For more than 70 years, Gene Autry rides again every year with Christmas standards "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman ...

Autry recorded 640 songs and wrote more than 300. Ultimately, more than 100 million copies of his albums were sold. He ...

The Carnival Comes West August 24th, 1954 30 min Archaeologists, Bonnie West and Jonathan Diggers, uncover ""The Cross of Wealth"", the last of a series of ancient Spanish pieces that represent ...

While already a big movie and radio star, Gene also wrote and recorded many songs including a Top 10 recording in 1947 of “Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane).” ...

Gene Autry, who parlayed his small-town Texas roots into a career as a Hollywood singing cowboy and later as a titan in entertainment, real estate and sports, died yesterday. He was 91. Autry died … ...

Gene was riding his horse, Champion, down Hollywood Boulevard for the annual Christmas parade in 1946 when, hearing the crowds of children gleefully crying, "Here comes Santa Claus!" ...

What to Know. Gene Autry Birthday Celebration; Sunday, Sept. 29; 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. Gene Autry Tours; 2 p.m. screening of "Melody Ranch" Autry Museum of the American West ...

He was called “America’s Favorite Cowboy” and the “Singing Cowboy.” Though he was not the first western star of either movies or music, Texas native Gene Autry became a favorite across ...

In 1950, his radio show was adapted to TV as The Gene Autry Show, which ran until 1956 on CBS. After the early 1960s, he largely retired from performing to concentrate on his business interests.