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Starring that great singing cowboy, Gene Autry!

This is your ranch foreman, Big Jack Little, inviting you to join us for a shindig of western music and song. Starring that great singing cowboy, Gene Autry, you'll have a hootin hollerin heck of a time at Melody Ranch. Join Gene Autry and his sponsor, Doublemint Chewing Gum, along with all his cowboy friends as they sing till their boots scoot. So get back in your saddle, hitch up the wagon and head west to The Ranch. Your horse will be glad you did.

Gene Autry Melody Ranch, which went on air for 16 years, made its radio debut in 1940. It was a musical show that aired weekly on CBS Radio until 1956. Big Jack Little was the show's host, while Gene Autry himself was the main star and also the producer. Apart from Autry, the show was able to feature some of the best western and country musicians at that time.

In Melody Ranch, Autry also created what was known as the Cowboy Commandments, which he especially dedicated to the fans who tried to copy him.

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Please enjoy these 89 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
05.13.1956	last show	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. Merle Travis sings his composition, "Sixteen Tons." Gene d...
01.29.1956	champion saves genes life	+ Gene Autry, singing cowboy entertains you with songs and music, variety and comedy all happening a...
09.20.1953	the church in wilson valley	+ Sponsored by: Doublemeint. The first tune is, "Tweedle-O-Twill." Gene tells the story of Ben Cart...
09.06.1953	double poison	+ Program #212. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Double Poison". Gene foils a plot to poison ...
11.01.1952	john loves martha	+ Another visit with all the gang here at Melody Ranch along with Gene Autry there’s Pat Buttram, ...
01.05.1952	12th anniversary show	+ Bill Stern brings you the 572nd edition of the Colgate Shave Cream Sports Newsreel featuring stran...
09.01.1951	buck and kate	+ CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The first tune is, "When Payday Rolls Around." "Buck vs. Ka...
09.01.1951	buck dean feuding with kate hawkins	+ Program #109. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. The first tune is, "When Payday Rolls Around....
06.16.1951	cody bennett dams up lake	+ While audible not a great quality recording. If you have a better copy you would like to share ple...
06.09.1951	cattlemens money stolen	+ CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. The story of Billy Drew, an old-timer who wanted one more ...
06.09.1951	gene is held up	+ Sponsored by: Doublemint gum. The first tune is, "A Good Old Fashioned Hoedown." Gene tells about...
09.30.1950	the caleb hooten story	+ Sponsored by: Doublemint gum. The program originates from New York City. The first tune is, "Ragt...
10.29.1949	tracking counterfeiters
09.17.1949	dr reardon is charged with murder	+ Sponsored by: Doublemint gum. The first tune is, "The Cowboy Blues." Pat Buttram is planning to ...
08.20.1949	the story of genes guitar
09.19.1948	uncle billy harlow	+ Sponsored by: Spearmint gum, Doublemint gum. The program originates from St. Paul, Minnesota. The...
12.21.1947	christmas show	+ Sponsored by: Doublemint. The first tune is, "For Me and My Gal." Gene sings a Christmas tune, wh...
06.29.1947	the devils saint	+ "The Devil's Saint". Sponsored by: Spearmint gum. The first tune is, "I Hate To Say Goodbye To Th...
01.04.1940	gene gets discovered	+ Sponsored by: Doublemint gum. The first show of the series. The first tune is, "Driving The Blues...
N/A	dan furgeson gang
N/A	aunt martha
N/A	a man called mother miller
N/A	bank robbers disappear
N/A	cattle drive to carsonville
N/A	cattle herds get mixed up

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Bob

great

Chris

Melody Ranch.

Barry

he is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for film, television, music, radio, and live performance.

Robert

Gene Autry brings back memories of Saturday morning childrens cinema club where there was always a cowboy film included usually Roy Rogers or Gene Autry who were both terrific singers great entertainment .

Helen

Both Gene Autry and Roy Rogers were great. I was ecstatic when the Angels won the World Series and Tim Salmon ran around the field with Gene Autrey's hat that was given to Salmon by Gene Autrey's widow. Not into baseball,but a few years earlier, I met Tim Salmon. Very exciting time.

Ruth

Autry had already recorded several songs before he made his big time hit in 1928 "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine." Then he began appearing weekly on the WLS-Chicago National Barn Dance until the early 1930's. Screen debut with a bit role In Old Sante Fe (1933), stardom came in 1935 with Tumbling Tumbleweeds, and he became the first singing cowboy of filmdom (with Champion his well-trained Tennessee walking horse). Autry was the number one western star at the box-office (1937-1943), number two was Roy Rogers. Autry debuted with his Gene Autry's Melody Ranch on CBS in 1940, and was on the air for sixteen years with the same sponsor (Wrigley's Doublemint Gum). He served in the Army Air Corp as a cargo plane pilot during WWII (1942-1945). Following WWII returned to his radio program (Gene Autry's Melody Ranch) and continued on the air until 1956. Autry wasalso the star of one-hundred and four half-hour episodes of The Gene Autry Show on CBS-TV (1950-1956). (make sure you check out the Autry TV series in the OTV Catalog)

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