So entrenched are Gene Autry’s songs in Christmas celebrations today, it is perhaps hard to imagine these tunes only date back to the 1940s. That they were written by or made famous by the ...

Cowboy singer Gene Autry rides again every year with Christmas standards dating back to 1948, 1949 and 1950. Local Sports Things To Do Politics Travel Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals MUSIC ...

The Gene Autry Collection: Gene was riding his horse, Champion, down Hollywood Boulevard for the annual Christmas parade in 1946 when, hearing the crowds of children gleefully crying, "Here comes ...

Among Gene Autry's Christmas recordings: 'Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)", "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Sports Business News Life Opinion Advertise Obituaries ...

OKC native Gayla Peevey used her holiday hit "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas" to help her hometown zoo buy a real-life hippo 70 years ago.

This jaunty Christmas song by Gene Autry is a classic for good reason. 'Little Saint Nick' by The Beach Boys. Dream of sunnier days by listening to this 1963 original holiday song by The Beach Boys.

Which animal is inextricably linked with Santa and Christmas in the minds of young and old? Reindeer, of course. In 1949, singing cowboy Gene Autry probably didn’t believe that Rudolph the red ...

5 "Be Honest With Me" 1941. Co-written by Autry and Fred Rose, "Be Honest With Me" found popularity, as was the case with many of Autry's songs, because of his performance of the song in a movie ...

And after evaluating a lengthly list said to include every classic Christmas tune, 1950’s “Frosty The Snowman,” first recorded by Gene Autry — and later that year, Jimmy Durante — was ...

Autry recorded 640 songs and wrote more than 300. Ultimately, more than 100 million copies of his albums were sold. He ...