According to a 1953 fan magazine estimate, if all the recordings that Gene sold were stacked one atop of the other, the pile would be 57 miles high.

Gene Autry, Oklahoma
Film & Music Festival 2003

13th Gene Autry Oklahoma Film and Music Festival

September 24 through September 28, 2003

The Sheriff of Carter County, OK, makes
Gene honorary Sheriff, November 16, 1941