Secrets Of TV’s The Rifleman: More Than Just Guns And Good Times

Teen Idol Days

The actor took the path that many young TV stars of the 1950s chose: He became a teen idol and started a singing career. It was a better choice for Crawford than many of his peers of that era. Crawford sang five Top 40 hits in the 1960s, the biggest of which was “Cindy’s Birthday,” which reached No. 8 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 in 1962.