What was unusual about Rodgers was that he had no interest in being “old-time”. He saw a different opportunity for himself. Soon, he was able to grasp it. On November 30, 1927, Jimmie Rodgers ...

Like many country artists in the late 1920s and early 1930s, Gene Autry started out as an imitator of Jimmie Rodgers. As an artist, Gene Autry obviously idolized Jimmie Rodgers, as so many did.