Orvon Eugene Autry (also
known as Gene Autry) is an
American performer who become
famous as "The Singing Cowboy"
on the radio, in movies and on
television for over three
decades since in the 1930s.
Autry is also owner of a
television station and several
radio stations in southern
California and the Los
Angeles/California Angels
Major League Baseball team
from 1961 to 1997.
Autry best known today for his
Christmas holiday songs, "Here
Comes Santa Claus" ( he's the
one who wrote this song),
"Frosty the Snowman", and his
biggest hit, "Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer" but his
trademark song was "Back in
the Saddle Again".
He is a member of both
Nashville Songwriters halls of
fame and the Country Music. He
is the only celebrity to have
five stars on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame.
Autry is singing on Tulsa’s
radio station KVOO as
"Oklahoma's Yodeling Cowboy,"
and the Victor archives shows
on October 9, 1929. Admission
stating that the vocal duo of
Jimmie Long and Gene Autry
with two Hawaiian guitars was
directed by L. L. Watson. They
recorded “My Dreaming of
You” and “My Alabama” .
In 1934, film producer Nat
Levine discovered Autry and
Burnette and made their film
debut in "In Old Santa Fe" for
Mascot Pictures Corp. as part
of a singing cowboy quartet.
He was given a major role in
1935 by Levine in the 12-part
series "The Phantom Empire".
After that, Autry went along
to make another 44 films until
1940.
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