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Gene was the first Western star to perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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If It Wasn't for the Rain
from On Top of Old Smoky (1953)


Gene Autry serenades an unhappy Gail Davis with "If It Wasn't for the Rain" during a rainstorm. The Cass County Boys provide musical back up while simultaneously escaping from jail under the "musical direction" of Smiley Burnette. From the 1953 Columbia Pictures movie On Top of Old Smoky.

Written by Gene Autry, Fred Rose, and Ed G. Nelson

© 1939 Gene Autry's Western Music Publishing and Sony ATV Music

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