Jeffries &#8211; Visiting (907)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy and Gene Autry are some of the names you might think of when you are talking about the great Hollywood cowboy singers, but one name you might not know is Herb Jeffries. Herb is a black cowboy singer who starred in all black cowboy movies in Hollywood&#8217;s early years. Herb is alive and well and still performing. 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