| BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN DAY --- Monday, July 23, 2007 |
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Monday, July 23, 2007
BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN DAY
http://www.cowboypal.com/genehp.html To the strains of Back in the
Saddle Again, by Ray Whitley and Gene Autry, TV viewers were treated
to the first performance of The Gene Autry Show.
The singing cowboy made the move from Hollywood films to the tube on
this night in 1950. Autry and his sidekick, Pat Buttram, maintained
law and order in the U.S. Southwest for six years. And they did it in
a most entertaining manner. Gene sang just like he did in the movies
and his horse, Champion, would do some amazing horse tricks, and Pat
Buttram would invariably get into silly situations.
The Gene Autry Show started out on CBS on Sunday nights from 7
p.m.-7:30 p.m. Three years later, the show was moved to Tuesday nights
at 8 p.m. The half-hour horse opera remained in that time slot for one
year when it moved once again to Saturday night in the 7 p.m. slot.
Gene Autry and friends hopped back in the saddle weekly until August
of 1956.
Autry went on to become a Country Music Association Hall of Famer, own
Golden West Broadcasting and the California Angels baseball team. And
he is the only person to have five Hollywood Walk of Fame stars (film,
radio, TV, stage, records). He died October 2, 1998.
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