There was also a personal appearance Champion and a pony known as Little Champ. 1940, Gaucho Serenade Himself His business interest became even more involved during the 60s, when apart from owning various radio and television companies, he became the owner of the California Angels major league baseball team. He died October 2, 1998. Gene 1953, Saginaw Trail 1950, The Big Sombrero Gene 1 Jackie Autry, former Angels owner and widow of iconic entertainer Gene Autry, has finally sold her Riverside County horse ranch for $550,000. 1953, On Top Of Old Smoky In early December of 1929, Autry cut his first six sides for ARC. Quite apart from the radio shows and films, Autry toured extensively with his stage show. The music was a mix of hillbilly, blues, country, yodel songs, and cowboy ballads. When he made his last B-movie western, Last Of The Pony Riders, in 1953, he had 89 feature films to his credit. The success of Autry's early films was not enough to save Mascot Pictures, which collapsed under the weight of debts held by Consolidated Film Laboratories, which did Mascot's film processing. Meanwhile, his recording career continued, often in tandem with the movies. At the time of his induction, he was described as ‘one of the most famous men, not only in America but in the world’. Further recordings followed for ARC Records under the direction of Art Satherley, some being released on various labels for chain store sales. 1953, Barbed Wire Gene Autry was more than a musician. By 1934, he was well known as a radio and recording personality. Gene Himself Further films followed in quick succession and by 1940 Autry ranked fourth among all Hollywood money-making stars at the box office. Autry was the only cowboy star to make the list, and the only actor from B movies on the list. Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Present that same day in the studio were two up-and-coming singers, Rudy Vallée and Kate Smith. Gene Himself Having for some time been portrayed as a singing cowboy by the publicity departments of his record companies, he now took his first steps to make the publicity come true. His singing career was bigger than ever, however. Gene Gene Martin guitar, with beautiful ornamental pearl inlay, together with his name. The biggest selling country & western singer of the middle of the 20th century was born Orvon Gene Autry on September 29, 1907, in the tiny Texas town of Tioga, the son of Delbert and Elnora Ozmont Autry. 1937, Yodelin' Kid From Pine Ridge Himself His first recordings had just been released when his mother, who'd been ill for months, died at the age of 45, apparently of cancer. He was first taught to sing at age five by his grandfather, William T. Autry, a Baptist preacher and descendant of some of the earliest settlers in Texas, contemporaries of the Houstons and the Crocketts (an Autry had died at the Alamo). Gene Two weeks later, Autry was making a demo record for the Columbia label of Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. Himself At one point, the visitor asked him to sing another. 1 Episode (2019), The Western Heroes of Gower Street 1952, Night Stage To Galveston Your new favorite show is right here. Himself GENE AUTRY. 1953, Pack Train Himself 1941, A Classic Christmas (My Music) Licensed from Muze. 1952, Apache Country 1949, Sons Of New Mexico Himself 1939, Rovin' Tumbleweeds Levine next stuck Autry and Burnette into a Ken Maynard serial, Mystery Mountain, in minor supporting roles. 2 Episodes (1950), Last Of The Pony Riders His songs such as ‘Be Honest With Me’, ‘Back In The Saddle Again’ (which became his signature tune), ‘You’re The Only Star In My Blue Heaven’, ‘Goodbye, Little Darlin’ Goodbye’ (later recorded by Johnny Cash) and many more, became tremendously popular. Himself Himself 5 Episodes (2014-2014), Alias Jesse James Played Thomas in "Mystery Mountain" in 1934. Gene 1948, The Last Round-Up 1941, Under Fiesta Stars In 1980, he was inducted into the Cowboy Hall Of Fame Of Great Westerners. 1940, Home On The Prairie Gene Autry He was still a name to be reckoned with at the box office, although he was never again ranked among the top ten money-making stars of movies. 1935, The Singing Vagabond After trying unsuccessfully to work out the problems with Yates, Autry walked out of the studio chief's office and thereafter refused to report for the first day's shooting on a movie called Washington Cowboy, later retitled Under Western Stars when it became the debut of Roy Rogers. 1940, Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride Himself Whenever Republic could, the studio licensed the rights to whatever hit song Autry had most recently recorded to use it as the title of his newest picture -- when this was done, Republic always charged the theater owners somewhat more for the film, and they paid it, because the song had "pre-sold" the movie to the public. During the early years of his career, Autry took a number of important collaborators and musicians aboard. His previous singing cowboy image was now reality. Gene Autry has: Played Gene Autry in "In Old Santa Fe" in 1934. Autry got his first guitar at age 12, bought from the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog for eight dollars (saved from his work as a hired hand on his uncle's farm baling and stacking hay). 1 Episode (2011), Gallery Contrary to prevailing belief, there never was a feud between Autry and his replacement at Republic, Roy Rogers - it was purely the invention of Republic’s publicity department. 1953, Goldtown Ghost Riders After eight months of legal sparring, Autry was left enjoined from making live appearances. By 1937 and for five years after -- a string that was only broken when he enlisted in the army during World War II -- Autry was rated in an industry survey of theater owners as one of the top ten box-office attractions in the country, alongside the likes of James Cagney and Clark Gable. Himself 1935, Mystery Mountain Radio Hits: Volume 2 (1946 - 1960) (10-CD). The production values on these movies were modest, in keeping with their low budgets and tight shooting schedules, but within the framework of B Westerns and the context of their music, they were first-rate productions. Trust us. Himself His movies still made money, however, and he kept making them right into the beginning of the 1950s, after which he moved into television production -- Autry had already begun buying up radio stations before the war, and by the early '50s he was owner of several television stations, a studio, and his own production company, where he made his own television program as well as others that he owned. Gene After hearing recordings of Jimmie Rodgers, he became something of a Rodgers clone as he tried to further his career. Himself Gene Autry was more than a musician. After the war, he still did cowboy and country songs such as "Silver Spurs" and "Sioux City Sue," sprinkled with occasional folk songs and pop numbers. Himself Himself Orvin Gene Autry, 29 September 1907, near Tioga, Texas, USA, d. 2 October 1998, Studio City, California, USA. 1952, Hills Of Utah Autry settled into a schedule of one movie every six weeks, or eight per year, at $5,000 per movie, and a formula was quickly established. The prototypical singing cowboy, an icon of early Hollywood and a lasting influence on country music. Will Carson 1936, Ride, Ranger, Ride The songs kept coming, sometimes out of the movies themselves, and not always his own: Autry's friend Ray Whitley had written "Back in the Saddle Again" for a 1938 George O'Brien Western called Border G-Man, and when Autry was looking for a theme song for his own radio show, he went back to Whitley's song, made a few changes, and recorded it himself. By the fall of 1938 the two sides had come to terms, with raises for Autry and freedom from the most onerous clauses in his old contract. By the early '30s, Autry became one of the most beloved singers in country & western music. 1947, Sioux City Sue Autry was elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1969 for his songwriting abilities as well as his singing and acting. Tex That same year, he cut "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky," a number by a former forest ranger named Stan Jones, which became both a country and pop music standard, cut by everyone from Vaughan Monroe to Johnny Cash. He was given a small part in the Ken Maynard filmIn Old Santa Fe, and soon afterwards starred in a strange 12-episode western/science fiction serial calledThe Phantom Empire. Their general manager, Arthur Sattherly (who would later record Leadbelly, among many other acts), persuaded Autry that while Victor was a large company and could offer more money and a better marketing apparatus, he would be lost at Victor amid its existing stable of stars, whereas ARC would treat him as their most important star. The Western -- especially the B Western, the bottom-of-the-bill, low-budget action oater -- had been hit very hard by the coming of sound in the years 1927 to 1929. Gene His 300 songs cut between 1929 and 1964 include nine gold record awards and one platinum record; his 93 movies saved one big chunk of the movie industry, delighted millions, and made millionaires of several producers (as well as Autry himself); his radio and television shows were even more popular and successful; and a number of his songs outside of the country & western field have become American pop culture touchstones. Rock & roll and R&B were attracting younger listeners, and a new generation of country music stars, heralded by Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins, was beginning to attract serious sales. In 1942, his income took a severe cut when he enlisted in the Air Force, being sworn in live on aMelody Ranch programme. Between 1931 and 1934, he was a hillbilly singer, who still at times sounded like Rodgers. 1941, Down Mexico Way Himself 1951, Texans Never Cry Himself/Tom Ford Gene Join / Sign Up Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Autry, then in his forties, still had his audience, but he gradually receded from the limelight to attend to his burgeoning business interests. The cultural dislocations caused by World War II and their effect on rural and small-town America and on the movie business, as well as the impending arrival of television, had shrunk the B movie market to a shadow of its 1930s glory. Later on, as a proper telegraph operator, he was making $150 a month, which those days was a comfortable income in that part of Texas. 1949, Riders Of The Whistling Pines Autry also learned to ride at an early age and worked the fields with his father. Gene 1937, The Big Show Despite his best efforts, however, he couldn't help the theater owners over the block-booking policy, for it was now entrenched in the industry and an integral part of Republic's business plan. 1946, Home In Wyomin' ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Himself Alan Autry is best known for his role as Captain "Bubba" Skinner on the television series In the 'Heat of the Night.'

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