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Gene Autry
"Sing Cowboy Sing"
© Rhino Records
Year of Release: 1997
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track listing
Disc One:
Back In The Saddle Again
Dust
Sing Me A Song
Of The Saddle
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
The One Rose
(That's Left
In My Heart)
That Silver Haired Daddy
Of Mine
Rhythm Of The Range
Blueberry Hill
El Rancho Grande
Mellow Mountain Moon
We Never Dream
The Same Dream
Twice
When You And I
Were Young
Maggie
Maria Elena
Be Honest With Me
Tears On My Pillow
The Yellow Rose
Of Texas
Lonely River
Tweedle O'Twill
At Mail Call Today
Don't Live A Lie
Don't Hang Around Me
Anymore
I'll Be Back
Silver Spurs On
The Golden Stars
I Wish I Had
Never Met
Sunshine
You Only Want Me
When You're Lonely
You're Not My
Darlin' Anymore
Oklahoma Hills
Disc Two:
Sioux City Sue
Someday
(You'll Want Me
To Want You)
Gonna Build A Fence
Around Texas
The Old Lamplighter
San Fernando Valley
I'm A Fool To Care
Goodbye Little Darlin'
Goodbye
You Can't See The Sun
When You're Crying
I Tipped My Hat
(And Slowly Rode
Away)
The Angel Song
One Hundred And
Sixty Acres
At Sundown
It Happened In Monterey
It Makes No
Difference Now
The Singing Hills
You Laughed And I Cried
Pretty Mary
Mexicali Rose
Wave To Me My Lady
Let The Rest Of
The World Go By
Honey I'm In Love
With You
(The Honey Song)
Ole Faithful
Here Comes Santa Claus
You Are My Sunshine
Buttons And Bows
Blue Eyes Crying
In The Rain
Shame On You
While The Angelus
Was Ringing
Under Fiesta Stars
Disc Three:
Rudolph The
Red-Nosed
Reindeer
Mule Train
Dear Hearts And
Gentle People
Chattanoogie Shoe
Shine Boy
Peter Cottontail
Gone Fishin'
Teardrops From My Eyes
(I Got Spurs That)
Jingle Jangle Jingle
South Of The Border
The Last Roundup
Don't Fence Me In
Ridin' Down The Canyon
(I Was) Just Walking
Out The Door
You're The Only Star
In My Blue Heaven
The Night Before
Christmas Song
Look Out The Window
Frosty The Snowman
Somebody Bigger
Than You And I
Have I Told You
Lately That
I Love You
I'm Thinking Tonight
Of My Blue Eyes
Your Cheatin' Heart
I Hang My Head
And Cry
It's My Lazy Day
You're The Only
Good Thing
(That's Happened
To Me)
Harbor Lights
The Leaf Of Love
You've Got To Take The
Bitter With
The Sweet
Back In The
Saddle Again
(Closing Theme)
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Gene Autry
"Sing Cowboy Sing"
Gene Autry has always been the true cowboy. Known as "The Singing Cowboy,"
his music has always been widely appreciated, including many popular songs,
most Christmas songs. "Back In The Saddle Again" would be his theme
song, but it was his Christmas tunes that I best remember Gene Autry for.
The box set Sing Cowboy Sing: The Gene Autry Collection
captures 3 discs of recordings from Autry's radio show "Melody Ranch,"
from 1940 to 1956. It's interesting to listen to these recordings, as Autry would
talk briefly before many songs on this box set, as if you were listening to a radio
show of Gene and his music. Such in the case of "Rudolph The Red-Nosed
Reindeer" -- Originally it reached #1 in 1950, but researching albums
containing this song by Autry, it would released after 1950, and in most cases,
different versions. It seemed that the version of "Rudolph" was in its
original form, as if hearing this song for the first time in 1950, and
seeing/hearing this "original" song reach the top spot of the charts.
(This would be the same for Bing Crosby's "White Christmas.")
Disc One contains songs that would be covered by other artists, including Country
and what would be the future of music, Rock n Roll. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
was covered by many country artists, "Blueberry Hill" would be more famous in
Rock n Roll by Fats Domino, "Maria Elena" was a #1 hit in the 1940s for Jimmy
Dorsey. "The Yellow Rose of Texas" would be one of the beginning songs to
reach the number one spot in the first year of Rock n Roll by Mitch Miller.
Typical Country and Western titles brings out the sad, depressing thoughts, with
titles such as "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine," "You Only Want Me When You're
Lonely," and "You're Not My Darlin' Anymore."
Disc Two standouts are "The Old Lamplighter," a song that would reach number
one by Sammy Kaye, and another #1 song would surface for Dinah Shore's Buttons
And Bows" (1948). "Mexicali Rose" was a song I remember, sung by
another artist of which I cannot remember at the time of this writing. This
disc would also feature the first of Autry's popular Christmas tunes, "Here
Comes Santa Claus," and an interesting song is "Blue Eyes Crying In The
Rain," a song that would be popular in the 1970s by a future Country legend
Willie Nelson.
Disc Three begins with Autry's most popular and Christmas favorite, "Rudolph The
Red-Nosed Reindeer." Originally recorded in 1950, this version has Autry talking
at the beginning of this song, something we are not familiar with, as another version of
this song by him would be best remembered. "Mule Train" would become a #1 Pop
hit by Frankie Laine in the late 1940s, "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" would be a
#1 Country hit for Red Foley in the early 1950s. Another holiday favorite is the Easter
tune "Peter Cottontail." "Gone Fishin'" is on this box set, as this song
was more famous by the duo of Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong. "Jingle Jangle Jingle"
would reach the top spot on the Pop chart by Kay Kyser in 1942. "South Of The Border,"
another song that would be popular at #1 on the Pop chart in 1940 by the Shep Fields
Orchestra. Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters would reach #1 in 1944, with "Don't Fence
Me In." The Christmas classic "Here Comes Santa Claus" is here, and another
#1 (by other artist) -- "Harbor Lights" (Sammy Kaye; 1950, Pop). Hank Williams Sr.
would record "Your Cheatin' Heart" and be more recognized by his version. In later
decades, Rod Stewart would record "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You." All in
all, Gene Autry recorded his versions of all these songs mentioned on this box set.
A wonderful look at how music isn't recorded today, Gene Autry's box set Sing
Cowboy Sing is a great collection of songs from his Melody Ranch radio
transcripts. The talk segments before various songs are a treat, and shows how recording
live on his radio shows gives each song a special spark. Gene Autry was admired by all,
and a great performer to represent the Country Hall of Fame. Gene Autry left us in 1998,
but he has left behind a legacy of Country music to be admired for many generations to
come. He was also a very successful businessman, owning a record company label, a
professional baseball team, and radio stations. Sing Cowboy Sing -- Gene Autry
sings and more, as this box set will truly be enjoyed by all fans of Country music,
both old, young, and future.
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