Gene Autry
Classic Country
Western Swing
Gene Autry was the original “Singing Cowboy,” the best-selling country-and-western recording artist of the 1930s and early '40s who carried his crooning style from radio into nearly a hundred films and his own long-running TV show. He parlayed that fame into a business empire spanning broadcasting and Major League Baseball.
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- Born September 29, 1907, near Tioga, Texas; died October 2, 1998, in Studio City, California.
- Signature recordings include “Back in the Saddle Again,” “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1949), and “Here Comes Santa Claus,” which he co-wrote.
- Starred in some 90 Western films and hosted The Gene Autry Show on television from 1950 to 1956.
- The only person with five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one in each category.
- Founded and owned the California Angels baseball franchise from 1961 until 1997.
- Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1969.
- Also inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.