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Fun Autry Fact:

When he was a young man, Gene received an offer from a professional baseball team to become a player. Gene turned down the offer because it would have meant a fifty-dollar-a-month pay cut from his telegrapher's job.

Watch a Gene Autry Video Clip

Yodeling Cowboy
from Red River Valley (1936)


Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette demonstrate how to herd cattle into a town – with a song and lots of yodeling! Gene sings "Yodeling Cowboy" from the 1936 Republic Pictures movie Red River Valley.

Written by Gene Autry

© 1939 Universal Music


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