Tumbling Tumbleweeds

…of hit recordings, including “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” (1935) and his signature song, “Back in the Saddle Again” (1939). He recorded more than 600 songs altogether, many of which he wrote or cowrote. By 1940 he was one of the top movie and music stars in the country. The Gene Autry…

…recorded such hits as “Tumbling Tumbleweeds,” their theme song, and “Cool Water,” and they were said to have put the “western” in country-and-western music. By 1935 the Sons of the Pioneers were appearing in motion pictures.