September 29, 2021

September 29th. Birthday of Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998). Autry’s career began as a Jimmie Rodgers imitator in the late 1920s before scoring his first big hit with “That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine” (duet with Jimmy Long) in 1932. His extraordinary screen career as a “Singing Cowboy” kicked off in 1935 and his 93 movies and more than 90 episodes of the Gene Autry Show TV brought him worldwide popularity and brought country music to a national audience and worldwide. BACM have so far issued 8 Gene Autry compilations from the vaults including rare radio transcriptions never previously available on either CD or vinyl.

GENE AUTRY – Vol. 1 “Hold On Little Dogies, Hold On”. B.A.C.M. 15

GENE AUTRY – Vol. 8 God Bless America. B.A.C.M. 377

GENE AUTRY – Vol. 6. Texas Blues – Early Rare Recordings. B.A.C.M. 111

GENE AUTRY – Vol. 7. A Cowboy’s Serenade. B.A.C.M. 112

GENE AUTRY – Vol. 5. Little Farm Home. B.A.C.M. 39

GENE AUTRY – Vol. 3. Rollin’ along. B.A.C.M. 37

GENE AUTRY – Vol. 4. Goodbye Pinto. B.A.C.M. 38