Episode 72 Aired on KNX Los Angeles, CBS on December 20, 1947 featuring Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage. Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage rose to fame as the house band for Cottonseed Clark's Hollywood Barn Dance, which was a wartime replacement for Gene Autry's Melody Ranch. Foy Willing (May 14, 1914 – July 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and bandleader, who performed Western music and appeared in Western movies.