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The Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum pays tribute to the motion picture star, singer, broadcaster and sports team owner, along with other famous names from entertainment ...
and was originally called the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage. Mr. Autry enjoyed a long career in show business, from radio to TV to movies, and he was known as “America’s Favorite ...
With the increasing popularity of Republic's sagebrush crooner Gene Autry, rival company Columbia found it necessary to add a musical element to this Charles Starrett Western released in early 1937.
Like many country artists in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Gene Autry started out as an imitator ... where he started performing in so-called B movies featuring him fighting the bad guys ...