Gene Autry - Palm Springs CA
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PeterNoG
N 33° 48.937 W 116° 29.557
11S E 546956 N 3741827
Gene Autry has been called America's Favorite Signing Cowboy. His statue is at the southeast corner of Ramon Rd and Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs, California.
Waymark Code: WMAKG1
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2011
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~ from Gene Autry's website ~
Gene Autry's career spanned some 70 years in the entertainment industry and he became famous in film, radio, television, and live theater and rodeo performances.
He recorded and wrote hundreds of songs; he was the most successful singing cowboy, completing 93 movies and starring in 91 television productions. Gene Autry was ranked among the most celebrated film stars, and for years was considered to be the most popular Western film actor.
Gene's best known song may be the Christmas classic "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" but his first hit "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" received the first Gold Record ever by any artist.