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Three possible reasons: 1) The owners to the rights to those films don't want to sell them to TV stations for broadcast, perhaps because they figure there's more money in DVD sales. 2) The physical quality of the films has deteriorated so badly over the decades that they wouldn't look good on TV. Sadly, a lot of films made prior to 1950 simply do not exist in any usable form. 3) The heads of TV stations have concluded that they can sell more advertising -- ie, make more money -- by broadcasting other types of shows. That one person might like to see Autry on TV is irrelevent; a TV station must have 100s of thousands -- if not millions -- of viewers to turn a profit. In the free enterprise system that Autry loved, this is an obvious fact.
This song is actually on the soundtrack for Charlie Angels: Full Throttle. It can be found at most stores that sell music or online.
Currently on sale on eBay, vendor is in California. But it might sell for £100 including p & p.
There are actually two that are listed as the first to sell one million copies, and it is debated which reached the feat first. They are "Calypso" by Harry Belafonte and "Elvis Presley" by Elvis Presley. Both were released in 1956, and both made it to No. 1 on the charts. However, Calypso spent an incredible 31 weeks at the top, which would seem to support that it reached the one million milestone first.
It's not in print. Your best bet will be to find someone who has it who can loan it to you or sell it to you. I had it on vinyl but gave it away when I made the .mp3 files.