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Fun Autry Fact:

In 1940, and probably for several years before and after, the Gene Autry cap pistol was the main industry in Kenton, Ohio, a town of then 7,000.

Watch a Gene Autry Video Clip

Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
from Indian Territory (1950)


Cavalry Sergeant Gene Autry and pal Shadrach Jones (Pat Buttram) relax with friends by singing "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" from the 1950 Columbia Pictures film Indian Territory.

Written by Harry Stone and Jack Stapp
Published by Acuff-Rose Music

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