Roy Rogers was inducted into the Western Music Associaton Hall of Fame in 1989.
Roy Rogers was mentioned in the Lyle Lovett single "If I Had A Boat", and Elton John's 1973 album "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" contained the escapist ballad "Roy Rogers".
Roy's theme song, "Happy Trails", was written by Dale Evans.
Star of Mutual (1944-1951) and NBC Radio's (1951-1955) "The Roy Rogers Show."
The Sons of the Pioneers were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6843 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
The little town of Portsmouth, Ohio (USA) also claims to be the hometown of Roy. They also have a little museum with mementoes and hoofprints of Trigger, handprints of Roy and Dusty in the sidewalk in front of the museum. Every year they had a Roy Rogers Day and Roy or Dusty would make an appearance.
The Roy Rogers/Dale Evans Museum has closed. All the memorabilia was sold at auction in April and May of 2011.
There is a Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Museum at Branson, Missouri.
Was a Master Mason. In other words, he became a member of the Masonic Fraternity.
Was a strong opponent of gun control, and once appeared in TV commercials put out by the National Rifle Association opposing a proposed ban outlawing certain types of guns in California.
When Leonard Slye needed a "white hat" stage name, he chose to use the name of a dentist he had used during his childhood in Ohio. The dentist Roy Rogers had a son, grandson and great-grandson who also share his name.