Editing Gene Autry

{{Short description|American actor (1907–1998)}}
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| image         = Gene Autry, NPG 94 39.jpg
| alt           = Gene Autry in 1942
| caption       = Gene Autry in 1942
| birth_name    = Orvon Grover Autry
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1907|09|29}}
| birth_place   = [[Tioga, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1998|10|02|1907|09|29}}
| death_place   = [[Studio City, California]], U.S.
| burial_place  = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills]], California
| other_names   = {{hlist|The Singing Cowboy|Gene Michaels}}
| occupation    = {{hlist|Actor|musician|singer|composer|rodeo performer|baseball owner}}
| years_active  = 1925–1964
| spouse        = {{ubl|{{Marriage|Ina Mae Spivey|1932|1980|end=died}}|{{Marriage|[[Jacqueline Ellam]]|1981}}}}
| relatives     = [[Randy Quaid]] (first cousin twice removed)<br />[[Dennis Quaid]] (first cousin twice removed){{sfn|George-Warren|2007|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780195177466/page/304 304]}}
| website       = {{URL|geneautry.com}}
| module        = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Country music|Country]]|[[Western music (North America)|western]]}}
| instrument    = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals}}
| label         = {{hlist|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Okeh]]|[[Perfect Records|Perfect]]|[[Conqueror Records|Conqueror]]|[[Victor Records|Victor]]}}
}}
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'''Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry'''<ref>{{harvnb|George-Warren|2007|p=13}}</ref> (September 29, 1907&nbsp;– October 2, 1998),<ref>{{cite news |title='Singing Cowboy' Gene Autry dead at 91 |url=http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9810/02/autry.obit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113091449/http://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9810/02/autry.obit/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 13, 2017 |access-date=July 4, 2019 |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=October 2, 1998}}</ref> 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 [[Crooner|crooning]] style on [[Radio in the United States|radio]], in [[Cinema of the United States|films]], and on [[Television in the United States|television]] for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s. During that time, he personified the straight-shooting hero&nbsp;— honest, brave, and true.<ref name="cusic">{{harvnb|Cusic|2010|page=1}}</ref>

Autry was the owner of a television station and several radio stations in Southern California. From 1961 to 1997, he was the founding owner of the [[California Angels]]{{#tag:ref|The franchise was originally known as the Los Angeles Angels from its founding in 1961 until its move to [[Anaheim, California]], in 1966 when it adopted the California moniker. The franchise has adopted several different monikers since Autry's ownership, including Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and a return to Los Angeles Angels.|group=Note}} franchise of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB).

From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 motion pictures. Between 1950 and 1956, he hosted ''[[The Gene Autry Show]]'' television series. In many of them, he appeared with [[Champion the Wonder Horse|Champion]], his [[Morgan horse]].

Autry was also one of the most important pioneering figures in the history of [[country music]], considered the second major influential artist of the genre's development after [[Jimmie Rodgers]].<ref name="cusic" /> His films were the first media vehicle to carry Western music to a nationwide audience.<ref name="cusic" />

In addition to his signature song "[[Back in the Saddle Again]]", as well as his recording hit "[[At Mail Call Today]]", Autry is still remembered for his association with [[Christmas music]], having debuted the seasonal standards "[[Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]", "[[Frosty the Snowman]]", and "[[Here Comes Santa Claus]]".

Autry is a member of both the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] and the [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]]. He is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], for film, television, music, radio, and live performance.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |title=About Hollywood Star Walk |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/about/#most-stars |access-date=May 27, 2012}}</ref>

The town of [[Gene Autry, Oklahoma]], was named in his honor, as was the Gene Autry precinct in [[Mesa, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19701015&id=XzIaAAAAIBAJ&pg=7216,2930074 | title=From Sleepy Eye to Chicken Bristle, USA | work=[[The Milwaukee Journal]] | date=October 15, 1970 | access-date=April 22, 2015 | author=Scriba, Jay }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Life and career ==
=== Early years ===
Autry was born September 29, 1907, near [[Tioga, Texas|Tioga]] in [[Grayson County, Texas]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gene Autry|url=https://old.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=Category:Gene_Autry|access-date=September 17, 2021|website=Texas Archive of the Moving Image}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the grandson of a [[Methodism|Methodist]] preacher. His parents, Delbert Autry and Elnora Ozment, moved in the 1920s to [[Ravia, Oklahoma|Ravia]] in [[Johnston County, Oklahoma|Johnston County]] in southern Oklahoma. Gene Autry worked on his father's ranch while growing up and going to school. In 1925, Autry left the family ranch. With only his high school education, Autry became a [[telegrapher]]<ref name=HoF /> for the [[St. Louis–San Francisco Railway]]. His talent at singing and playing guitar led to performing at local dances.

=== Singing career ===
[[File:Vlcsnap-2011-01-24-17h29m05s104.png|thumb|Gene Autry with [[Smiley Burnette]], 1934]]
While working as a [[telegraphist|telegraph operator]] in [[Chelsea, Oklahoma]], Autry would sing and accompany himself on the guitar to pass the lonely hours, especially when he had the midnight shift. This later got him fired. One night, he was encouraged to sing professionally by a customer, humorist [[Will Rogers]], who had heard him singing.<ref name="delong">{{cite book|last=DeLong |first=Thomas A. |title=The Mighty Music Box: The Golden Age of Musical Radio |publisher=Amber Crest Books |location=Los Angeles |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-86533-000-9}}</ref><ref name="smith">{{cite news|last=Smith |first=Ardis |title=Autry, First Cowboy of Land, Makes $300,000 Annually |newspaper=Buffalo New York News |date=November 13, 1940 }}</ref><ref name="encyclopedia-ok">{{cite web |last=Dabney |first=Eric |title=Orvon Gene Autry (1907–1998) |publisher=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AU004.html |access-date=May 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103055642/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AU004.html |archive-date=November 3, 2012  }}</ref>

As soon as he could save money to travel, he went to New York. In the autumn of 1928, he auditioned for the [[Victor Talking Machine Company]], shortly before purchase by [[David Sarnoff]]'s [[RCA|Radio Corporation of America]] (RCA). According to [[Nathaniel Shilkret]],<ref>Shilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Niel Shell and Barbara Shilkret, ''Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business'', Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005. {{ISBN|0-8108-5128-8}}.</ref> director of Light Music for Victor at the time, Autry asked to speak to Shilkret after finding that he had been turned down. Shilkret explained to Autry that he was turned down not because of his voice, but because Victor had just made contracts with two similar singers. Autry left with a letter of introduction from Shilkret and the advice to sing on radio to gain experience and to come back in a year or two. In 1928, Autry was singing on [[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]] radio station KVOO (now [[KOTV (AM)|KOTV]]) as "Oklahoma's Yodeling Cowboy". The Victor archives<ref>Victor Recording Book, p.&nbsp;7247. (This is a page from Victor's daily log of recordings.)</ref> show an October 9, 1929, entry stating that the vocal duet of Jimmie Long and Gene Autry with two [[steel guitar|Hawaiian guitar]]s, directed by L. L. Watson, recorded "My Dreaming of You" (Matrix 56761) and "My Alabama Home" (Matrix 56762).

Autry signed a recording deal with [[Columbia Records]] in 1929. He worked in [[Chicago]] on the [[WLS (AM)|WLS-AM]] radio show ''[[National Barn Dance]]'' for four years, and with his own show, where he met singer-songwriter [[Smiley Burnette]]. In his early recording career, Autry covered various genres, including a labor song, "The Death of [[Mary Harris Jones|Mother Jones]]", in 1931.

Autry also recorded many "[[hillbilly]]"-style records in 1930 and 1931 in New York City, which were certainly different in style and content from his later recordings. These were much closer in style to the [[Salty Holmes|Prairie Ramblers]] or [[Dick Justice (singer)|Dick Justice]], and included the "Do Right, Daddy Blues" and "Black Bottom Blues", both similar to "[[Deep Elm Blues|Deep Elem Blues]]". These late [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]]-era songs deal with [[moonshine|bootlegging]], [[Police corruption|corrupt police]], and women whose occupation was certainly vice. These recordings are generally not heard today, but are available on European import labels, such as [[JSP Records]]. His first hit was in 1932 with "[[That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine]]", a duet with fellow railroad man Jimmy Long that Autry and Long co-wrote.

As Autry's movie career flourished, so did his record sales. His unofficial theme song became the [[Raymond Otis Whitley|Ray Whitley]] composition "[[Back in the Saddle Again]]".<ref name=pc9>{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19757/m1/ |title=Show 9 – Tennessee Firebird: American country music before and after Elvis. [Part 1] }}</ref> Autry made 640 recordings, including more than 300 songs written or co-written by himself. His records sold more than 100 million copies and he has more than a dozen [[music recording certification|gold and platinum]] records, including the first record ever certified gold.

Today's listeners associate Gene Autry with Christmas songs, which are played perennially during each holiday season. These include "[[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]", his own composition "[[Here Comes Santa Claus]]", "[[Frosty the Snowman]]", "[[Up on the Housetop]]", and his biggest hit, "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]". He wrote "Here Comes Santa Claus" after being the Grand Marshal of the 1946 Santa Claus Lane Parade (now the [[Hollywood Christmas Parade]]). He heard all of the spectators watching the parade saying, "Here comes Santa Claus!" virtually handing him the title for his song. He recorded his version of the song in 1947 and it became an instant classic.

In the late 1950s he began recording other artists, as the original owner of [[Challenge Records (1950s)|Challenge Records]]. The label's biggest hit was "[[Tequila (The Champs song)|Tequila]]" by [[The Champs]] in 1958, which started the [[rock and roll]] [[instrumental]] craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He sold the label soon after, but the maroon (later green) label has the "GA" in a shield above the label name.

=== Film career ===
[[File:Gene Autry in Oh, Susanna!.png|right|thumb|Gene Autry in ''[[Oh, Susanna! (1936 film)|Oh, Susanna!]]'', 1936]]
Autry and Burnette were discovered by film producer [[Nat Levine]] in 1934. Together, Autry and Burnette made their film debut for [[Mascot Pictures]] Corp. in ''[[In Old Santa Fe]]'' as part of a singing cowboy quartet; he was then given the starring role by Levine in 1935 in the 12-part [[Serial (film)|serial]] ''[[The Phantom Empire]]''. Shortly thereafter, Mascot was absorbed by the newly formed [[Republic Pictures|Republic Pictures Corp.]] and Autry went along to make a further 44 films up to 1940. Most were low-budget [[western (genre)|Westerns]] in which he played under his own name, rode his horse [[Champion the Wonder Horse|Champion]], had Smiley Burnette as his regular [[sidekick]], and had many opportunities to sing in each film. His films were tremendously successful, so much so that almost every other studio tried to compete by showcasing their own singing cowboys. By 1940 Autry was Republic's biggest star, and his films became more costly and more elaborate. They played first-run in large cities, unlike the usual "B" westerns that played in neighborhood theaters.<ref>Wyatt, Tom and Greenland, David. "B Western Cowboys: Part I", ''[[Classic Images]]''. September 2022</ref>

[[File:GeneAutry.jpg|left|thumb|Gene Autry in ''[[The Gene Autry Show]]'' episode "The Black Rider", 1950]]
In the ''[[Motion Picture Herald]]'' [[Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll#Top Ten Western Stars|Top Ten Money-Making Western Stars]] poll, Autry was listed every year from the first poll in 1936 to 1942 and 1946 to 1954 (he was serving in the AAF 1943–45), holding first place 1937 to 1942, and second place (after [[Roy Rogers]]) 1947 to 1954, when the poll ceased.<ref>Phil Hardy ''The Encyclopedia of Western Movies'', London, Octopus, 1985, {{ISBN|0-8300-0405-X}}</ref> He appeared in the similar ''[[Boxoffice Pro|Boxoffice]]'' poll from 1936 to 1955, holding first place from 1936 to 1942 and second place (after Rogers) from 1943 to 1952.<ref name="bwesterns">{{cite web|title=Quigley Publishing Top Ten MoneyMakers Poll |publisher=B Westerns |url=http://www.b-westerns.com/terms5.htm |access-date=May 27, 2012}}</ref> While these two polls are really an indication only of the popularity of series stars, Autry also appeared in the [[Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll]] of all films from 1940 to 1942,<ref name="quigley">{{cite web|title=Top Ten Money Making Stars |publisher=Quigley Publishing |url=http://www.quigleypublishing.com/MPalmanac/Top10/Top10_lists.html |access-date=May 27, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221063625/http://www.quigleypublishing.com/MPalmanac/Top10/Top10_lists.html |archive-date=December 21, 2014 }}</ref> His ''Gene Autry Flying "A" Ranch Rodeo'' show debuted in 1940.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|title=Gene Autry |website=Internet Movie Database |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000810/ |access-date=May 27, 2012}}</ref>

Autry served in the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II. Part of his military service included his broadcast of a radio show for one year; it involved music and true stories. Several decades ago on an early afternoon show featuring Republic westerns, one of Gene's sidekicks said that when Gene told Republic Pictures of his intentions to join the military during World War II, Republic threatened to promote Roy Rogers as "King of the Cowboys" in Gene's absence, which it did. Republic reissued old Autry westerns during the war years, to keep his name before the public.

Autry's contract had been suspended for the duration of his military service, and he had tried to have it declared void after his discharge. The courts found in Republic's favor, and Autry returned to Republic after the war. He finished out his contract with four more features, with Autry now publicized as "King of the Singing Cowboys".

In 1947 Autry left Republic for [[Columbia Pictures]], which offered him his own production unit. He chose a new sidekick, [[Pat Buttram]], recently returned from his [[World War II]] service. Buttram would co-star with Gene Autry in more than 40 films and in more than 100 episodes of [[The Gene Autry Show|Autry's television show]]. In 1951, Autry formed his own company (Flying A Productions) to make westerns under his own control, and Columbia continued to distribute them through 1953.

==== Melody Ranch ====
Autry purchased the 110-acre [[Movie ranch#Monogram Ranch/Melody Ranch|Monogram Ranch]] in 1953, in [[Placerita Canyon State Park|Placerita Canyon]] near [[Newhall, California]], in the northern [[San Gabriel Mountains]] foothills. He renamed it the Melody Ranch after his movie ''[[Melody Ranch]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/sg032903.htm|title=Movie Magic in Placerita Canyon|website=Scvhistory.com|access-date=May 15, 2010}}</ref> Autry then sold 98 acres of the property, most of the original ranch. The Western town, [[adobe]]s, and ranch cabin [[Set construction|sets]] and open land for [[location shooting]] were retained as a movie ranch on 12 acres. Numerous "B" Westerns and TV shows were shot there during Autry's ownership, including the initial years of ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' with [[James Arness]]. A decade after he purchased Melody Ranch, a [[wildfire|brushfire]] swept through in August 1962, destroying most of the original standing sets and dashing Autry's plans to turn it into a museum. However, the devastated landscape did prove useful for productions such as ''[[Combat!]]''. A complete adobe ranch survived at the northeast section of the ranch.<ref>{{cite web|title=Placeritos Ranch/Monogram Ranch/Melody Ranch|url=http://www.movielocationsplus.com/MELODY.HTM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913080512/http://movielocationsplus.com/MELODY.HTM|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2016|website=Movielocationsplus.com|access-date=December 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/autry.htm|website=Scvhistory.com|title=Memories of the place I called Melody Ranch|first=Gene|last=Autry|access-date=February 2, 2008}}</ref>

According to a published story by Autry, the fire caused him to turn his attention to [[Griffith Park]], where he would build his Museum of Western Heritage (now known as the [[Autry Museum of the American West]]).

In 1990, after his favorite horse Champion Three, which lived in retirement there, died, Autry put the remaining 12-acre ranch up for sale. It was purchased by the [[General Lee (car)#The Veluzat era|Veluzat family]] in 1991 and rebuilt. It is now known as the Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio and Melody Ranch Studios on 22 acres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melodyranchstudio.com/|website=Melodyranchstudio.com|title=Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio|access-date=May 15, 2010}}</ref> The ranch has the Melody Ranch Museum open year-round; and one weekend a year, the entire ranch is open to the public during the [[Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival|Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival]], another legacy of Autry's multiple talents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melodyranchstudio.com/museum.html|website=Melodyranchstudio.com|title=Museum|access-date=May 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cowboyfestival.org/ |title=Archived copy |website=www.cowboyfestival.org |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204211240/http://www.cowboyfestival.org/ |archive-date=December 4, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Radio and television career ===
[[File:Gene Autry Pinafores radio show 1948.JPG|right|thumb|Gene Autry with the Pinafores, who sang on his weekly radio show, 1948]]
From 1940 to 1956, Autry had a huge hit with a [[Gene Autry's Melody Ranch|weekly show]] on [[CBS Radio]], ''[[Gene Autry's Melody Ranch]]''. His horse, Champion, also had a [[Mutual Broadcasting System|Mutual]] radio series, ''[[The Adventures of Champion (radio series)|The Adventures of Champion]]'' and a [[CBS|CBS-TV]] series of [[The Adventures of Champion (TV series)|the same name]]. In response to his many young radio listeners aspiring to emulate him, Autry created the Cowboy Code, or Ten Cowboy Commandments. These tenets promoting an ethical, moral, and patriotic lifestyle that appealed to youth organizations such as the [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts]], which developed similar doctrines. The Cowboy Code consisted of rules that were "a natural progression of Gene's philosophies going back to his first ''[[Gene Autry's Melody Ranch|Melody Ranch]]'' programs—and early pictures."<ref name="george-256">{{harvnb|George-Warren|2007|p=256}}</ref> According to the code:
# The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.
# He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him.
# He must always tell the truth.
# He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals.
# He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas.
# He must help people in distress.
# He must be a good worker.
# He must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits.
# He must respect women, parents, and his nation's laws.
# The Cowboy is a patriot.

Beginning in 1950, he produced and starred in his own television show on [CBS through his Flying A Productions studio. In the late 1950s, Autry also made several appearances on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC-TV]]'s ''[[Ozark Jubilee|Jubilee USA]]''.

=== Military career ===
During World War II, Autry enlisted in the [[United States Army]] in 1942, and became a [[technical sergeant|tech sergeant]] in the United States Army Air Corps. Holding a private [[pilot licensing and certification|pilot certificate]], he was determined to become a military pilot and earned his [[Auxiliary Pilot Badge|Service Pilot]] rating in June 1944, serving as a [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator#C-109 version|C-109]] transport pilot with the rank of [[flight officer]]. Assigned to a unit of the [[Air Transport Command (United States Air Force)|Air Transport Command]], he flew as part of the dangerous airlift operation over the [[Himalayas]] between India and China, nicknamed [[the Hump]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geneautry.com/geneautry/geneautry_flightofficer.html|title=GeneAutry.com: Gene Autry: Flight Officer Gene Autry|website=Geneautry.com|access-date=June 20, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801001257/https://www.geneautry.com/geneautry/geneautry_flightofficer.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=AOPA Pilot|date=May 2014|page=79|title=A Plane-Crazy America}}</ref>

=== Rodeo ===
[[File:Gene Autry and Gail Davis Toronto.jpg|right|thumb|Gene Autry and [[Gail Davis]] in Toronto, 1956<ref>[http://www.world-theatres.com/CNE.html "Canadian National Exhibition Grandstand Performers 1948-1994"], See the performers for 1956. Retrieved November 25, 2017</ref>]]
In 1941, at the height of his screen popularity, Autry had a string of [[rodeo]] stock based north of [[Ardmore, Oklahoma]]. It was known as the Flying A Ranch and encompassed 1200 acres. It served as headquarters for his traveling rodeo. The nearby town of Berwyn, then honored Autry by naming the town after him. Thirty Five thousand people attended the ceremony on November 16, 1941. A year later, he became a partner in the World Championship Rodeo Company, which furnished [[livestock]] for many of the country's major rodeos. In 1954, he acquired Montana's top [[bucking]] string from the estate of Leo J. Cremer Sr., and put Canadian [[bronc riding|saddle bronc riding]] champion Harry Knight in charge of the operation. A merger with the World Championship Rodeo Company in 1956 made Autry the sole owner. He moved the entire company to a {{convert|24000|acre|km2|adj=on}} ranch near [[Fowler, Colorado]], with Knight as the working partner in the operation. For the next 12 years, they provided livestock for most of the major rodeos in Texas, Colorado, Montana, and Nebraska. When the company was sold in 1968, both men continued to be active in rodeo. For his work as a livestock contractor, Autry was inducted into the [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association]]'s [[ProRodeo Hall of Fame]] in 1979.<ref name="ProRodeo">{{Cite news|url=https://www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/stock-contractors/gene-autry/|title=Gene Autry – Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame|work=Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame|access-date=April 22, 2017}}</ref> Autry received several honors for his contributions to rodeo.

==== Honors ====
* 1972: [[Hall of Great Western Performers]] of the [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/performers/1593/|title=Great Western Performers|work=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum|access-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>
* 1979: [[ProRodeo Hall of Fame]]<ref name="ProRodeo" />
* 1980: [[Hall of Great Westerners]] of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/great-westerners/gene-autry/|title=Hall of Great Westerners|work=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum|access-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>
* 1988: [[Texas Trail of Fame]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://texastrailoffame.org/inductees/gene-autry/|title=Gene Autry|date=May 25, 2013|work=Western Heritage from the [[Texas Trail of Fame]]|access-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>
* 2013: [[Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://texasrodeocowboy.com/inductees/?orderby=title&order=ASC|title=Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame: Past Inductees|website=Texasrodeocowboy.com|access-date=May 17, 2017}}</ref>

=== Gene Autry comics ===
Gene Autry was often portrayed in the comics, primarily during the heyday of [[Western comics|Western-themed comics]], the 1940s and 1950s.

The [[Register and Tribune Syndicate]] [[comic strip]] ''Gene Autry Rides'' by Till Goodan was the first entry, lasting from 1940 to 1941. From 1941 to 1943, Autry was the subject of a [[comic book]] initially published by [[Fawcett Comics]] and then picked up by [[Dell Comics]] that ran 12 issues. Dell then published 101 issues of ''Gene Autry Comics'' from 1946 to 1955. That title was changed to ''Gene Autry and Champion'', and ran an additional 20 issues from 1955 to 1959, making it the longest-running (by number of issues) cowboy actor comic book.

Meanwhile, Autry was the subject of an "Air-Western-Adventure Strip" comic strip syndicated by [[General Features]] from 1952 to 1955. The strip was produced in association with [[Whitman Publishing]].<ref name=Knoll>Knoll, Erwin. "New Autry Strip Has Cowboys, Spies, Space", ''Editor & Publisher'' (July 26, 1952). [http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2008/04/news-of-yore-autry-enters-comic-strip.html Archived at ''Stripper's Guide''].</ref>

The Mexican publisher Editorial Novaro released 423 issues of ''Gene Autry'' comics from 1954 to 1984.

=== Toys ===
In 1937, Kenton Hardware Company of [[Kenton, Ohio]], began producing Gene Autry cast-iron [[cap gun]]s as a part of its line of iron toys. The toy was commissioned by Kenton vice-president Willard Bixler, who had conceptualized an iron cap revolver modeled after the pearl-handled gun used by Gene Autry. Selling at 50 cents per gun, the cap pistols were extremely popular and by 1939, two million units of the toy had been sold in the [[United States]] and abroad. Autry received a portion of all sales revenues.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GeneAutry.com: Kenton, Ohio|url=https://www.geneautry.com/clubhouse/places/kenton_oh.html|access-date=December 31, 2020|website=Geneautry.com|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130041529/https://www.geneautry.com/clubhouse/places/kenton_oh.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosen |first1=Steven |title=Autry spurs festival |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/194127023/ |access-date=September 6, 2023 |work=Newspapers.com |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=June 30, 2009 |page=D3 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Baseball ===
[[File:AngelsRetired26.png|right|thumb|150px|Gene Autry's number 26 was retired by the [[California Angels]] in 1982.]]
In the 1950s, Autry had been a minority owner of the minor-league [[Hollywood Stars]]. In 1960, when [[Major League Baseball]] announced plans to add an expansion team in Los Angeles, Autry—who had once declined an opportunity to play in the [[Minor League Baseball|minor leagues]]—expressed an interest in acquiring the radio broadcast rights to the team's games. Baseball executives were so impressed by his approach that he was persuaded to become the owner of the franchise rather than simply its broadcast partner. The team, initially called the [[Los Angeles Angels]] upon its 1961 debut, moved to suburban [[Anaheim, California|Anaheim]] in 1966, and was renamed the California Angels, then the Anaheim Angels from 1997 until 2005, when it became the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Autry served as vice president of the [[American League]] from 1983 until his death. In 1995, he sold a quarter share of the team to [[the Walt Disney Company]] and a controlling interest the following year, with the remaining share to be transferred after his death. Earlier, in 1982, he sold Los Angeles television station [[KTLA]] for $245&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosenstiel |first1=Thomas B. |title=Tribune Co. Will Buy KTLA for $510 Million : Price Highest Ever for TV Station; Deal Expected to Force Firm to Sell Daily News in Van Nuys |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-05-17-mn-8823-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 17, 1985 |access-date=April 28, 2022}}</ref> He also sold several radio stations he owned, including [[KZAC|KSFO]] in San Francisco, [[KMPC]] in Los Angeles, [[KOGO (AM)|KOGO]] in San Diego, and other stations in the [[Golden West radio network]].

The number 26 was retired by the Angels in Autry's honor. The chosen number reflected that baseball's rosters (at the time) had 25 men, so Autry's unflagging support for his team made him the "26th man" (see also the ''[[12th man (football)|12th man]]'', a similar concept in football). When the Angels finally won their first (and to date, only) [[2002 World Series|World Series championship in 2002]], star outfielder [[Tim Salmon]] held Autry's cowboy hat aloft during the on-field celebration, and the public address system played his hit song, "[[Back in the Saddle Again]]".

===Hotels===
He invested in property, owning by 1964 the [[Mark Hopkins Hotel]] in San Francisco; the [[Andaz West Hollywood|Hotel Continental]] in Hollywood; the Sahara Inn, a $12-million motel near Chicago; plus property in [[Palm Springs]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 8, 1964|last=Green|first=Abel|author-link=Abel Green|title=A Year of Tragedy & Trifles|page=3}}</ref>

=== Retirement ===
Autry retired from show business in 1964, having made almost 100 films up to 1955 and over 600 records. He was elected to the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 1969 and to the [[Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame]]<ref name=HoF>{{cite web|title=Gene Autry|url=http://nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/inductee?entry_id=1157|series=Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame|website=Nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com|access-date=December 24, 2017|language=en}}</ref> in 1970. After retiring, he invested widely in real estate, radio, and television. He also invested in ownership of the KOOL-TV CBS-affiliate (now [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KSAZ-TV]]) in [[Phoenix, Arizona]], which created local shows such as the weekly bilingual children's show ''Niños Contentos''.

Republic Pictures, its finances failing, had shut down production in 1957. By the late 1960s Republic was barely operational, managing only its film library. Gene Autry, correctly assessing the company's cash-poor situation, made a cash offer for the rights and negatives to his Republic films. The company accepted Autry's terms, and Autry now controlled the film materials for home-movie reprints and home-video tapes and discs.

=== Death ===
[[File:Gene Autry Grave.JPG|thumb|150px|Grave of Gene Autry at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills]]
Autry died of [[lymphoma]] on October 2, 1998, at his home in [[Studio City, Los Angeles|Studio City, California]]. He was buried at the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery]] in Los Angeles. His epitaph read, "America's Favorite Cowboy ... American Hero, Philanthropist, Patriot and Veteran, Movie Star, Singer, Composer, Baseball Fan and Owner, 33rd Degree Mason, Media Entrepreneur, Loving Husband, Gentleman".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forestlawn.com/2019/10/03/americas-favorite-cowboy/|title=America's Favorite Cowboy|date=October 3, 2019|website=Forestlawn.com|access-date=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In 1932, Autry married Ina Mae Spivey, the niece of Jimmy Long. During this marriage he had a sustained affair with [[Gail Davis]], the actress who played [[Annie Oakley (TV series)|Annie Oakley]] in the television series of the same name that Autry produced.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rugh |first=Susan Sessions |date=2008 |title=Are We There Yet?: The Golden Age of American Family Vacations |publisher=[[University Press of Kansas]] |page=97 |isbn=978-0-7006-1588-9}}</ref> After Spivey died in 1980, he married [[Jackie Autry|Jacqueline Ellam]], who had been his banker, in 1981.

While Autry was quiet about his political views during his life, his voting records listed him as a registered Republican, and he supported the Civil Rights Movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/hollywoods-secret-republicans-of-the-1950s-1791281253 |website=Gizmodo.com|date=January 17, 2017|title=Hollywoods Secret Republicans of the 1950s}}</ref>

Autry was raised into [[Freemasonry]] in 1927 at Catoosa Lodge No.&nbsp;185, Catoosa Oklahoma. He later became a 33rd degree [[Scottish Rite|Scottish Rite Mason]], as recorded on his headstone.<ref>{{cite web|last=Autry|first=Gene|title=Grand Lodge of BC and the Yukon|url=http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/autry_g/autry_g.html|website=Freemasonry.bcy.ca|access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:Display of Gene Autry memorabilia.JPG|thumb|Display of Gene Autry memorabilia at the Autry National Center, including his original [[Martin D-45]] guitar, the first one made]]
On November 16, 1941, the town of Berwyn, Oklahoma, north of [[Ardmore, Oklahoma|Ardmore]], was renamed [[Gene Autry, Oklahoma|Gene Autry]] in his honor.<ref name="OHOF">{{Cite web|url=http://www77.oklahomaheritage.com/|title=Oklahomaheritage.com|website=77.oklahomaheritage.com}}</ref> Though Autry was born in [[Tioga, Texas]], his family moved to [[Oklahoma]] while he was an infant. He was raised in the southern Oklahoma towns of [[Achille, Oklahoma|Achille]] and [[Ravia, Oklahoma|Ravia]]. Autry had also worked as a [[telegraphist|telegraph operator]] near Berwyn.<ref name="SaddleAgain">{{cite web | url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/movies/jimmie-tramel-back-in-saddle-again-let-s-revisit-oklahoma/article_f3c8bac5-fdb2-5ec7-bd4f-39269b992d6f.html | title= Back in Saddle Again; Let's revisit Oklahoma town (Gene Autry) with famous cowboy's name | date= September 16, 2019 | publisher= Jimmie Tramel, Tulsa World, September 16, 2019| access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> In 1939, he bought the {{convert|1,200|acre|km2|adj=on}} Flying A Ranch on the west edge of Berwyn, and the town decided to honor him by changing its name. Approximately 35,000 people attended the ceremonies broadcast live from the site on Autry's ''[[Gene Autry's Melody Ranch|Melody Ranch]]'' radio show. Expectations that Autry would make his permanent home on the ranch were heightened when Autry's house in California burned down just 8 days before the name change ceremony, but dashed three weeks later with the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].<ref name ="SaddleAgain"/> Autry
joined the military in 1942 and sold the ranch after the war.<ref name ="SaddleAgain"/>

In 1972, he was inducted into the [[Hall of Great Western Performers]] at the [[National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum|National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center]] in [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]. Autry was a life member of the [[Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks]], Burbank Lodge No.&nbsp;1497. His 1976 autobiography, co-written by [[Mickey Herskowitz]], was titled ''Back in the Saddle Again'' after [[Back in the Saddle Again|his 1939 hit and signature tune]]. He is also featured year after year, on radio and "[[shopping mall]] music" at the holiday season, by his recording of "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]". "Rudolph" became the first No.&nbsp;1 hit of the 1950s.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} In 2003, he was ranked No.&nbsp;38 in [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]]'s list of the ''40 Greatest Men of Country Music''.

In 1977, Autry was awarded the American Patriots Medal by [[Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge|Freedoms Foundation]] of [[Valley Forge, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="medal">{{cite web|title=66th Legislature, Resolutions – Congratulatory and Honorary|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=587&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~RcountyID=~district=~first=~gender=~last=Smothers~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=#bio|website=Lrl.state.tx.us|access-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref>

[[Johnny Cash]] recorded a song in 1978 about Autry called "Who is Gene Autry?" Cash also got Autry to sign his famous black [[C. F. Martin & Company|Martin]] D-35 guitar, which he plays in the video of "[[Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)#Johnny Cash version|Hurt]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/Johnny-cash-whos-gene-autry-lyrics|title=Johnny Cash – Who's Gene Autry?|via=genius.com}}</ref>

In 1983, Autry received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=Achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business}}</ref>

Autry was inducted into the [[Oklahoma Hall of Fame]] in 1991.<ref name="OHOF" />

When the [[Anaheim Angels]] won their first [[2002 World Series|World Series]] in 2002, much of the championship was dedicated to him. The interchange of [[Interstate 5 (California)|Interstate 5]] and [[California State Route 134|State Route 134]], near the [[Autry Museum of the American West|Autry National Center]] in Los Angeles, is signed as the "Gene Autry Memorial Interchange". There is also a street named after Autry in [[Anaheim, California]], called [https://www.google.com/maps/place/E+Gene+Autry+Way,+Anaheim,+CA/@33.7998129,-117.9000933,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80dcd790c4396fd1:0x75f0f13f8eab354f!8m2!3d33.7998129!4d-117.8979046?hl=en Gene Autry Way], and there is a street in Palm Springs, California named [https://www.google.com/maps/place/N+Gene+Autry+Trail,+Palm+Springs,+CA/@33.8485434,-116.5078986,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80db1c12db83a0ed:0x342a58a8db75d617!8m2!3d33.8485434!4d-116.5057099?hl=en Gene Autry Trail].

Autry was inducted into the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]] in 2003. In 2004, [[Starz Inc.|Starz]] joined forces with the Autry estate to restore all of his films, which have been shown on Starz's [[Starz Encore#Starz Encore Westerns|Encore Westerns]] channel on [[pay television|premium television]] on a regular basis to date since.

In 2007, he became a charter member of the [[Gennett Records]] Walk of Fame in [[Richmond, Indiana]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Starr-Gennett Foundation |url=https://www.starrgennettfoundation.org/sgfwof |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Starr-Gennett Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>

In May 2019, [[Warner Chappell Music]] acquired the Gene Autry Music Group, a music publisher comprising four smaller publishers, 1,500 compositions (including "Back in the Saddle Again", "[[Here Comes Santa Claus]]", "[[Just Walkin' in the Rain]]", and "[[You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong To Me]]"), and several of Autry's master recordings.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8513827/warner-chappell-acquires-gene-autry-music-group|magazine=Billboard|title=Warner Chappell Acquires Gene Autry Music Group|date=May 30, 2019|first=Chris|last=Eggertsen}}</ref>

=== Statues ===
==== California ====
* (1988) ''Back in the Saddle Again'' by David Spellerberg (semi-public statue: Autry and his movie horse "Champion"); exterior courtyard, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, California
* (1998) ''Gene Autry Statue'' by De L'Esprie (semi-public statue: Autry with hat in hand); exterior courtyard inside gate 2, [[Angel Stadium|Angel Stadium/Edison International Field of Anaheim]], Anaheim, California
* (2009) ''[https://www.publicartinpublicplaces.info/gene-autry-2009-by-del-esprie Gene Autry, America's Favorite Singing Cowboy]'' by De L'Esprie (public statue: Autry seated, with guitar); [[Palm Springs, California]]

=== Hollywood Walk of Fame ===
[[File:Gene Autry Star.png|thumb|Gene Autry's television star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
Autry is the only person to have five stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], one in each of the five categories defined by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geneautry.com/clubhouse/places/hollywood_walkoffame.html |title=The Official Website for Gene Autry – Hollywood Walk of Fame |website=geneautry.com |publisher=Gene Autry Entertainment |access-date=November 8, 2017 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109022223/http://www.geneautry.com/clubhouse/places/hollywood_walkoffame.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> All of Autry's stars are located along [[Hollywood Boulevard]]: Recording at 6384, Radio at 6520, [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|Motion pictures]] at 6644, Television at 6667, and Live theatre at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard. His first four stars were placed during the initial inductions of 1960 while the final one was placed in 1987, in the additional category named "Live theatre"—later renamed "Live performance"—introduced in 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/gene-autry |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame – Gene Autry |website=Walkoffame.com |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=November 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/pages/history |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame – History of the Walk of Fame |website=Walkoffame.com |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=November 8, 2017}}</ref>

=== Museum of the American West ===
The Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles' [[Griffith Park]] was founded in 1988 as the Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum featuring much of Autry's personal collection of Western art and memorabilia as well as collections of his friends and other Western film stars. Since 2004, the museum is partnered with the [[Southwest Museum of the American Indian]] and is divided into two locations, eight miles apart from each other.

== Discography ==
'''+''' 1,000,000 units sold

=== Albums ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Album
! [[Top Country Albums|US Country]]
! Label
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1976
| ''South of the Border, All American Cowboy''
| align="center"| 42
| rowspan="2"| [[Republic Records|Republic]]
|-
| ''Cowboy Hall of Fame''
| align="center"| 44
|}

=== Singles ===

==== 1930s ====
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
|-
! [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]
! [[Billboard Hot 100|US Popular]]
|-
| 1932
| "[[That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine]]" '''+''' <small>(G. Autry and Jimmy Long)</small><ref name=perfect>{{Cite web|title=PERFECT 78rpm numerical listing discography (12500 - 13000)|url=https://www.78discography.com/PE12500.htm|access-date=February 4, 2022|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref><ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1933
| "[[The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)|The Yellow Rose Of Texas]]" <small>(G. Autry and Jimmy Long)</small><ref name=perfect/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Cowboy's Heaven"<ref name=perfect/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[The Last Round-Up (song)|The Last Round-Up]]"<ref name=perfect/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1935
| "[[Tumbling Tumbleweeds]]" <small>(Gene Autry Trio)</small><ref name=melotone35>{{Cite web |title=MELOTONE 1935 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=http://www.78discography.com/Mel13000.htm |access-date=November 14, 2023 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref><ref name=PopMemories/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| 7
|-
| "[[That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine]]" '''+''' <small>(G. Autry and Jimmy Long)</small><ref name=vocalion250>{{Cite web|title=Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography: 2500 - 3000|url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC2500.htm|access-date=November 14, 2023|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref><ref name=PopMemories/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| 10
|-
| "Ole Faithful" <small>(Gene Autry Trio)</small><ref name=melotone35/><ref name=PopMemories/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| 10
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1936
| "[[Mexicali Rose (song)|Mexicali Rose]]"<ref name=melotone36/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven]]"<ref name=melotone36>{{Cite web |title=MELOTONE 1936 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=http://www.78discography.com/Mel36.htm |access-date=March 2, 2022 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1937
| "The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)"<ref name=melotone37>{{Cite web |title=MELOTONE 1937 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=http://www.78discography.com/Mel37.htm |access-date=November 14, 2023 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| "It's Round-Up Time In Reno"<ref name=melotone37/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1938
| "Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle"<ref name=vocalion400>{{Cite web|title=Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography: 4000 - 4500|url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC4000.htm|access-date=February 4, 2022|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Dust"<ref name=vocalion400/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| "There's A Gold Mine in the Sky"<ref name=melotone38>{{Cite web |title=MELOTONE 1938 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=http://www.78discography.com/Mel38.htm |access-date=November 14, 2023 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="6"| 1939
| "Paradise in the Moonlight"<ref>{{cite magazine|date=May 27, 1939|title=Hillbilly Recordings – Month Ending May 27, 1939|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1939-05-27.pdf|magazine=The Billboard|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|page=82|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name=vocalion450/>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[South of the Border (1939 song)|South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)]]" '''+''' <ref name=vocalion500>{{Cite web|title=Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography - 5000 series (main sequence)|url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC5000.htm|access-date=February 4, 2022|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref><ref name=tsha/>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 15
|-
| "[[Back in the Saddle Again]]" '''+'''  <ref name=vocalion500/><ref name=tsha>{{Cite web |title=TSHA {{!}} Autry, Orvon Gene |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/autry-orvon-gene |access-date=April 26, 2022 |website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Little Sir Echo"<ref name=vocalion450>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 4500 - 4999 |url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC4500.htm |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| —
|-
| "A Gold Mine In Your Heart"<ref name=vocalion500/>
| align="center"| 13
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Blue Montana Skies"<ref name=vocalion450/>
| align="center"| 16
| align="center"| —
|}

==== 1940s ====
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
|-
! [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]
! [[Billboard Hot 100|US Popular]]
|-
| rowspan="10"| 1940
| "I'm Beginning To Care"<ref name=vocalion500/><ref name="auto">{{cite magazine|date=January 27, 1940|title=Hillbilly Recordings – Month Ending January 27, 1940|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1940/BB-1940-01-27.pdf|magazine=The Billboard|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|page=70|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| —
|-
| "The Merry-Go-Roundup"<ref name="auto"/><ref name=vocalion500/>
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye]]"<ref name=vocalion500/><ref>{{cite magazine|date=June 29, 1940|title=Hillbilly Recordings – Month Ending June 29, 1940|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1940/BB-1940-06-29.pdf|magazine=The Billboard|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|page=102|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 20
|-
| "Mary Dear"<ref name=vocalion550>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography 5500 - 5600 |url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC5500.htm |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=August 31, 1940|title=Hillbilly Recordings – Month Ending August 31, 1940|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1940/BB-1940-08-31.pdf|magazine=The Billboard|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|page=112|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Were You Sincere"<ref name=okeh560/><ref>{{cite magazine|date=September 28, 1940|title=Hillbilly Recordings – Month Ending September 28, 1940|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1940/BB-1940-09-28.pdf|magazine=The Billboard|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|page=70|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Broomstick Buckaroo"<ref name=okeh560/><ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 28, 1940|title=Hillbilly Recordings – Month Ending December 28, 1940|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1940/BB-1940-12-28.pdf|magazine=The Billboard|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|page=132|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref>
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[Blueberry Hill (song)|Blueberry Hill]]"<ref name=okeh560>{{Cite web |title=OKeh (by CBS) numerical listing discography: 5600 - 5999 |url=https://www.78discography.com/OK5600.htm |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| —
|-
| "When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget"<ref name=vocalion500/>
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[Allá en el Rancho Grande (song)|El Rancho Grande]]"<ref name=vocalion550/>
| align="center"| 11
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[Singing Hills]]"<ref name=vocalion550/>
| align="center"| 11
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="5"| 1941
| "[[You Are My Sunshine]]"'''+''' <ref name=tsha/><ref name="auto1">{{cite magazine|date=August 30, 1941|title=Hillbilly Recordings – Month Ending August 30, 1941|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-08-30.pdf|magazine=The Billboard|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|page=104|access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name=okeh600>{{Cite web|title=OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6000 - 6500|url=https://www.78discography.com/OK6000.htm|access-date=February 4, 2022|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 23
|-
| "[[Be Honest with Me]]"<ref name="auto1"/><ref name=okeh560/>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 23
|-
| "You Waited Too Long"<ref name=okeh560/>
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| —
|-
| "It Makes No Difference Now"<ref name=okeh600/>
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Lonely River"<ref name=okeh650/>
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1942
| "Tweedle-O-Twill"<ref name=okeh650>{{Cite web|title=OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6500 - 6747 (end of series)|url=https://www.78discography.com/OK6500.htm|access-date=February 4, 2022|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[Deep in the Heart of Texas]]"<ref name=okeh650/>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1943
| "It Makes No Difference Now"<ref name=okeh600/>
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| —
|-
| "I Hang My Head and Cry"<ref name=okeh650/>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| —
|-
| "We've Come A Long Way Together"<ref name=okeh650/>
| align="center"| 10
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1944
| "[[I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes]]"<ref name=okeh650/>
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="7"| 1945
| "[[At Mail Call Today]]"<ref name=okeh650/>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| —
|-
| "I'll Be Back"<ref name=okeh650/>
| align="center"| 7
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Gonna Build a Big Fence Around Texas"<ref name=okeh650/>
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[Don't Fence Me In (song)|Don't Fence Me In]]"<ref name=okeh650/>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Don't Hang Around Me Anymore"<ref name=columbia200>{{Cite web|title=COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: Country/Western series 20000 - 20500|url=https://www.78discography.com/COL20000.htm|access-date=February 4, 2022|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Don't Live a Lie"<ref name=columbia365>{{Cite web |title=COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500 - 37000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL36500.htm |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| —
|-
| "I Want to Be Sure"<ref name=columbia365/>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="6"| 1946
| "Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs)"<ref name=columbia365/>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| —
|-
| "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine"<ref name=columbia365/>
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| —
|-
| "You Only Want Me When You're Lonely"<ref name=columbia365/>
| align="center"| 7
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Wave to Me, My Lady"<ref name=columbia365/>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[Have I Told You Lately that I Love You? (1945 song)|Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?]]"<ref name=columbia370>{{Cite web |title=COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 37000 - 37499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL37000.htm |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)]]"<ref name=columbia370/>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1947
| "[[Home On The Range]]"/"[[Red River Valley (song)|Red River Valley]]"<ref name=columbia200/>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| "You're Not My Darlin' Anymore"<ref name=columbia370/>
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1948
| "[[Here Comes Santa Claus|Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)]]"'''+{{'}}''' <ref name=columbia375>{{Cite web |title=COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 37500 - 38000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL37500.htm |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref><ref name=PopMemories/>
| align="center"| 5
| align="center"| 8
|-
| "[[Buttons and Bows]]"<ref name=columbia375/>
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| 17
|-
| "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"<ref name=columbia200/>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| 8
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1949
| "[[(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend|Ghost Riders in the Sky]]"<ref name=columbia250>{{Cite web|title=COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20500 - 21000|url=https://www.78discography.com/COL20500.htm|access-date=February 4, 2022|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref>
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]"'''+''' <small>(w/ The Pinafores)</small><ref name=columbia385>{{Cite web |title=COLUMBIA RECORDS: 78rpm numerical listing discography 38500 - 39000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL38500.htm |access-date=August 13, 2022 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref><ref name=PopMemories/>
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 1
|-
| "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"<ref name=columbia200/>
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"| 24
|-
| align="center" colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

==== 1950s ====
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
|-
! [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]
! [[Billboard Hot 100|US Popular]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1950
| "[[Peter Cottontail (song)|Peter Cottontail]]"'''+''' <ref name=columbia385/><ref name=tsha/>
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 5
|-
| "[[Frosty the Snowman|Frosty the Snow Man]]"'''+''' <small>(w/ The [[Cass County Boys]])</small><ref name=columbia385/><ref name=PopMemories/>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| 7
|-
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(w/ The Pinafores)</small><ref name=columbia385/>
| align="center"| 5
| align="center"| 3
|-
| 1951
| "Old Soldiers Never Die"
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| —
|-
| 1952
| "[[Up on the House Top|Up on the Housetop]]"
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1957
| "Nobody's Darlin' but Mine"
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| —
|-
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small><ref name=columbia385 />
| align="center"| —
| align="center"| 70
|-
| align="center" colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

==== 1990s ====
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
|-
! [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]
! [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]]
|-
| 1998
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 55
| align="center"| —
|-
| 1999
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 60
| align="center"| 24
|-
| align="center" colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart
|}

==== 2010s ====
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
|-
! [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 28<ref name = "BB2018">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2019-01-05/|title=The Hot 100 (Week of January 5, 2019)|magazine=Billboard|date=January 5, 2019|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 16<ref name = "BB2018"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 32<ref name = "BB2019">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2020-01-04/|title=The Hot 100 (Week of January 4, 2020)|magazine=Billboard|date=January 4, 2020|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 22<ref name = "BB2019"/>
|}

==== 2020s ====
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
|-
! [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2020
| "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 26<ref name = "BB2020">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2021-01-02/|title=The Hot 100 (Week of January 2, 2021)|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2021|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 16<ref name = "BB2020"/>
|-
| 2021
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 19<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2022-01-01/|title=The Hot 100 (Week of January 1, 2022)|magazine=Billboard|date=January 1, 2022|access-date=December 30, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2022
| "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 25<ref name = "BB123122">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2022-12-31/|title=The Hot 100 (Week of December 31, 2022)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 31, 2022|access-date=December 28, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 28<ref name = "BB123122"/>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 21<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gene-autry/chart-history/hsi/|title=Gene Autry Chart History: Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align="center"| 26<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2023-12-09/|title=The Hot 100 (Week of December 9, 2023)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 9, 2023|access-date=December 5, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan = "2"| 2024
| "Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align = "center"| 23<ref name = "HOT100010425">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2025-01-04/|title=The Hot 100 (Week of January 4, 2025)|magazine=Billboard|date=January 4, 2025|access-date=December 31, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" <small>(re-entry)</small>
| align = "center"| 30<ref name = "HOT100010425"/>
|}

=== Holiday 100 chart entries ===
Since many radio stations in the US adopt a format change to [[Christmas music]] each December, many holiday hits have an annual spike in popularity during the last few weeks of the year and are retired once the season is over.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-christmas-radio-20151222-story.html|title=Jingle bell rock: Why lots of radio stations go all-Christmas in December|last=Judkis|first=Maura|date=December 22, 2015|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=February 8, 2019}}</ref> In December 2011, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' began a [[Billboard charts#Holiday|Holiday Songs]] chart with 50 positions that monitors the last five weeks of each year to "rank the top holiday hits of all eras using the same methodology as the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]], blending [[streaming media|streaming]], [[airplay]], and sales data",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8491032/andy-williams-the-ronettes-hot-100-chart-moves |title=Andy Williams Hits New High, The Ronettes 'Ride' Back After 52 Years & More Hot 100 Chart Moves|website=Billboard.com |access-date=February 8, 2019}}</ref> and in 2013, the number of positions on the chart was doubled, resulting in the [[Holiday 100]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Carey Brings Back 'Christmas'|date= December 14, 2013 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| page=115}}</ref> A few Autry recordings have made appearances on the Holiday 100 and are noted below according to the holiday season in which they charted there.

{| class = "wikitable" style = text-align:center;
|-
! rowspan = "2"| Title
! colspan = "14"| Holiday season peak chart positions
|- style = "width:3em;font-size:90%;"
! align = center| 2011
! align = center| 2012
! align = center| 2013
! align = center| 2014
! align = center| 2015
! align = center| 2016
! align = center| 2017
! align = center| 2018
! align = center| 2019
! align = center| 2020
! align = center| 2021
! align = center| 2022
! align = center| 2023
! align = center| 2024
|-
| align = left| "[[Frosty the Snowman]]"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 100<ref name = "BB121215">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-12|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 12, 2015 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094423/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-12 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 90<ref name = "BB121016">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-10|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 10, 2016 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094320/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-10 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2023-12-16|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 16, 2023)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 16, 2023|access-date=December 12, 2023}}</ref>
| 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2024-12-21|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 21, 2024)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 21, 2024|access-date=December 17, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| align = left| "[[Here Comes Santa Claus|Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)]]"
| 45<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2011-12-24|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 24, 2011 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094803/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2011-12-24 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 34<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2012-12-08|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 8, 2012 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094729/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2012-12-08 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 43<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-01-04|title=Holiday 100: The week of January 4, 2014 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094557/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-01-04 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 48<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-12-13|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 13, 2014 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094533/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2014-12-13 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 27<ref name = "BB121215"/>
| 37<ref name = "BB121016"/>
| 18<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-12-30|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 30, 2017 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094114/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-12-30 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 10<ref name = "BB122218">{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-12-22|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 22, 2018 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223023540/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-12-22 |archive-date=February 23, 2019 }}</ref>
| 12<ref name = "BB120719">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-07|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 7, 2019|publisher=billboard.com|access-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210818011431/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-07|archive-date= August 18, 2021}}</ref>
| 12<ref name = "BB120520">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2020-12-05|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 5, 2020|publisher=billboard.com|access-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210103234728/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2020-12-05|archive-date= January 3, 2021}}</ref>
| 25<ref name = "BB120421">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2021-12-04|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 4, 2021)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 4, 2021|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>
| 19<ref name = "BB120322">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2022-12-03|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 3, 2022)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 3, 2022|access-date=November 30, 2022}}</ref>
| 17<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2023-12-30|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 30, 2023)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 30, 2023|access-date=December 27, 2023}}</ref>
| 20<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2024-12-07|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 7, 2024)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 7, 2024|access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| align = left| "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]"
| 14<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2011-12-17|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 17, 2011 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094819/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2011-12-17 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 14<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-01-05|title=Holiday 100: The week of January 5, 2013 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094644/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-01-05 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 11<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-12-28|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 28, 2013 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094609/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-12-28 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 11<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-01-03|title=Holiday 100: The week of January 3, 2015 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094446/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-01-03 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 8<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-19|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 19, 2015 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094412/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2015-12-19 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 10<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-31|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 31, 2016 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094245/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2016-12-31 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 10<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-01-03|title=Holiday 100: The week of January 3, 2018 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094159/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-01-03 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 7<ref name = "BB122218"/>
| 10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-28|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 28, 2019|publisher=billboard.com|access-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200805154545/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2019-12-28|archive-date= August 5, 2020}}</ref>
| 14<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2021-01-02|title=Holiday 100: The week of January 2, 2021|publisher=billboard.com|access-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210104000856/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2021-01-02|archive-date= January 4, 2021}}</ref>
| 13<ref name = "BB122521">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2021-12-25|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 25, 2021)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 25, 2021|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref>
| 17<ref name = "BB120322"/>
| 14<ref name = "BB120923">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2023-12-09|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 9, 2023)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 9, 2023|access-date=December 5, 2023}}</ref>
| 26<ref name = "BB122824">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2024-12-28|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 28, 2024)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 28, 2024|access-date=December 24, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| align = left| "[[Up on the House Top|Up on the Housetop (Ho! Ho! Ho!)]]"
| —
| —
| 80<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-12-14|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 14, 2013 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094632/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2013-12-14 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| —
| —
| 94<ref name = "BB121016"/>
| 80<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-12-09|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 9, 2017 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407094222/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2017-12-09 |archive-date=April 7, 2018 }}</ref>
| 72<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-12-08|title=Holiday 100: The week of December 8, 2018 |publisher=billboard.com |access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223024719/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2018-12-08 |archive-date=February 23, 2019 }}</ref>
| 94<ref name = "BB120719"/>
| 91<ref name = "BB120520"/>
| 74<ref name = "BB120421"/>
| 84<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-holiday-songs/2022-12-10|title=Holiday 100 (Week of December 10, 2022)|magazine=Billboard|date=December 10, 2022|access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref>
| 94<ref name = "BB120923"/>
| 78<ref name = "BB122824"/>
|}

==Filmography==
{{Main|Gene Autry filmography}}
From 1934 to 1953, Autry appeared in 93 films.<ref name="magers-21-336">{{harvnb|Magers|2007|pages=21–336}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Autry's first three films were produced by [[Mascot Pictures]]. His next 57 films, from ''Tumbling Tumbleweeds'' (1935) through ''Robin Hood of Texas'' (1947), were produced by [[Republic Pictures]]. His final 33 films, from ''The Last Round-up'' (1947) through ''Last of the Pony Riders'' (1953), were produced by [[Columbia Pictures]].<ref name="magers-21-336" />|group=Note}} From 1950 to 1955, he also appeared in 91 episodes of ''[[The Gene Autry Show]]'' television series.<ref name="magers-342-344">{{harvnb|Magers|2007|pages=342–344}}</ref><ref name="george-383-385">{{harvnb|George-Warren|2007|pp=382–385}}</ref> {{as of|2014}}, a large number of these films and television episodes remain available via the Gene Autry Foundation on the Western Channel (a [[cable television]] station), the latter having collaborated with the Foundation to restore the [[Republic Pictures|Republic]] titles, which had been cut to a uniform 54 minutes for television release in the 1950s, to full length and to provide clean negative-based source prints for all the titles in the 1990s.

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* ''[[In Old Santa Fe]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Mystery Mountain (serial)|Mystery Mountain]]'' (1934) (serial)
* ''[[The Phantom Empire]]'' (1935) (serial)
* ''[[Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935 film)|Tumbling Tumbleweeds]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Melody Trail]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Sagebrush Troubadour]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Singing Vagabond]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Red River Valley (1936 film)|Red River Valley]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Comin' Round the Mountain (1936 film)|Comin' Round the Mountain]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Singing Cowboy (1936 film)|The Singing Cowboy]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Guns and Guitars]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Ride Ranger Ride]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Oh, Susanna! (1936 film)|Oh, Susanna!]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Big Show (1936 film)|The Big Show]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Old Corral]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Round-Up Time in Texas]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Git Along Little Dogies (film)|Git Along Little Dogies]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Public Cowboy No. 1]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Boots and Saddles (1937 film)|Boots and Saddles]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Springtime in the Rockies (1937 film)|Springtime in the Rockies]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Old Barn Dance]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Gold Mine in the Sky]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Man from Music Mountain (1938 film)|Man from Music Mountain]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Prairie Moon]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Rhythm of the Saddle]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Western Jamboree]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Home on the Prairie]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Mexicali Rose (1939 film)|Mexicali Rose]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Blue Montana Skies]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Mountain Rhythm (1939 film)|Mountain Rhythm]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Colorado Sunset]]'' (1939)
* ''[[In Old Monterey]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Rovin' Tumbleweeds]]'' (1939)
* ''[[South of the Border (1939 film)|South of the Border]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Rancho Grande (film)|Rancho Grande]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Shooting High]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Gaucho Serenade]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Carolina Moon (1940 film)|Carolina Moon]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Melody Ranch]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Ridin' on a Rainbow]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Back in the Saddle (film)|Back in the Saddle]]'' (1941)
* ''[[The Singing Hill]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Sunset in Wyoming]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Under Fiesta Stars]]'' (1941)
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* ''[[Down Mexico Way]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Sierra Sue]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Cowboy Serenade]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Heart of the Rio Grande]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Home in Wyomin']]'' (1942)
* ''[[Stardust on the Sage]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Call of the Canyon]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Bells of Capistrano]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Sioux City Sue (film)|Sioux City Sue]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Trail to San Antone]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Twilight on the Rio Grande]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Saddle Pals (film)|Saddle Pals]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Robin Hood of Texas]]'' (1947)
* ''[[The Last Round-Up (1947 film)|The Last Round-Up]]'' (1947)
* ''[[The Strawberry Roan]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Loaded Pistols]]'' (1948)
* ''[[The Big Sombrero (film)|The Big Sombrero]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Riders of the Whistling Pines]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Rim of the Canyon]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Cowboy and the Indians]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Riders in the Sky (film)|Riders in the Sky]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Sons of New Mexico]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Mule Train (film)|Mule Train]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Cow Town]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Hoedown (film)|Hoedown]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Beyond the Purple Hills]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Indian Territory (film)|Indian Territory]]'' (1950)
* ''[[The Blazing Sun (1950 film)|The Blazing Sun]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Gene Autry and the Mounties]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Texans Never Cry]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Whirlwind (1951 film)|Whirlwind]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Silver Canyon (film)|Silver Canyon]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Hills of Utah]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Valley of Fire (film)|Valley of Fire]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Old West (film)|The Old West]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Night Stage to Galveston]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Apache Country]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Barbed Wire (1952 film)|Barbed Wire]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Wagon Team]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Blue Canadian Rockies]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Winning of the West]]'' (1953)
* ''[[On Top of Old Smoky (film)|On Top of Old Smoky]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Goldtown Ghost Riders]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Pack Train]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Saginaw Trail (film)|Saginaw Trail]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Last of the Pony Riders]]'' (1953)
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== See also ==
* [[Autry National Center|Autry National Center of the American West]]
* [[Gene Autry, Oklahoma]]
* [[Hollywood Christmas Parade]]
* [[List of best-selling music artists]]
* [[List of Freemasons]]
* [[List of members of the American Legion]]
* [[Movie ranches#Monogram Ranch/Melody Ranch|Melody Movie Ranch]]

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |author=Michael Duchemin |date=September 22, 2016 |title=New Deal Cowboy: Gene Autry and Public Diplomacy |publisher=[[University of Oklahoma Press]] |isbn=9780806153926 |oclc=959274480 }}
* {{cite web |author=Sandi Hemmerlein |date=September 6, 2019 |language=en |title=Beyond Gene Autry: The Making of the Singing Cowboy Myth |website=PBS |url=https://www.pbssocal.org/country-music/beyond-gene-autry-making-singing-cowboy-myth/}}

==Notes==
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== References ==
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===Sources===
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* {{cite book|last=Autry |first=Gene |title=Back in the Saddle Again |url=https://archive.org/details/backinsaddleagai00autr |url-access=registration |publisher=Doubleday |location=New York |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-385-03234-6}}
* {{cite book|last=Cusic |first=Don |title=Gene Autry: His Life and Career |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-7864-5978-0}}
* {{cite book |last=George-Warren |first=Holly |title=Public Cowboy no.&nbsp;1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-19-517746-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780195177466 }}
* {{cite book|last=Green |first=Douglas B. |title=Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy |url=https://archive.org/details/singinginsaddleh0000gree |url-access=registration |publisher=Vanderbilt University Press |location=Nashville |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-8265-1412-7}}
* {{cite book|last=Guyot-Smith |first=Jonathan |editor=Paul Kingsbury |title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00coun |url-access=registration |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |year=1998 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofco00coun/page/22 22–23] |isbn=978-0-19-511671-7}}
* {{cite book|last=Magers |first=Boyd |title=Gene Autry Westerns |publisher=Empire Publishing, Inc. |location=Madison, North Carolina |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-944019-49-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Richliano |first=James |title=Angels We Have Heard: The Christmas Song Stories |publisher=Star of Bethlehem Books|location=New York |year=2002 |pages=154–219 |isbn=0-9718810-0-6}}
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.geneautry.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|810}}
* {{rhof|id=165|name=Gene Autry}}
* [http://theautry.org/ Autry National Center]
* [https://countrymusichalloffame.org/artists/artist-detail/gene-autry Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225091815/https://countrymusichalloffame.org/artists/artist-detail/gene-autry |date=December 25, 2017 }}
* [http://www.melodyranchstudio.com/museum.html Melody Ranch Motion Picture Studio Museum]
* {{discogs artist|Gene Autry}}
* [http://zootradio.com/Gene_Autry.php Zoot Radio, free old time radio show downloads of Gene Autry]

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