Gene Austin
Singer, Musical Artist
1900 – 1972
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Who was Gene Austin?
Gene Austin was an American singer and songwriter, one of the first "crooners". His 1920s compositions "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" and "The Lonesome Road" became pop and jazz standards.
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- Born
- Jun 24, 1900
Gainesville - Also known as
- Gene Austen
- Austin, Gene
- Eugene Lucas
- Gene Austin with Candy and Coco
- Lemeul Eugene Lucas
- Parents
- Spouses
- Agnes Austin
(1933 - 1940) - Kathryn Arnold
(1924 - 1929) - LouCeil Hudson
(1949 - 1966) - Gigi Austin
(1966 - 1972) - Doris Sherrell
(1940 - 1946)
- Agnes Austin
- Children
- Religion
- Baptists
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Palm Springs
- Minden
- Died
- Jan 24, 1972
Palm Springs
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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