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D43736-11
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- 1949-07-15 (Creation)
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Western singer and motion picture actor Gene Autry with his group, the Melody Ranch Hands, during a broadcast from studio A at KMO radio in Tacoma, on July 15, 1949. Mr. Autry was appearing on the show hosted by Cherokee Jack and his Western Rhythm Ridin' Wranglers which broadcast Monday through Friday from 5 to 5:30 pm. The actor/singer, his horse "Champion," and 24 other film stars and radio entertainers performed that evening at the new College of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. He was honored with a proclamation by Mayor C. Val Fawcett, declaring July 15 as "Gene Autry Day in Tacoma." TPL-942 ALBUM 8. (TNT 7-15-49, p. 13, 7-16-49, p. 3)
Celebrities; Singers; Actors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Autry, Gene, 1907-1998; Musicians--Tacoma--1940-1950; Music ensembles; Melody Ranch Hands; Radio broadcasting--Tacoma--1940-1950;