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Informationen zum Autor Don Cusic is professor of music business at the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Klappentext 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 recording career, his on-screen persona influenced an entire generation of American boys. Autry, an accomplished investor and businessman, was a longtime owner of Major League Baseball's Angels franchise. This meticulously researched biography takes the reader from Gene Autry's childhood in Oklahoma through his phenomenally successful career as a singer and actor, and covers his later triumphs in business and sports. Of particular interest is the book's detailed day-to-day treatment of Autry's performing career, with a wealth of information on each recording session and film shoot, including key personnel (e.g., songwriters, engineers, directors, crew) and interesting anecdotes. The work includes information from the author's own interviews with Autry's contemporaries. Zusammenfassung This meticulously researched biography takes the reader from Gene Autry's childhood in Oklahoma through his phenomenally successful career as a singer and actor! and covers his later triumphs in business and sports. Of particular interest is the book's detailed day-to-day treatment of Autry's performing career! with a wealth of information on each recording session and film shoot. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Beginnings 2. First Recordings 3. New York 4. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine 5. Chicago 6. The Cowboy 7. Goodbye, Chicago 8. Hello, Hollywood 9. The Phantom Empire 10. The Singing Cowboy 11. Public Cowboy Number One 12. Gene Autry and Bing Crosby 13. The Walk-Out 14. Back to Republic Pictures 15. Back in the Saddle Again 16. Melody Ranch 17. Gene Autry, Oklahoma 18. Army Air Corps 19. World War II 20. Herbert Yates and Republic, Revisited 21. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer 22. Tours and Television 23. Golden West 24. The End of the Singing Cowboys 25. The Spotlight Fades 26. A Baseball Man 27. Businessman 28. Baseball and Business 29. Golden Years 30. Into the Sunset Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index ...
