History Music / GeneAutry

Autry also acted in several {{Western}}s, both on TV and in the movies, and was the original owner of [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Major League]] UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}}'s Los Angeles Angels. By the time he retired from show business in 1964, he had appeared in nearly 100 films and made over 600 records. His body of work is credited with help bringing CountryMusic to a national audience. He is to date the only person to have a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star awarded in each of the five categories (film, television, music, radio, and live performance).

Autry also acted in several {{Western}}s, both on TV and in the movies, and was the original owner of [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Major League Baseball]]'s [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Los Angeles Angels]]. By the time he retired from show business in 1964, he had appeared in nearly 100 films and made over 600 records. His body of work is credited with help bringing CountryMusic to a national audience. He is to date the only person to have a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star awarded in each of the five categories (film, television, music, radio, and live performance).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Some of the recordings he did in the early 30s contained themes of bootlegging, corrupt police and women who worked in vice type occupations. These themes were largely absent in the work he did afterwards.

* SingerSongwriter: Its estimated that over half of the 600 songs Autry recorded over his singing carrier were either written by himself or co-written with someone else.

!!Tropes present in his work and life:
* AcePilot: He volunteered for the Army during World War II and, being a licensed pilot, served with the Air Corps. While he was assigned to a transport rather than a combat unit, his missions nevertheless took him over the dangerous "Hump" route across the Himalayas between India and China, over which many planes were lost to accidents and Japanese interceptors.

Autry also acted in several {{Western}}s, both on TV and in the movies, and was the original owner of [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Major League Baseball]]'s [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Los Angeles Angels]]. By the time he retired from show business in 1964, he had appeared in nearly 100 films and made over 600 records. His body of work is credited with help bringing CountryMusic to a national audience. He is to date the only person to have a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star awarded in each of the 5 categories (film, television, music, radio, and live performance).

In 1937, Autry recorded an original song written by himself titled "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine", which went on to become the first record ever to be certified in gold for over a million copies sold. In 1939, he received another gold record, this time for what would later become his SignatureSong: "Back in the Saddle Again".

* {{Snowlems}}: ''Frosty the Snowman'' is about a snowman who comes to life takes to a magic hat.

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* ChristmasSongs:
** He was the original performer of "Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman".
** He wrote and recorded "Here Comes Santa Claus", which has since gone on to become a staple of Christmas music.

* GriefSong: ''That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine'', a song about the narrator wishing that they could "turn back the pages of time" for their dying father. Doubles as a [[ParentalLoveSong Parental Love Song]].

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->"The man in the white cowboy hat was a hero to me
->He was then, he is now, and I guess he always will be
->And every so often I go back in time and I dream
->And I see Gene Autry go ridin' across the big screen"
-->--"Gene Autry, My Hero" - Music/MartyRobbins

In 1937, Autry recorded an original song written by himself titled "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine", which went on to become the first record ever to be certified in gold for over a million copies sold. In 1939, he received another gold record, this time for what would later become his SignatureSong: "Back In The Saddle Again".

Autry also acted in several Westerns, both on TV and in the movies, and was the original owner of [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Major League Baseball]]'s [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Los Angeles Angels]]. By the time he retired from show business in 1964, he had appeared in nearly 100 films and made over 600 records. His body of work is credited with help bringing CountryMusic to a national audience. He is to date the only person to have a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star awarded in each of the 5 categories (film, television, music, radio, and live performance).

!Tropes present in his work and life:

* AsHimself: He played fictional versions of himself on the Gene Autry Show and in a number of films and radio programs.

** He was the original performer of ''Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' and "Frosty the Snowman".
** He wrote "Here Comes Santa Claus" in 1947, which has since gone on to become a staple of Christmas music.

* TitledAfterTheSong: Many of Autry's films were titled after songs that would appear in said-film.