RUDOLPH REDUX: Gene Autry, above, once had...

RUDOLPH REDUX: Gene Autry, above, once had such runaway hits as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Now the Singing Cowboy, 84, says he’s “fooling around” with a new song but didn’t quite have it ready for this Christmas season. . . . “I got busy in some way or another,” the Angels owner says. One thing he’s set on is the title: “There’s No Sound as Sweet as the Patter of Little Feet Coming Down the Stairs on Christmas Morning.”