Gene Autry was born in Texas in 1907, but he moved with his family to a ranch in Oklahoma near Ravia when in his teens. His early years found him ...

In 1952, a Dallas department store executive dashed off a few lines for the flip side of what The Dallas Morning News called a Gene Autry ... Christmas pop songs were written in about a 15 ...

Green Hand-colored poster advertising Gene Autry’s tribute song, “The Death of Jimmie Rodgers,” 1933. After he landed a spot ... Tumbleweeds”), written by Bob Nolan. Every studio but ...

Johnny Marks wrote the beloved holiday song, as well as “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” But he felt pigeonholed by the ...