Bob Wills

Aliases: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills and His Texas Play Boys
Bob Wills and His Western Swing Band
Bob Wills Texas Playboys
Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
Real name: James Robert Wills
Born: March 6, 1905
Died: May 13, 1975
Country: United States
IPI: 00033017527
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Comments: One of the originators of Western swing and legendary bandleader. Wills was often referred to as the "King of Western Swing".
Member of: The Light Crust Doughboys
Family: Luke Wills Brother
Johnnie Lee Wills Brother
Billy Jack Wills Brother
Related: Tommy Duncan Singer of The Texas Playboys
Leon Rausch Vocalist for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1958 into the early-1960s
Johnny Gimble With a break of about two years, member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from the late-1940s into the early 1960s
Sleepy Johnson Member of the Texas Playboys