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Aug 6, 2015 · Gene Autry’s sidekick Smiley Burnette performs the humorous song “I’ve Got Fine Relations” from the Republic Pictures movie “Guns and Guitars” 1936.© Autry Q...
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Etiquette Blues, Elmer The Absent Minded Cowboy, Gotta Get A Horse, Guide Me Western Star, Horse-Feathers Yodel, I’m A Cowboy And How Boy, I’m Just A Little Cowboy, In A Cabin On A Cliff In Cleveland, It’s A Heavenly Night Out West, Life Story (Smiley Burnette), Mail Order Music, Minnehaha (She Gave Them All The Ha Ha), My Orchestra Is Drivin’ Me Crazy, Night On The Desert, Ridin’ Down The Canyon T’wards The Sun, Sing A Little Song About Anything, Singin’ My Cares Away, Smiley ...
Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys.
Lester Alvin Burnett, better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and other B-movie cowboys. 25 Facts About Smiley Burnette | FactSnippet.
Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 – February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical instruments, some simultaneously. His career, beginning in 1934, spanned four decades, including a regular role on CBS-TV's Petticoat Junction in the 1960s ...
But Smiley Burnette is actually a complex mixture of small-town Americana and big-time worldliness. On one side is the very un-small-townish fact that he's a multimillionaire. He was one of the top ten money-making stars of Westerns. He's written over 360 songs, and owns two publishing companies. RanchORecords® & Rancho Music®.
Biography. An American actor and country music performer, born in Summum, Illinois, USA as Lester Alvin Burnette. He started singing when he was a child and learned to play a variety of instruments by ear, and in his teens, he worked in vaudeville, began his radio work in 1929, and...Read more entered the world of cinema in 1934.
