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"At Mail Call Today" is a song written by American country music artist Gene Autry and Fred Rose. The two had a successful song writing partnership dating back to 1941, including "Be Honest With Me [3]", "Tweedle-O-Twill" and "Tears On My Pillow".
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry [2] (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), [3] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s.
"Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs)" is a country music song written by Cindy Walker and Gene Autry, sung by Autry, and released in 1946 on the Columbia label (catalog no. 36904). In February 1946, it reached No. 4 on the Billboard most-played folk chart. [ 1 ]
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The song was a hit in 1939 for Shep Fields, vocal by Hal Derwin, reaching the No.1 spot for five weeks. [10] Other successful recordings in 1939 were by Guy Lombardo , Gene Autry , Ambrose (vocal by Denny Dennis ) and Tony Martin .
The record was a hit, but it wasn't until 1935, when Autry performed the song in two movies (the science-fiction/western 12-part serial The Phantom Empire in February and Tumbling Tumbleweeds in September), that sales of a Vocalion re-release [13] really took off, [14] selling a reported five million copies. [15]
"Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye" (also known as "Goodby Little Darlin") is a 1939 song written by Gene Autry and Johnny Marvin. [5] Autry sang it (as a duet with Mary Lee) in the December 1939 movie South of the Border, [6] [7] and released it as a single in April 1940. [7] It went on to make both Popular and Hillbilly listings for 1940.
"Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" is a popular Christmas song originally performed by Gene Autry, with music composed by Autry, Oakley Haldeman and Harriet Melka. [3] Autry's original recording (in which he pronounces Santa Claus as "Santy Claus") was a top-10 hit on the pop and country charts; the song would go on to be ...