POP/ROCK - Sept. 21, 1987

Singing pardners Roy Rogers and Gene Autry will reunite before cameras for the first time in nearly 50 years when they tape segments for each other’s shows next month on the Nashville Network in Knoxville, Tenn. The appearances will air on Rogers’ “Happy Trails Theatre” and Autry’s “Melody Ranch Theatre,” which feature the stars’ old films. The last time the two worked together was 1938, when Rogers, then known as Dick Weston, had a part in Autry’s “The Old Barn Dance.”