The Gene Autry Christmas Songbook

Marc Notes: Songs as recorded, or performed live on his Melody ranch radio show, by Gene Autry.; For voice and piano, with chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams.; Introduction by Karla Buhlman.; Staff notation. Brief Description: Songs as recorded, or performed live on his Melody ranch radio show, by Gene Autry. Publisher Marketing: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). For the first time ever, Hal Leonard presents a collection of 25 Gene Autry Christmas classics. Holiday favorites like "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)," "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," and "Frosty the Snow Man" along with rare out of print and hard to find treasures "Santa's Coming in a Whirlybird," "Nine Little Reindeer" and "The Night Before Christmas, In Texas That Is" are now available in one complete songbook. Sourced from Gene Autry's personal files, radio shows, and archive, The Gene Autry Christmas Book has full lyrics and sheet music for piano, vocal and guitar. Also included are vintage photos, along with an introduction by Karla Buhlman, President of Gene Autry Entertainment. Sing and play Gene Autry's Christmas classics with your friends and family, and perhaps rekindle that holiday spirit, creating new memories for the next generation. Contributor Bio:  Autry, Gene Gene Autry (1907-1998), the legendary singing cowboy of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, won the hearts of Americans with his golden voice and rugged good looks. He became one of the most popular actors of his day, playing Everyman western heroes in scores of films as well as on radio and television shows. Autry also wrote, or cowrote, over two hundred songs, including "Back in the Saddle Again," and recorded an impressive string of holiday classics, including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Here Comes Santa Claus," "Frosty the Snowman," and "Here Comes Peter Cottontail." High among his many awards and honors were induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a town in Oklahoma that was named after him. In later life, he was as successful a businessman and producer as he had been a performer and served as the driving force behind the creation of the Autry Museum of Western Heritage.