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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
May 23, 1949 (4 artists)
July 1944 (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive June 1940 (5 artists)
May 1945 (9 artists)
January 1943 (3 artists)
November 1945 (2 artists)
July 1944 Billy Western
i August 1941 (4 artists)
August 1940 (51 artists)
i March 8, 1948 (7 artists)
 REC September 1949 (7 artists)
Originally by Ernest Tubb REL
December 1940 (3 artists)
January 27, 1947 (5 artists)
October 6, 1947 (10 artists)
February 1951 (10 artists)
July 5, 1948 (5 artists)
April 1955 (2 artists)
i August 1940 (5 artists)
i September 1945 (8 artists)
March 1941 (33 artists)
April 7, 1947 (24 artists)
October 12, 1948 (5 artists)
October 1946 (33 artists)
May 1945 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i June 1936 (18 artists)
1964 (2 artists)
August 1967 (2 artists)
May 1952 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i May 1949 (5 artists)
September 1945 (11 artists)
January 1950 Johnny Legend
listen on Internet Archive i April 1939 (314 artists)
May 26, 1947 (10 artists)
March 1946 (42 artists)
May 15, 1942 (2 artists)
 REC September 1956 (50 artists)
Originally by Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band REL
May 15, 1942 (9 artists)
January 1943 (6 artists)
July 1943 (11 artists)
May 23, 1949 (8 artists)
January 1950 (5 artists)
i July 1940 (3 artists)
April 27, 1948 (10 artists)
January 1939 (5 artists)
September 1954 (4 artists)
February 1942 (12 artists)
August 1967 (3 artists)
April 1949 (3 artists)
April 1952 Glen Campbell
April 1942 (3 artists)
i 1982 (9 artists)
December 1950 (4 artists)
April 1952 Asleep at the Wheel featuring Huey Lewis and Ray Benson
July 1943 (25 artists)
May 1960 (8 artists)
listen on Internet Archive January 17, 1949 Floyd Cramer
i December 1964 (2 artists)
December 1935 Swinging Hayriders
i September 1, 1947 (2 artists)
September 1950 (184 artists)
February 1942 (15 artists)
December 1939 (3 artists)
March 8, 1948 (31 artists)
i November 1947 Swinging Hayriders
i August 1967 Bobby Hicks
February 1948 (2 artists)
January 1942 (11 artists)
November 1954 (4 artists)
December 8, 1947 (28 artists)
i September 1950 (3 artists)
July 1948 (13 artists)
i December 1940 (8 artists)
i August 1953 (2 artists)
November 1947 (4 artists)
1964 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive December 1949 (2 artists)