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Male vocal duet, with yodeling, 2 steel guitars, and violin Male vocal duet, with 2 steel guitars and violin Recordings (Results 1-25 of 105 records) Company = Recordings were issued from this master. = Recordings are available for online listening. Notes: Listed on some Columbia labels as 'Gene Autry (The Yodeling Cowboy).' Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, composer, lyricist, songwriter, yodeling, arranger

The town of Gene Autry, Oklahoma, was named in his honor, as was the Gene Autry precinct in Mesa, Arizona.īirth and Death Data: Born Septem(Grayson County), Died Octo(Studio City)ĭate Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1950 In addition to his signature song, 'Back in the Saddle Again', and his hit 'At Mail Call Today', Autry is still remembered for his Christmas holiday songs, most especially his biggest hit 'Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer' as well as 'Frosty the Snowman', 'Here Comes Santa Claus', and 'Up on the House Top'.Īutry is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for film, television, music, radio, and live performance. His singing cowboy films were the first vehicle to carry country music to a national audience. Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of country music, considered the second major influential artist of the genre's development after Jimmie Rodgers. During the 1930s and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero-honest, brave, and true-and profoundly touched the lives of millions of Americans. Autry was the owner of a television station, several radio stations in Southern California, and the Los Angeles/California/Anaheim Angels Major League Baseball team from 1961 to 1997.įrom 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films, and between 19 hosted The Gene Autry Show television series. Orvon Grover 'Gene' Autry (Septem– October 2, 1998), nicknamed The Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician and rodeo performer who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s.

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