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John Rao Jr. Western Entertainers Collection

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Container List
Series 1: Book Covers & Jackets
Series 2: Clippings
Series 3: Photographs, Gene Autry - Business, Personal & Publicity, Western Actors
Series 4: Posters
Series 5: Sound Recording Discs
Series 6: Sound Recording Disc Sleeves
Series 7: Sheet Music and Songbooks
Addendum



GUIDE TO THE
JOHN RAO JR. WESTERN ENTERTAINERS COLLECTION, 1900-1972
JOHN RAO JR. Collection, 1900-1972.
8.2 cubic feet (4 document boxes, 6 sound recording boxes, 2 flat boxes, 4 oversized folders).
Location: 0474-0476; 0657-0658; 0669-0670; Flat File 2, Drawer 4.

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ARTIST
SERIES 5: SOUND RECORDING DISCS, n. d.      
 
  45 rpm, Analog, Mono, 7 inch      
005/001 82.17.
109.1		 The Big Corral Columbia 10073   Gene Autry
  .109.2 Old Chisholm Trail 10071   Gene Autry
005/002 .110.1 Clementine Columbia 10072   Gene Autry
  .110.2 On Top of Old Smokey   10070   Gene Autry
005/003 .111.1 Be Honest with Me/ You Are My Sunshine Columbia H16631   Gene Autry
  .111.2 Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye/Have I Told You Lately       Gene Autry
    That I Love You       Gene Autry
005/004 .112.1 Merry Texas Christmas, You All! Columbia MJV4150   Gene Autry
  .112.2 The Night Before Christmas (In Texas, that is)     Gene Autry
  78 rpm, analog, mono, 8 inch        
    Gene Autry        
005/005 82.17
.246		 Blue Days/ Money Ain't No Use Anyway Champion/
Decca		 45156   Gene Autry
005/006 .2 Over and Over Again/Wave to Me, My Lady Columbia 36984   Gene Autry
    Wave to Me, My Lady     Gene Autry
005/007 .10 Dust/Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle Columbia 20681   Gene Autry
005/008 .12 When the snowbirds Cross the Rockies/ Columbia 37390   Gene Autry
  The Angel Song     Gene Autry
005/009 .18 The Cowboy's Trademarks Columbia 20635   Gene Autry
    Riders in The Sky     Gene Autry
005/010 .26 Ages and Ages Ago/You Laughed and I Cried Columbia 37322   Gene Autry
005/011 .27 A Face I see At Evening Columbia 37655   Gene Autry
    There Ain't No Use In Crying Now   Gene Autry
005/012 .28 Don't Waste Your Tears on Me Columbia 20453   Gene Autry
    Nobody's Darling But Mine   Gene Autry
005/013 .30 Peter Cottontail Columbia 38750 2:42 Gene Autry
    The Funny Little Bunny (With the Powder Puff Tail)   2:37 Gene Autry
005/014 .38 Mexicali Rose/ South of the Border Columbia 37185   Gene Autry
005/015 .42 A Broken Promise Means a Broken Heart/ Columbia 20439 2:44 Gene Autry
    I'm a Fool to Care 2:55 Gene Autry
005/016 .45 Rolling Along/
They Warned Me About You		 Columbia 20451 2:24 Gene Autry
005/017 .46 My Empty Heart/I Wish I Had Stayed Over Yonder Columbia 20591 Gene Autry
005/018 .47 My Empty Heart/I Wish I Had Stayed Over Yonder Columbia 20591 Gene Autry
005/019 .49 Closing the Book/My Lazy Day Columbia 21252 2:28 Gene Autry
      2:10 Gene Autry
005/020 .52 You Waited Too Long Columbia 37016   Gene Autry
    That Little Kid Sister of Mine   Gene Autry
005/021 .53 Twilight on the Trail/Ridin' Down the Canyon Columbia 37186   Gene Autry
005/022 .55 Gold Can Buy Anything/Crime Will Never Pay Columbia 39347   Gene Autry&Pinafores
005/023 .56 Silver Spurs (on the Golden Stairs) Columbia 36904   Gene Autry
    Good Old Fashioned Hoedown       Gene Autry
005/024 .57 Serenade of the Bells Columbia 38076 2:28 Gene Autry
    Loaded Pistol and Loaded Dice   3:03 Gene Autry
005/025 .58 Closing the Book/My Lazy Day Columbia 21252   Gene Autry
005/026 .59 Rolling Along/They Warned Me About You Columbia 20451   Gene Autry
005/027 .60 What's Gonna Happen to Me/Be Honest With Me Columbia 37018   Gene Autry
005/028 .67 Home on the Range/Red River Valley Columbia 37184/ C 120   Gene Autry
005/029 .70 Missouri Waltz/Kentucky Babe Columbia 20524   Gene Autry
005/030 .73 Old Soldiers Never Die/God Bless America Columbia 39405   Gene Autry
005/031 .77 I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine/You Only Want Me When You're Lonely Columbia 36970   Gene Autry
005/032 .78 The Last Letter/If Today Were the End of the World Columbia 20495   Gene Autry
005/033 .80 Don't Hang Around Me Anymore/Address Unknown Columbia 36840   Gene Autry
005/034 .82 Don't Fence Me In/Gonna Build a Big Fence Around Texas Columbia 37402   Gene Autry
005/035 .84 Pretty Mary/Dixie Cannon Ball Columbia 37963   Gene Autry
005/036 .86 Back In The Saddle Again/Tumbling Tumbleweeds Columbia 20084 H1   Gene Autry
005/037 .88 In The Garden/The Old Rugged Cross Columbia 38828   Gene Autry & Dinah Shore
005/038 .91 Keep Rollin' Lazy Longhorns/ Columbia 20137   Gene Autry
    Deep in the Heart of Texas     Gene Autry
005/039 .104 The One Rose/I Hate to Say Goodbye To The Prairie Columbia 20281   Gene Autry
005/040 .107.1 Champion, The Horse no Man Could Ride Columbia MJV 62   Gene Autry
005/041 .107.2-
.3		 Champion, The Horse no Man Could Ride Columbia MJV 62   Gene Autry
005/042 .108.1 The Story of Little Champ Columbia MJV104   Gene Autry
005/043 .108.2-
.3		 The Story of Little Champ Columbia MJV104    
005/044 .256.1
&.2		 Smokey the Bear/Back In The Saddle Again Columbia MJV 148   Gene Autry
005/045 .9 He's In The Jail House No.2/The Yodeling Hobo Conqueror 7708   Gene Autry
005/046 .54 There's An Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight/The Last Roundup Conqueror 8191   Gene Autry
005/047 .61 Under the Old Apple Tree/My Old Pal of Yesterday Conqueror 7910   Gene Autry
005/048 .62 Rhythm of The Range/Way Out West Conqueror 9513   Gene Autry
005/049 .63 The End of the Trail/Ridin' The Range Conqueror 8634   Gene Autry
005/050 .247 When the Humming Birds Are Humming/In the Valley of the Moon Conqueror 8152   Gene Autry
005/051 .248 Good Luck Old Pal ('Till We Meet Bye and Bye)/When Jimmie Rodgers Said Good-Bye Conqueror 8246   Gene Autry
005/052 .249 The Call of The Canyon/Back In The Saddle Again Conqueror 9544   Gene Autry
005/053 .250 Cowboy's Yodel/Blue Days Conqueror 7831   Gene Autry
005/054 .257 A Cowboy's Best Friend Is His Horse/Night Herding Song Conqueror 8157   George Goebel
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005/055 .228 Any Old Time/Pistol Packing Papa Decca 5544   Gene Autry
005/056 .229 In The Shadow of the Pine/They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree Decca 5464   Gene Autry
006/001 82.17.230 Whisper Your Mother's Name/My Carolina Sunshine Girl Decca 5501   Gene Autry
006/002 .231 Blue Days/Money Ain't No Use Anyway Decca 5426   Gene Autry
006/003 .232 High Powered Mama/Yodeling Hobo Decca 5527   Gene Autry
006/004 .233 California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)/Stay Away From My Chicken House DIVA 6032 G   Gene Autry
006/005 .234 Hobo Yodel /Dust Pan Blues DIVA 6030G   Gene Autry
006/006 .235 Frankie and Johnnie/ DIVA 6037G   Gene Autry
    St. James Infirmary DIVA     Chick bullock
006/007 .20 Hold On, Little Dogies, Hold On/Texas Plains Melotone M13316   Gene Autry
006/008 .34 I Hate to Say Goodbye To The Prairie/The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart) Melotone 7-10-58   Gene Autry&Jimmy Long
006/009 .64 Rhythm of The Range/Old Buckaroo Goodbye Melotone 7-12-60   Gene Autry
006/010 .102 When The Golden Leaves Are Falling/With A Song In My Heart Melotone 7-08-53   Gene Autry& Jimmy Long
006/011 .242 Birmingham Daddy/Rheumatism Blues Melotone M13098 chipped   Gene Autry
006/012 .243 Bear Cat Papa Blues/Pistol Packing Papa Melotone M 12383   Gene Autry
006/013 .244 I'll Go Riding Down That Texas Trail/ Melotone 7-05-54   Gene Autry
    My Old Saddle Pal       Gene Autry
006/014 .245 The Life of Jimmie Rodgers/The Death of Jimmie Rodgers Melotone M12733   Gene Autry
006/015 .254 Blue Days/Money Ain't No Use Anyway Montgomery Ward 8016   Gene Autry
006/016 .4 Don't Waste Your Tears On Me/Nobody's Darling But Mine Okeh 3070   Gene Autry
006/017 .5 The Last Round-Up/Way Out West In Texas Okeh 04485   Gene Autry
006/018 .7 I Guess I've Been Asleep/Darlin' What More Can I Do Okeh 6743   Gene Autry
006/019 .8 Sonny The Bunny/Bunny Round-up Time Columbia 39217   Gene Autry
006/020 .11 I'll Be True While You're Gone/I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes Okeh 6648   Gene Autry
006/021 .13 I'm Comin' Home Darlin'/I Wish All My Children Were Babies Again Okeh 06461   Gene Autry
006/022 .14 I Hang My Head and Cry/You'll Be Sorry Okeh 06627   Gene Autry
006/023 .15 Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye/When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget Okeh 05463   Gene Autry
006/024 .17 Blueberry Hill/Sycamore Lane Okeh 05779   Gene Autry
006/025 .19 Take Me Back Into Your Heart/Tweedle O Twill OKeh 6680   Gene Autry
006/026 .22 I'm A Cow Poke Pokin' Along/Jingle Jangle Jingle Okeh 6690   Gene Autry
006/027 .23 Were You Sincere/Blue Hawaii Okeh 05693   Gene Autry
006/028 .24 Under Fiesta Stars/Spend a Night in Argentina Okeh 6694   Gene Autry
006/029 .25 Little Old Band of Gold/Back In The Saddle Again Okeh 05080   Gene Autry
006/030 .29 What's Gonna Happen To Me/Be Honest to Me Okeh 05980   Gene Autry
006/031 .31 Too Late/Blue-Eyed Elaine Okeh 06549   Gene Autry
006/032 .32 I'll Be Back/At Mail Call Today Okeh 6737   Gene Autry
006/033 .33 (Little Darling)/A Year Ago Tonight Okeh 06360   Gene Autry
006/034 .36 When The Swallows Come Back to Capistrano/Sierra Sue Okeh 05780   Gene Autry
006/035 .39 Tears On My Pillow/There'll Never Be Another Pal Like You Okeh 06239   Gene Autry
006/036 .43 It Makes No Difference Now/You Are My Sunshine Okeh 06274   Gene Autry
006/037 .44 Maria Elena/Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) Okeh 06435   Gene Autry
006/038 .48 I'll Be True While You're Gone/I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes Okeh 6648   Gene Autry
006/039 .51 The Singing Hills/El Rancho Grande Okeh 05513   Gene Autry
006/040 .65 If You Only Believed in Me/Purple Sage in The Twilight Okeh 6725   Gene Autry
006/041 .66 Don't Fence Me In/Gonna Build a BigFence Around Texas Okeh 6728   Gene Autry
006/042 .69 The Convict's Dream/That's Why I'm Nobody's Darling Okeh 03229   Gene Autry
006/043 .71 Sweethearts Or Strangers/You Are The Light of My Life Okeh 06567   Gene Autry
006/044 .75 That Little Kid Sister of Mine/You Waited Too Long Okeh 05781   Gene Autry
006/045 .81 God Must Have Loved America/Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You Okeh 06359   Gene Autry
006/046 .83 I'll Go Riding Down That Texas Trail/My Old Saddle Pal Okeh 03138   Gene Autry
006/047 .87 Keep Rollin' Lazy Longhorns/Deep In The Heart of Texas Okeh 06643   Gene Autry
006/048 .89 Tumbling Tumbleweeds/Old Missouri Moon Okeh 03007   Gene Autry&
Jimmy Long
006/049 .90 Broomstick Buckaroo/The Call of the Canyon Okeh 05890   Gene Autry
006/050 .92 Private Buckaroo/Rainbow on the Rio Colorado Okeh 6682   Gene Autry
006/051 .93 Mississippi Valley Blues/Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Okeh 02991   Gene Autry&
Jimmy Long
007/001 82.17.94 The Last Round-Up/Way Out West In Texas Okeh 04485   Gene Autry
007/002 .95 There's A Gold Mine in The Sky/Sail Along, Silv'ry Moon Okeh 03358   Gene Autry
007/003 .100 Mexicali Rose/You're the Only Star Okeh 03097   Gene Autry
007/004 .225 High Steppin' Mama Blues/Wild Cat Mama Blues Oriole 8147   Gene Autry
007/005 .226 Mississippi Valley Blues/Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Oriole 8109   Gene Autry&
Jimmy Long
007/006 .102 You're The Only Star/Mexicali Rose Perfect 6-05-59   Gene Autry
007/007 .103 Mississippi Valley Blues/Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Perfect 12745   Gene Autry&
Jimmy Long
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007/008 .214 That's How I Got My Start/When It's Night-Time In Nevada       Gene Autry
007/009 .251 Nobody's Darling But Mine/Don't Waste Your Tears on Me Perfect 6-04-52   Gene Autry
007/010 .252 Atlanta Round/Jailhouse Blues Perfect 12276   Gene Autry
007/011 .255 Wild Cat Mama Blues/Bear Cat Papa Blues Regal MR3513   Gene Autry
007/012 .37 The Last Round-Up/Way Out West In Texas Romeo 5279 Chipped   Gene Autry
007/013 .236 Moonlight and Skies/There's a Good Girl In The Mountains Romeo 5161   Gene Autry
007/014 .237 Don't Waste Your Tears on Me/Nobody's Darling But Mine Romeo 6-04-52   Gene Autry
007/015 .238 Methodist Pie/ Romeo 5103   Gene Autry
    I Shall Not Be Moved       Frank&James McGravy
007/016 .105 Mississippi Valley Blues/Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Royal 91282   Gene Autry&
Jimmy Long
007/017 .253 They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree/In The Shadow of The Pine Supertone 9704   Gene Autry
007/018 .3 Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye/When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget Vocalion 05463   Gene Autry
007/019 .6 I'm Beginning To Care/The Merry-Go-Roundup Vocalion 05257   Gene Autry
007/020 .16 My Star of The Sky/Good-bye Pinto Vocalion 04340   Gene Autry
007/021 .21 Little Sir Echo/I Just Want You Vocalion 04809   Gene Autry
007/022 .35 The Singing Hills/El Rancho Grande Vocalion 05513   Gene Autry
007/023 .40 Little Old Band of Gold/Back In The Saddle Again Vocalion 05080   Gene Autry
007/024 .41 You're The Only Star/Mexicali Rose Vocalion 03097   Gene Autry
007/025 .50 The Dude Ranch Cowhands/ Vocalion 04246   Gene Autry
007/026 .68 We've Come A Long Way Together/I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do Vocalion 04854   Gene Autry
007/027 .72 Rhythm of the Hoof Beats/Blue Montana Skies Vocalion 04947   Gene Autry
007/028 .74 Little Pardner/Darling How Can You Forget So Soon Vocalion 05190   Gene Autry
007/029 .76 I Don't Belong in Your World/I'm Gonna Round Up My Blues Vocalion 05015   Gene Autry
007/030 .79 Old Missouri Moon/Tumbling Tumbleweeds Vocalion 03007   Gene Autry
007/031 .85 Hold On, Little Dogies, Hold On/Texas Plains Vocalion 04376   Gene Autry
007/032 .96 South Of the Border/A Gold Mine In Your Heart Vocalion 05122   Gene Autry
007/033 .97 The Old Trail/Ride Tenderfoot Ride Vocalion 04262   Gene Autry
007/034 .98 I Want a Pardon For Daddy/End of My Round-Up Days Vocalion 04146   Gene Autry
007/035 .99 Old November Moon/If It Wasn't For the Rain Vocalion 04908   Gene Autry
007/036 .239 Left My Gal In The Mountains/Blue Yodel No. 5 Velvet Tone 2046V   Gene Autry
007/037 .240 Lullaby Yodel/My Alabama Home Velvet Tone 7059V   Gene Autry
007/038 .241 Slue-Foot Lue/Waiting For A Train Velvet Tone 7057V   Gene Autry
007/039 .227 Don't Do Me That Way/She's A Low Down Mamma Victor 23617   Gene Autry
007/040 .259 That's How I Got My Start/ Zonophone 4374   Gene Autry
    Hobo's Meditation       Jimmie Rodgers
    Smiley Burnette, ca. 1940s - ca. 1950s  
007/041 .178 Do You Want My Heart/It's My Lazy Day ARA 4002   With the Sunshine Girls
007/042 .179 Peg-Leg Bandit/Catfish Take a Look at that Worm ARA 4008   autographed sleeve Smiley Burnette
007/043 .181 Need a Woman 'Round Here/I Hope You're Having Fun Hurting Me Bullet 676   autographed Smiley Burnette
007/044 .182 It's My Lazy Day/Hominy Grits Bullet 654   with his Rancheros
007/045 .175 Grandaddy Frog/Courtin' Cricket Capitol 30130   with Billy May & orchestra
007/046 .176 Rosie the Elephant/You Put Me On My Feet Capitol 1304   with Ewing Sisters
007/047 .177 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer/The Swiss Boy Capitol 30133   Smiley Burnette
007/048 .173 Down By The Cane Brake/Uncle Fraley's Formula Decca 5633   Smiley Burnette
007/049 .174 Steamboat Bill/Lawyer Skinner Decca 5685   Smiley Burnette
007/050 .180 Catfish take a Look At That Worm/Swamp Woman Blues United Artists US 603   Smiley Burnette
    Eddie Dean, ca. 1940s      
008/001 82.17
.199		 I'll Be Back/Please Don't Cry Capitol 1424   Eddie Dean
008/002 .198 Dream Rose/For Better or Worse Gold Seal 6365   with Cliffe Stone orchestra
008/003 .201 I Was Wrong/There's A Rose That Grows In The Ozarks Majestic T775   Eddie Dean
008/004 .197 I Wish I Knew Mercury 6219 2:40 Eddie Dean
    Fool's Gold     2:55 Eddie Dean
008/005 .200 Stealing Sage & Sand 180 2:38 with The Frontiersmen
    I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven     2:55 Eddie Dean
    Jimmie Rodgers, 1927- ca. 1930s    
008/006 .135 The Soldier's Sweetheart/Sleep Baby Sleep Bluebird 33-0513   Jimmie Rodgers
008/007 .146 Yodeling Cowboy/Blue Yodel No.3 Montgomery Ward M4213   Jimmie Rodgers
008/008 .148 Jimmie's Texas Blues/Blue Yodel No. 4 Montgomery Ward M4212   Jimmie Rodgers
008/009 .136 The Soldier's Sweetheart/Sleep Baby Sleep Victor 20864   Jimmie Rodgers
008/010 .137 Ben Dewberry's Final Run/In the Jailhouse Now Victor
1927		 21245   Jimmie Rodgers
008/011 .138 I'm Sorry We Met/ Blue Yodel No.5 Victor 22072   Jimmie Rodgers
008/012 .139 The Mystery of Number Five/Nobody Knows But Me Victor 23518   Jimmie Rodgers
008/013 .140 Anniversary Blue Yodel/Any Old Time Victor 22488   Jimmie Rodgers
008/014 .141 Treasures Untold/If Brother Jack Were Here Victor
1928		 21433   Jimmie Rodgers
008/015 .142 Hobo Bill's Last Ride/That's Why I'm Blue Victor 22421   Jimmie Rodgers
008/016 .143 My Old Pal/Daddy and Home Victor 21757   Jimmie Rodgers
008/017 .144 Frankie and Johnny/Everybody Does It In Hawaii Victor 22143   Jimmie Rodgers
008/018 .145 The Brakeman's Blues/Blue Yodel No.11 Victor, 1928 21291   Jimmie Rodgers
008/019 .147 Yodeling Cowboy/Blue Yodel No.6 Victor 22271   Jimmie Rodgers
008/020 .149 My Carolina Sunshine Girl/Desert Blues Victor 40096   Jimmie Rodgers
008/021 .150 Waiting For a Train/Blue Yodel No.4 Victor 40014   Jimmie Rodgers
008/022 .151 Away Out On The Mountain/Blue Yodel Victor 21142   Jimmie Rodgers
008/023 .152 Away Out On The Mountain/Blue Yodel Victor 210042   Jimmie Rodgers
008/024 .153 You and My Old Guitar/My Little Lady Victor 40072   Jimmie Rodgers
008/025 .154 Lullaby Yodel/Memphis Yodel Victor, 1928 21636   Jimmie Rodgers
008/026 .155 Never No Mo' Blues/Blue Yodel No. 3 Victor, 1928 21531   Jimmie Rodgers
008/027 .156 Train Whistle Blues/Jimmie's Texas Blues Victor 22379   Jimmie Rodgers
008/028 .157 Mississippi River Blues/T.B. Blues Victor 23535   Jimmie Rodgers
008/029 .158 Those Gambler's Blues/Pistol Packin' Papa Victor 22554   Jimmie Rodgers
008/030 .159 I'm Sorry We Met/Blue Yodel No. 3 Victor 210177   Jimmie Rodgers
008/031 .160 In The Jail-House Now-No.2/High Powered Mama Victor