Bluebirds on My Shoulder
Gene Autry & His Bluebird Boots - Museum of the American West
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Bluebirds Jacket
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The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ………………… There is no commandment greater than these. …………………………… Mark 12:31
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Trivia Question:
What famous TV singing cowboy wrote the classic Christmas song, “Here Comes Santa Claus”?
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Gene Autry
I found more info…Gene Autry with co-writer Oakley Haldeman in 1947. Not sure how specific I needed to be…Thanks!
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Ahhh, is it Gene Autry??
Gene Autry wrote it in 1947. Interesting story found on Wikepedia: “Autry got the idea for the song after riding his horse in the 1946 Santa Claus Lane Parade in Los Angeles, during which crowds of spectators chanted, “Here comes Santa Claus”. This inspired him to write a song that Haldeman set to music. A demo recording was made by singer/guitarist Johnny Bond, whose recording made use of ice cubes to mimic the sound of the jingling sleigh-bells. This inspired the use of real sleigh-bells in Autry’s own recording of the song.”
Those Bluebird Boots are beautiful…no wonder they were his favorites!
Hey Cheryl!
Gene Autry! Love the blog….Make my shirt a large and just send it to Mom at the ranch. Thanks! Love, Suzi
You post inspired me to go internet surfin’ and I found this ‘gem’ of a website. I thought I would share.
http://www.rocketbuster.com/index.htm
Oprah even has a pair.
the great cowboy singer gene autry i gave my record to jay chevalier who is a cowboy singer too and my friend
I think it was Gene Autry, right?
Gene Autry?
Shmuela, I would love to hear more about you and Jay. Care to share?
Paul, yes, Rocketbuster did do a remake for Gene and I believe you can get them from the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage bookstore too.
Hey Suzi girl! Did I miss you last week?
Jessica, thanks for the story behind the song. Isn’t it great? I can just hear the kids, “hear comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus….”!