July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), better known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country singer. Copas was born in 1913 in Adams County, Ohio. He began performing locally at the age of fourteen, and he performed on radio shows for WLW and WKRC in Cincinnati during the 1930s. In 1940, he moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he performed on WNOX with his band, the Gold Star Rangers. In 1943, Copas achieved national fame when he replaced Eddy Arnold as a vocalist in the Pee Wee King band and began performing on the Grand Ole Opry.

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