CD South of the Border by Gene Autry

NOW AVAILABLE

Gene Autry led the way with more Latin music and border songs than any other singing cowboy, serenading audiences from the big screen, hit records, and his radio show. Now for the first time, these Spanish-language-inspired songs are on one collection, South of the Border: Gene Autry Sings Songs of Old Mexico. The performances, ranging from 1936 through 1954, are sourced from Gene's popular musical Western films and his weekly Melody Ranch radio show. Songs with Gene singing in Spanish include "South of the Border," "You Belong to My Heart (Solamente Una Vez)," "A Gay Ranchero," and "Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)." Additional tunes inspired by Old Mexico include "In a Little Spanish Town," "Maria Elena," "Mexicali Rose," and "Down Mexico Way."

Show List

Track Listings:
• Gene Autry's Spoken Introduction (0:49)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 3/26/49
• South Of The Border (2:25)
  Gene Autry with Johnny Bond, The Cass County Boys, The Pinafores and Carl Cotner's Orchestra
  (Michael Carr & James Kennedy)
  From Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio Show
  Broadcast 3/26/49
• "Cielito Lindo" (0:54)
  Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
  (Traditional)
  From Western Jamboree, Republic Pictures
  Released 12/38
  Musical Supervisor: Raoul Kraushaar
• "Mexicali Rose" (2:32)
  Gene Autry and Lou Bring's Orchestra
  (Jack B. Tenney and Helen Stone)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 9/28/41
• "My Adobe Hacienda" (1:34)
  Gene Autry and Carl Cotner's Orchestra
  (John Frederick Coots, Curt Massey, and Lee Penny)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 6/1/47
• "In A Little Spanish Town" (2:10)
  Gene Autry and Carl Cotner's Orchestra
  (Al Lewis, Mabel Wayne, and Joe Young)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 7/9/49
• "You Belong to My Heart (Solmante Una Vez)" (2:37)
  Gene Autry and Carl Cotner's Orchestra
  (Ray Gilbert and Agustín Lara)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 10/3/48
• "Maria Elena" (2:31)
  Gene Autry with the Cass County Boys, The Gene Autry Blue Jeans, and Carl Cotner's Melody Ranch Hard-Way-Six featuring Alvino Ray
  (Lorenzo Barcelata and Bob Russell)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 6/20/54
• "It Happened in Monterey" (2:17)
  Gene Autry with the Cass County Boys, The Pinafores, and Carl Cotner's Orchestra
  (Billy Rose and Mabel Wayne)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 8/8/48
• "Come to the Fiesta" (1:17)
  Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette
  (Art Wenzel)
  From South of the Border, Republic Pictures
  Released 12/39
  Musical Supervisor: Raoul Kraushaar
• "Goodbye to Old Mexico" (1:57)
  Gene Autry with Jimmy Wakely's Trio and Lou Bring's Orchestra
  (Dwight Butcher)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 2/16/41
• "Amapola" (2:27)
  Gene Autry with the Cass County Boys
  (Joseph M. LaCalle and Albert Gamse)
  From Saddle Pals, Republic Pictures
  Released 6/47
  Musical Director: Morton Scott
• "Gaucho Serenade" (1:27)
  Gene Autry with the Texas Rangers and Johnny Marvin's Orchestra
  (Nat Simon, John Redmond, and James Cavanaugh)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 6/9/40
• "El Rancho Grande" (1:48)
  Gene Autry and Carl Cotner's Orchestra
  (Donald Reep)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 6/10/50
• A Gay Ranchero (Las Altenitas) (1:44)
  Gene Autry and Carol Cotner's Orchestra
  (Jimenez Joaquin Espinosa, Francia Luban, and Abe Tuvim)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 4/6/47
• "Down Mexico Way" (1:25)
  Gene Autry with Fay McKenzie and the Herrera Sisters
  (Eddie Cherkose, Jule Styne & Sol Meyer)
  From Down Mexico Way, Republic Pictures
  Released 10/41
  Musical Supervisor: Raoul Kraushaar
• "Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)" (2:01)
  Gene Autry with the Cass County Boys
  (Albert Gamse, Gonzalo Roig, and Jack Sherr)
  From Sioux City Sue, Republic Pictures
  Released 11/46
  Musical Director: Morton Scott
• "La Golondria (The Swallow)" (1:44)
  Gene Autry
  (Gene Autry)
  From The Big Sombrero, Columbia Pictures
  Released 3/49
  Musical Supervisor: Paul Mertz
• "Marcheta (Love Song of Old Mexico)" (2:07)
  Gene Autry and The Paul Sells' Orchestra
  (Victor Schertzinger)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 2/3/46
• "Under Fiesta Stars" (2:39)
  Gene Autry and Carl Cotner's Orchestra
  (Gene Autry and Fred Rose)
  From Melody Ranch radio show, broadcast 11/21/48
• "In Old Capistrano" (2:07)
  Gene Autry with Chorus
  (Jerry Charleston, Gonzalo Esperon, and Fred Stryker)
  From Bells of Capistrano, Republic Pictures
  Released 9/42
  Musical Director: Morton Scott