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Bob Wills

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Aliases
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills and His Western Swing Band
Real name
James Robert Wills
Born
March 6, 1905
Died
May 13, 1975
Country
United States
IPI
00033017527 41 works
00063707380 13 works
00063787054 13 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
One of the originators of Western swing and legendary bandleader. Wills was often referred to as the "King of Western Swing". He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1968 and into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
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
Bob Wills' Original Texas Playboys
Leon McAuliffe Steel guitarist with The Texas Playboys from 1935 to 1942.
Eldon Shamblin Guitarist and arranger for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
Harley Huggins Guitar and vocals with The Texas Playboys
Junior Barnard
Jack Loyd Singer of The Texas Playboys
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Title Performer Release date Covered by
listen on Internet Archive December 1949 (2 artists)
1964 (2 artists)
November 1947 (4 artists)
i August 1953 (2 artists)
i December 1940 (8 artists)
July 1948 (13 artists)
i September 1950 (3 artists)
December 8, 1947 (28 artists)
November 1954 (4 artists)
January 1942 (11 artists)
February 1948 (2 artists)
i August 1967 Bobby Hicks
i November 1947 Swinging Hayriders
March 8, 1948 (31 artists)
December 1939 (3 artists)
February 1942 (15 artists)
September 1950 (184 artists)
i September 1, 1947 (2 artists)
December 1935 Swinging Hayriders
i December 1964 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive January 17, 1949 Floyd Cramer
May 1960 (8 artists)
July 1943 (25 artists)
April 1952 Asleep at the Wheel featuring Huey Lewis and Ray Benson
December 1950 (4 artists)
i 1982 (9 artists)
April 1942 (3 artists)
April 1952 Glen Campbell
April 1949 (3 artists)
August 1967 (3 artists)
February 1942 (12 artists)
September 1954 (4 artists)
January 1939 (5 artists)
April 27, 1948 (10 artists)
i July 1940 (3 artists)
January 1950 (5 artists)
May 23, 1949 (8 artists)
July 1943 (11 artists)
January 1943 (6 artists)
May 15, 1942 (9 artists)
 REC September 1956 (50 artists)
Originally by Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band REL
May 15, 1942 (2 artists)
March 1946 (42 artists)
May 26, 1947 (10 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i April 1939 (314 artists)
January 1950 Johnny Legend
September 1945 (11 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i May 1949 (5 artists)
May 1952 (3 artists)
August 1967 (2 artists)
1964 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i June 1936 (18 artists)
May 1945 (3 artists)
October 1946 (33 artists)
October 12, 1948 (5 artists)
April 7, 1947 (24 artists)
March 1941 (33 artists)
i September 1945 (8 artists)
i August 1940 (5 artists)
April 1955 (2 artists)
July 5, 1948 (5 artists)
February 1951 (10 artists)
October 6, 1947 (10 artists)
January 27, 1947 (5 artists)
December 1940 (3 artists)
 REC September 1949 (7 artists)
Originally by Ernest Tubb REL
i March 8, 1948 (7 artists)
August 1940 (51 artists)
i August 1941 (4 artists)
July 1944 Billy Western
November 1945 (2 artists)
January 1943 (3 artists)
May 1945 (9 artists)
listen on Internet Archive June 1940 (5 artists)
July 1944 (5 artists)
May 23, 1949 (4 artists)