Find out the latest Gene Autry news, which product releases are available and upcoming, get press releases, and info on special events for 2024. Use the links below to read an Official Press Release from Gene Autry Entertainent.
Gene Autry's Countdown to Christmas!
Posted December 21, 2024
Gene Autry Entertainment is excited to share Gene Autry's musical Christmas performances from his movies and radio shows as we Countdown to Christmas! Each day leading up to Christmas we will post a Gene Autry Christmas YouTube clip to share the music and joy of the season. There will be classic songs from Gene, the Cass County Boys, and the Pinafores. Plus, we have some humorous holiday clips from Gene's pal, Pat Buttram.
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Gene Autry’s Cowboy Christmas
Posted December 6, 2024
No matter where you find yourself on the planet during the holiday season, chances are you will hear Gene Autry sing his popular Christmas songs Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) and Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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Of Course It Is Not Too Early for
Gene Autry Christmas Music!
Posted November 4, 2024
Folks today like to complain that Christmas music is played too early and it never used to be like that years ago. Well, Gene Autry Entertainment wants you to know that America's Favorite Singing Cowboy was performing Christmas music on his radio show before Thanksgiving and even before Halloween as far back as the 1940s!
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Happy 80th Birthday Smokey Bear!
Posted September 20, 2024
Smokey Bear's 80th birthday is August 9th and Gene Autry Entertainment wishes him a very Happy Birthday! Gene Autry and Smokey Bear's friendship goes back to 1952 when Gene and the Cass County Boys recorded the children's song "Smokey the Bear." Prior to that, Gene was promoting forest fire prevention in 1951 with publicity photos from his Columbia Pictures film Gene Autry and the Mounties.
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National Recording Registry Inducts Sounds of ABBA, Blondie, The Cars, The Chicks, Juan Gabriel, Green Day, The Notorious B.I.G. and Lily Tomlin
Posted April 22, 2024
The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress. The list of 25 recordings selected for 2024 include Gene Autry's record "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer".
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Holiday Hitmaker Gene Autry's Easter Tunes
Posted March 4, 2024
Everyone knows that Gene Autry is the Christmas Cowboy with his hit songs "Here Comes Santa Claus (right Down Santa Claus Lane)" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," but did you know that Gene also sang Easter tunes, too? That's right, he performed "Easter Parade" on his
Melody Ranch Radio Show on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1947.
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