Like many country artists in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Gene Autry ... Chicago, Autry dropped the Rodgers imitations in favor of emphasizing his roots in Oklahoma. He donned cowboy clothes ...

He was called “America’s Favorite Cowboy” and the “Singing Cowboy.” Though he was not the first western star of either movies ...

It includes a segment from a Little Rascals short, a performance by Glen Campbell (who ironically was a well-known homophobe), and a segment from a Gene Autry singing cowboy western, as well as a ...

The Museum was founded in 1988 by Gene and Jackie Autry ... and he was known as “America’s Favorite Singing Cowboy.” The Autry Museum collection has evolved over the years, just as its ...