Gene Autry was the first of the wildly popular ""singing cowboys"" of the thirties and forties and the man who carried the flag for ""western"" in ""country and western,"" popularizing the genre's marriage of seemingly disparate western and hillbilly influences. Beyond his highly...
Gene Autry was the first of the wildly popular singing cowboys of the thirties and forties and the man who carried the flag for western in country and western, popularizing the genre's marriage of seemingly disparate western and hillbilly influences. Beyond his highly successful...