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    • Sep 22, 1939
    Vocalion releases Gene Autry's "Back In The Saddle Again"
    Nov 16, 1939
    Gene Autry stars as "Rovin' Tumbleweeds" debuts in theaters. Smiley Burnette receives second billing, and Autry sings his trademark "Back In The Saddle Again." It also marks Lee "Lasses" White's first film since leaving the Grand Ole Opry
    Nov 24, 1939
    Gene Autry is the grand marshal of the Santa Claus Lane parade in Hollywood. Watched by 300,000 people, the procession also features Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour and Kris Kringle, who rides in a $20,000 sleigh
    Dec 15, 1939
    "South Of The Border," starring Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette, appears in movie theaters. Autry sings "South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)"
    Jan 7, 1940
    Gene Autry begins his "Melody Ranch" radio show on CBS, where it continues for more than 15 years, interrupted only by his military service. The theme song becomes an Autry signature, "Back In The Saddle Again"
    Jan 30, 1940
    First lady Eleanor Roosevelt appears on Gene Autry's CBS Radio show "Melody Ranch" as Autry broadcasts live from Washington, D.C., at president Franklin D. Roosevelt's fifth Birthday Ball. Autry gifts the president a Stetson hat
    Mar 2, 1940
    Gene Autry stars as "Rancho Grande" debuts in movie theaters. The flick also features Autry's horse, Champion, and his trusty sidekick, Smiley Burnette
    Mar 12, 1940
    Spade Cooley's star rises as he plays fiddle on his first Gene Autry recording session in Los Angeles
    Apr 22, 1940
    Jimmy Wakely and Johnny Bond lend musical support to Gene Autry when the cowboy makes an appearance on WKY Radio in Okemah, Oklahoma, promoting his movie "Rancho Grande." Autry eventually invites the two musicians to become regulars on his national radio show
    Apr 26, 1940
    Gene Autry appears in the 20th Century-Fox film "Shooting High"
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