Gene Autry Artist Profile

Gene Autry

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Real name: Orvon Gene Autry
Artist name(s): The Singing Cowboy
Label(s): Columbia
Date of Birth: September 29, 1907
Date Deceased: October 2, 1998
Sign: Libra
Place of birth: Tioga, TX, US
Website: www.geneautry.com

Gene Autry Biography

After high school Gene Autry worked as a laborer for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad in Oklahoma. Next he was a telegrapher. In 1928 he began singing on a local radio station, and three years later he had his own show and was making his first recordings. Three years after that he made his film debut in Ken Maynard's In Old Santa Fe (1934) and starred in a 13-part serial the following...

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