Gene Autry Interview – by Mike Douglas 1967

In this Mike Douglas interview, Gene Autry looks back on beginning in radio and records in 1927, becoming an early singing cowboy in motion pictures, and making his first film work in the mid-1930s. He discusses his later business interests in radio and television stations and hotels, credits railroad work with teaching him responsibility and bookkeeping, and talks about his trademark equipment and recording career. The conversation closes with the story of how his wife persuaded him to reconsider and record 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,' which became a multimillion-selling hit.

This recording comes from Melody Ranch.

This surviving item is preserved as interview segment.

Gene Autry western musical-variety series combining songs, comedy and a dramatic Western segment.