CD Gene Autry A Melody Ranch Christmas

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Gene Autry A Melody Ranch Christmas is a special album with a vintage radio show approach. It includes iconic and rare Christmas songs performed live on Gene Autry's popular Melody Ranch radio show by Gene, the Cass County Boys, the Pinafores, the Gene Autry Blue Jeans, Rosemary Clooney, and Carl Cotner's Orchestra. You'll also hear Gene introduce songs, Pat Buttram perform classic comedy, and Johnny Bond thoughtfully reflect on the season. The album has traditional Christmas standards like Jingle Bells and Joy to the World plus rare performances of Gene Autry's holiday hits including a Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) & Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Medley. Several tracks are songs Gene and his Melody Ranch pals performed every holiday season but never released on record such as White Christmas, Cowboy Santa Claus, and Winter Wonderland. Many of Gene's hit records were introduced to the American public on his radio show and several of those debut performances are on this album including Frosty the Snow Man, I Wish My Mom Would Marry Santa Claus, and Sleigh Bells. Radio show favorites like Pat Buttram's humorous holiday poem Did You Ever Hafta Sleep at the Foot of the Bed? and Gene's reading of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas are also included. All of these performances, ranging from 1942 to 1955, are from Gene Autry's personal archive of radio show lacquer transcriptions discs that were restored via digital transfer and restoration over the last twenty years. This collection of Christmas music and spoken word from Gene Autry's radio show broadcasts not only provides rare performances of seasonal favorites but also gives the listener a glimpse of the holidays from the last century. The album liner notes are by Gene Autry Entertainment President Karla Buhlman. The CD's booklet includes rare images of Melody Ranch cast members and Christmas photos and art from Gene Autry's career. Track Listing Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) & Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer Medley (3:07)(Gene Autry/Oakley Haldeman) (Johnny Marks)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/24/1949Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Orchestra White Christmas (2:26)(Irving Berlin)From The Sergeant Gene Autry Radio ShowBroadcast 11/08/1942Sgt. Gene Autry and Carl Cotner's Orchestra Christmas Carols by the Old Corral (2:05)(John Lange/Archie Gottler)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/23/1945Gene Autry and Paul Sell's Orchestra Jingle Bells (1:45)(Carl Cotner Arrangement)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/22/1946Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Orchestra Cowboy Santa Claus (2:48)(Tim Spencer/Roy Rogers)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/22/1946The Cass County Boys and The Pinafores Joy to the World (1:15)(Carl Cotner Arrangement)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/22/1946The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Orchestra O Little Town of Bethlehem (3:10)(Carl Cotner Arrangement)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/22/1946Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Orchestra 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (2:39)(Carl Cotner Arrangement)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/22/1946Gene Autry with Carl Cotner's Orchestra An Old Fashioned Tree (4:00)(Adel Becker/Cordelia Pearl Williams)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/05/1948Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Orchestra Winter Wonderland (1:32)(Felix Bernard/Richard B. Smith)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/12/1948The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Orchestra Christmas Medley: Jingle Bells, Happy Holiday, I'll Be Home for Christmas (2:46)(Carl Cotner Arrangement) (Irving Berlin) (Kim Gannon/Buck Ram/Walter Kent)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/19/1948The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Orchestra He's a Chubby Little Fellow (1:49)(Gene Autry/Oakley Haldeman)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 10/15/1949Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra Frosty the Snow Man (2:19)(Steve Nelson/Jack Rollins)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 10/07/1950Gene Autry with Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra Thirty-Two Feet, Eight Little Tails (2:06)(James Cavanaugh/Frank Weldon)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 11/10/1951Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra Did You Ever Hafta Sleep at the Foot of the Bed? (2:42)(Pat Buttram/Carl Cotner Arrangement)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/22/1951Pat Buttram with Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra He'll Be Comin' Down the Chimney (1:40)(Al J. Neiburg/J. Fred Coots)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 11/15/1952Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, Girls' Trio and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra Look Out the Window (2:48)(Lew Porter/Mitchell Tableporter)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 11/29/1952Gene Autry with Rosemary Clooney and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra Where Is My Snow-Man? (2:16)(Hermann Krasnow/Alfred Poser/Geoffrey Venis)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/06/1953Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Gene Autry Blue Jeans and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Hard-way-Six All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth (1:18)(Donald Yetter Gardner)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/06/1953Pat Buttram with The Cass County Boys and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra I Wish My Mom Would Marry Santa Claus (1:43)(Gene Autry/Michael Carr)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/13/1953Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Gene Autry Blue Jeans and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra Sleigh Bells (1:10)(Gene Autry/Michael Carr)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/05/1954Gene Autry with The Gene Autry Blue Jeans and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra Round, Round the Christmas Tree (1:30)(Fred Stryker)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 11/27/1955Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Gene Autry Blue Jeans and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra Silent Night (2:52)(Franz Gruber/Josef Mohr/Carl Cotner Arrangement)From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio ShowBroadcast 12/24/1949Gene Autry with The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Orchestra Show more