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Fun Autry Fact:

When he was a young man, Gene received an offer from a professional baseball team to become a player. Gene turned down the offer because it would have meant a fifty-dollar-a-month pay cut from his telegrapher's job.

Watch a Gene Autry Video Clip

Ridin' Down the Canyon
from Silver Canyon (1951)


Leading lady Gail Davis is along for the ride as Gene Autry sings his hit song "Ridin' Down the Canyon" on his famous horse Champion from the 1951 Columbia Pictures movie Silver Canyon.

Written by Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette

© Autry Qualified Interest Trust and The Autry Foundation
© 1936, Gene Autry Music Company / Songs of Universal Inc.


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