Artist· “The Singing Cowboy”

Gene Autry

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Artist· “The Singing Cowboy”

Gene Autry

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American Songwriter Oct 8

Born 142 Years Ago Today in Ohio, the Drifter Cowboy Behind the Folk Classic That Soundtracked George Clooney’s Oscar-Nominated Coen Brothers Hit

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American Songwriter Oct 6

On This Day in 1947, the King of Singing Cowboys Released a Christmas Classic That Has Been Covered by Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, and Bob Dylan

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American Songwriter Oct 2

28 Years Ago Today, the World Said Goodbye to the “King of the Singing Cowboys” Who Inspired Countless Imitators

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American Songwriter Sep 29

Born 119 Years Ago in Texas, the Singing Cowboy and Movie Star Who Was the First To Sell Out Madison Square Garden

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American Songwriter Sep 26

Born 101 Years Ago Today in Arizona, the Grammy-Winning Western Balladeer and NASCAR Driver Who Sent 17 Songs to No. 1

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American Songwriter Sep 23

44 Years Ago Today, Country Music Said Goodbye to One of Its Last Surviving “Singing Cowboys” Turned Comic Book Star

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American Songwriter Sep 17

12 Years Ago Today, Country Music Lost the Singer Who Left Pop Behind and Became a Grand Ole Opry Mainstay

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7 articles Sep 11

Alan Jackson Toby Keith Brooks & Dunn Lonestar David Ball Lee Greenwood The Chicks

American Songwriter, Billboard, Holler +2

American Songwriter Sep 4

Born 111 Years Ago Today in Pennsylvania, the Singing Cowboy Who Wrote the Western Anthem Popularized by Bing Crosby

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American Songwriter Sep 3

Born 101 Years Ago Today in Texas, the Princeton-Educated Country Legend Who Blended Honky-Tonk and Western Swing to Create Decades of Hits

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2 articles Jul 26

Waylon Jennings Shooter Jennings KAROL G David Guetta Grandmaster Flash Linkin Park Lil Wayne

American Songwriter, Saving Country Music

American Songwriter Jul 23

Born 109 Years Ago Today in Illinois, the “Straight Shootin’ Cowgirl” and Second Wife of “Mr. Country Music”

Judy Martin Gene Autry Red Foley Tex Ritter

American Songwriter Jul 20

Born in the Lone Star State 109 Years Ago, the Songwriter Behind Timeless Hits From Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, and Bing Crosby

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American Songwriter Jul 19

Born 89 Years Ago Today in the Tar Heel State, the Teen Rockabilly Idol Turned “International Ambassador of Country Music”

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American Songwriter Jul 9

Born 119 Years Ago Today in Texas, the “Best Singing Cowboy of All Time,” According to Two Legendary Singing Cowboys

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American Songwriter Jul 6

28 Years Ago Today, We Said Goodbye to the Man Who Went From Peach Picker to the “King of Cowboys”

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Billboard Jul 1

From ‘Dime-a-Dance’ to Hosting U2 & Bob Dylan: How Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa Has Endured for Over a Century

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