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Gene Autry was an American male vocalist and musician whose career began in 1925. He was recognized for his work in country, classic country, and cowboy music, with specific genres including country yodeling, hillbilly, and Christmas music. His musical output included tracks such as "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Back in the saddle again."
Autry was also an author, with works including "The art of writing songs and how to play a guitar" and "Gene Autry and the bandits of Silver Tip." He was recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Born in 1907, he died in 1998.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1907
- Died
- 1998
- Works
- 10
Top works
- Here Comes Santa Claus : Early Intermediate
- Here Comes Santa Claus
- The art of writing songs and how to play a guitar
- Back in the saddle again
- Gene Autry and the bandits of Silver Tip
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1907-09-29
- Active to
- 1998-10-02
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 914,505
- Total plays
- 4,299,793
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Orvon Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy. Autry is the only entertainer to have been honored in all five categories by the Hollywood Walk of Fame, having been awarded stars for his performances in Radio, Recording, Motion Pictures, Television, and Live Theatre/performance. Born in Tioga, Texas, Autry was raised in Texas and Oklahoma. Discovered by humorist Will Rogers, in 1929 Autry was billed as "Oklahoma's Yodelin
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,809x
- CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes
· 2015 · cited 12,012x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,235x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,205x
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Key facts
- Born
- Orvon Grover Autry , ( 1907-09-29 ) September 29, 1907, Tioga, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- October 2, 1998 (1998-10-02) (aged 91), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Burial place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills , California
- Other names
- The Singing Cowboy Gene Michaels
- Occupations
- Actor musician singer composer rodeo performer baseball owner
- Years active
- 1925–1964
- Spouses
- Ina Mae Spivey ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1932 ; died 1980 ) Jacqueline Ellam ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1981 )
- Relatives
- Randy Quaid (first cousin twice removed) Dennis Quaid (first cousin twice removed) Jack Quaid (first cousin three times removed) Jenna Davis (great grand-niece)
- Awards
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Genres
- Country western
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Labels
- Columbia Okeh Perfect Conqueror Victor
- Website
- geneautry .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tioga
- Place of death
- Studio City
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- western music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- OKeh Records
- Official website
- www.geneautry.com
- Image
- Gene Autry, NPG 94 39.jpg
- Height
- 175
- Residence
- Los Angeles
Show 17 more facts
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Gene Autry
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- date of birth
- 1907-09-29
- date of death
- 1998-10-02
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Orvon Grover Autry
- pseudonym
- Gene Autry
- start of work period
- 1925-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Autry Museum of the American West
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- different from
- Gene Autry
- writing language
- English language
- partner in business or sport
- Fred Rose
- archives at
- Autry Museum of the American West
- owner of
- Old Warner Brothers Studios
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
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Encyclopedic overview
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner. He largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s. During that time, he personified the straight-shooting hero—honest, brave, and true.
Autry was the owner of a television station in Southern California, as well as the state's several radio stations. From 1961 to 1997, he was the founding owner of the California Angels franchise of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gene Autry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.