Billy Graham revival in Los Angeles. He soon gave up his secular radio and film career to enter Christian broadcasting with his radio show, "The Cowboy church of the Air," which ran from 1938-52.[4] Stuart Hamblen died 8 March, 1989, in Santa Monica, California, USA, of brain cancer[5]. [edit] Music Hamblen wrote the popular songs, "This Ole House" and "Open up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine in)" (not to be confused with the 1969 hit song by The Fifth Dimension, or the song from the ...