LOS ANGELES - Actor Fess Parker, who became every baby boomer's idol in the 1950s and launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (WATE) — A legendary figure known as “King of the Wild Frontier” has strong ties to the Morristown area. Davy Crockett spent large part of his childhood there. Hundreds of tourists ...
Fess Parker enjoyed great success with this 1954 Columbia recording, originally released as a 45 rpm single. Written by George Bruns (music) and Tom Blackburn (words), the song recounted Crockett's ...