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James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, [1] [2] [3] he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although Spade Cooley self-promoted the moniker "King of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969).
Wills never recovered and spent the next two years in a coma before his death on May 13, 1975. Bob Wills influenced a diverse group of musicians, including such legendary acts as blues artist Fats ...
Haggard did other tribute albums to Bob Wills over the next 40 years. In 1973 he appeared on For the Last Time: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. In 1994, Haggard collaborated with Asleep at the Wheel and many other artists influenced by the music of Bob Wills on an album titled A Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. [78]
William Leon McAuliffe (January 3, 1917 – August 20, 1988) [1] was an American Western swing guitarist who was a member of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys during the 1930s. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of that band, and was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame .
In 1934, Tulsa radio station KVOO became home to Bob Wills and his new band, the Texas Playboys. On New Year’s night 1935, Wills and His Texas Playboys debuted at Cain’s Ballroom, and the ...
Bob Barker’s cause of death has been revealed. The 99-year-old former host The Price is Right gameshow was pronounced dead on 26 August at his home in Los Angeles, his publicist Roger Neal ...
To capitalize on the pioneering success of the Bob Wills–Tommy Duncan pairing, Cooley hired vocalist Tex Williams, who was capable of the mellow deep baritone sound made popular by Duncan. Cooley's eighteen-month engagement at the Venice Pier Ballroom was record-breaking for the early half of the 1940s.
Bob Barker's cause of death was Alzheimer's Disease. ET obtained the late The Price Is Right host's death certificate, which confirmed the cause of Barker's death on Aug. 26 at age 99."Up until ...