When he was a young man, Gene received an offer from a professional baseball team to become a player. Gene turned down the offer because it would have meant a fifty-dollar-a-month pay cut from his telegrapher's job.
Rancho Pillow
from The Big Sombrero (1949)
Gene Autry, in vibrant Cinecolor, sings "Rancho Pillow" from his 1949 Columbia Pictures film The Big Sombrero. That's Elena Verdugo, as Estrellita Estrada, dancing dreamily to the Singing Cowboy.
Composed by Allie Wrubel and Charles Newman
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