Birth

• Gene Autry was born on September 29th, 1907 in Tioga, Texas, and was raised in both Texas and Oklahoma.
  
  

Music

• Autry recorded more than 300 songs, and his records sold more than 100 million copies.
  
  

Christmas Music

• Gene Autry wrote the Christmas song "Here Comes Santa Claus" and was the first to record "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer".
  
  

Singing Cowboy

• Autry was the most successful "singing cowboy," a type of cowboy hero in Western movies that showed his emotions by singing.
  
  

Producer

• Later in his career, Gene Autry became a producer of television shows such as "Annie Oakley", "The Range Rider", "Buffalo Bill, Jr.", "The Adventures of Champion" and "Death Valley Days".
  
  

California Angels

• In 1961, Gene Autry acquired a Major League Baseball team, the California Angels, and remained the vice president until his death in 1998.