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What’s Your Favorite Holiday (3:27) (Jule Styne-Sol Meyer) Mary Lee and Showboat Performers From the Republic Pictures film Ridin' On A Rainbow Released 1/24/1941, Hollywood |
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Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s an Irish Lullaby) (3:20) (James Royce Shannon) Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys and The Pinafores From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 3/18/1950, Hollywood |
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Peter Cottontail (2:45) (Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins) Columbia 38750, originally charted #5 Pop, 1950 Recorded 3/2/1950, New York |
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The Funny Little Bunny (With The Powder Puff Tail) (2:39) (Johnny Bond, Gene Autry) Columbia 38750, 1950 Recorded 3/2/1950, New York |
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Bunny Round-Up Time (2:31) (Leo Israel, Herman Krasnow) Gene Autry with The Pinafores Columbia 39217, 1951 Orchestra under the direction of Carl Cotner Recorded 1/31/1951, Chicago |
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Sonny The Bunny (2:45) Gene Autry with The Pinafores (Tommy Johnson) Columbia 39217, 1951 Orchestra under the direction of Carl Cotner Recorded 1/31/1951, Chicago |
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Easter Mornin’ (2:52) (June Winters-Mary Alice Ruffin) Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys Columbia 40167, 1954 Orchestra under the direction of Carl Cotner Recorded 1/4/1954, Hollywood |
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The Horse With The Easter Bonnet (2:59) (Al Hoffman-Dick Hoffman) Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys (Based on the story by Jane Thayer) Columbia 40167, 1954 Orchestra under the direction of Carl Cotner Recorded 1/4/1954, Hollywood |
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I Paid My Income Tax Today (1:30) (Irving Berlin) Gene Autry with Jimmy Wakely’s Trio From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 3/8/1942, Hollywood |
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When It’s Springtime In The Rockies (2:38) (Robert Sauer-Maryhale Woolsey) Gene Autry and Radio Audience From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 4/15/1950, Hollywood |
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A Hillbilly Wedding in June (2:03) (Freddie Owens, Frankie More) Gene Autry with Jimmy Wakely’s Trio and Lou Bring’s Orchestra From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 1/5/1941, Hollywood |
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Peach Picking Time Down in Georgia (1:26) (C. Michen, Jimmy Rodgers) Gene Autry with Jimmy Wakely’s Trio and Lou Bring’s Orchestra From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 3/16/1941, Hollywood |
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Yankee Doodle Boy (1:11) (George M. Cohan) Gene Autry with Carl Cotner’s Orchestra From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 7/4/1948, Hollywood |
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Ridin’ All Day (2:09) (Gene Autry-Smiley Burnette) Gene Autry with Jimmy Wakely’s Trio and Lou Bring’s Orchestra From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 2/2/1941, Hollywood |
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It’s My Lazy Day (1:46) (Smiley Burnette) Smiley Burnette with The Kettle Sisters From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 1/12/1947, Hollywood |
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Gone Fishin’ (2:31) (Charles F. Kenny, Nick A Kenny) Gene Autry with Pat Buttram and The Cass County Boys From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 6/28/1952, Hollywood |
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Ghost Riders In The Sky (3:42) (Stan Jones) Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner’s Orchestra From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 4/30/1949, Hollywood |
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Old November Moon (2:43) (Gene Autry, Johnny Marvin) Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely and The Rough Riders, Ceaser Petrillo & Orchestra; introduction by Gene Autry and Horace Murphy From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 11/17/1940, Chicago |
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Little Johnny Pilgrim (2:41) (Max M. Fidler-Francis Kane) Columbia Records 38985, 1950 Orchestra under the direction of Carl Cotner Recorded 7/28/1950, Hollywood |
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Guffy The Goofy Gobbler (2:43) (Gerald Marks, Milton H. Pascal) Columbia Records 38985 (B), 1950 Orchestra under the direction of Carl Cotner |
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Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) (2:33) (Gene Autry-Oakley Haldeman) Columbia 37942, originally charted #9 Pop, 1947 Recorded 8/28/1947, Hollywood |
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (3:10) (Johnny Marks) Gene Autry with The Pinafores Columbia 38610, originally charted #1 Pop, 1949 Recorded 6/27/1949, Hollywood |
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(Hard Rock, Coco and Joe) The Three Little Dwarfs (3:01) (Stuart Hamblen) Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys and The Pinafores Columbia 39543, 1951 Orchestra under the direction of Carl Cotner Recorded 7/11/1951, Hollywood |
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Poppy The Puppy (2:30) (Tommy Johnson) Gene Autry with The Pinafores Columbia 39542, 1951 Orchestra under the direction of Carl Cotner Recorded 7/11/1951, Hollywood |
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Auld Lang Syne (2:37) (Traditional) Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner’s Orchestra From Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch Radio Show Broadcast 12/31/49 |
Notes & Background Information
The masters used for this package are from Gene Autry's personal Radio and Film archive and from his original Columbia Records recordings.
Compilation Produced and Compiled by Cary E. Mansfield and Karla Buhlman
Executive Producer: Jackie Autry
Digitally Remastered by Bob Fisher, Pacific Multimedia Corp.
Notes by O. J. Sikes and Johnny Western
Research: Irynne Isip and Kim Mansfield
Art Direction & Design by Bill Pitzonka
Image Restoration: Jill and Howard Levine CDS Photo & Graphics
Tracks:
1, 2, 9, 10, 11-18, 25: (P) 2006 Autry Qualified Interest Trust and The Autry Foundation, Released through the courtesy of Gene Autry Entertainment, Inc.
3, 4, 19, 20: originally released 1950 Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Under license from Sony BMG Custom Marketing Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
5, 6, 23, 24: originally released 1951 Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Under license from Sony BMG Custom Marketing Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
7, 8: originally released 1954 Sony BMG Music Entertainment Under license from Sony BMG Custom Marketing Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
21: originally released 1947 Sony BMG Music Entertainment. Under license from Sony BMG Custom Marketing Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Compilation produced by Autry Qualified Interest Trust and The Autry Foundation
© 2006 Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc.
Manufactured by Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc., 11846 Ventura Blvd., Suite 130, Studio City, CA 91604. Distributed by Universal Music Distribution, 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Printed in the U.S.A.