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According to a 1948 Life magazine article, "if [Gene's records] were all shipped to one place, [they] would make up a freight train solid with Western songs and be more than a mile long."

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The Little Fat Man with the Long White Beard
Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio Show
(December 18, 1955)


This is a rare performance by the Cass County Boys, the Gene Autry Blue Jeans and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Orchestra of "The Little Fat Man with the Long White Beard" from the December 18, 1955 broadcast of Gene Autry's Melody Ranch show. The song is written by the Cass County Boys' guitarist, Jerry Scoggins.

Written by Jerry Scoggins
Published by Lange John Music Co.

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