Resource id #75
Image Source: Wikipedia

Gene Autry and his String Band

Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball owner 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. Autry was the owner of a television station and several radio stations in Southern California. He was the founding owner of the California Angels franchise of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1997.

From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films, and between 1950 and 1956 hosted The Gene Autry Show television series. During the 1930s and 1940s, he personified the straight-shooting hero—honest, brave, and true. 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. His singing cowboy films were the first vehicle to carry country music to a national audience. 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 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".

Autry is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the 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. The town of Gene Autry, Oklahoma, was named in his honor, as was the Gene Autry precinct in Mesa, Arizona.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 29, 1907 (Grayson County), Died October 2, 1998 (Studio City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, songwriter, composer, lyricist, yodeling, Musical group, arranger

Notes: Listed on some Columbia labels as "Gene Autry (The Yodeling Cowboy)."

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 301-310 of 310 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gennett 17496 10-in. 1/29/1931 Mean mama blues Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar and mandolin instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Gennett 17497 10-in. 1/29/1931 Blue yodel no. 8 Gene Autry Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and mandolinr vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 17498 10-in. 1/29/1931 Pistol packin' papa Gene Autry Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17499 10-in. 1/29/1931 Dad in the hills Gene Autry Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17500 10-in. 1/29/1931 Pictures of my mother Gene Autry Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17501 10-in. 1/29/1931 Texas blues Gene Autry Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and mandolin vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 17515 10-in. 2/9/1931 Any old time Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 17516 10-in. 2/9/1931 Money ain't no use anyway Gene Autry Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17517 10-in. 2/9/1931 Blue days Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17518 10-in. 2/9/1931 Call me back pal of mine Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
(Results 301-310 of 310 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gene Autry and his String Band," accessed June 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103669.

Gene Autry and his String Band. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103669.

"Gene Autry and his String Band." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 June 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103669

Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license

Feedback

Send the Editors a message about this record.