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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

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Years Active
1934 – 1965 (31 years)
Founded In
Waco, McLennan County, Texas, United States
Bob Wills (James Robert Wills, March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and big band leader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing. Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle, Tommy Duncan on piano and vocals, rhythm guitarist June Whalin, tenor banjoist Johnnie Lee Wills, and Kermit Whalin, who played steel guitar and bass. The band played regularly on a Tulsa,… read more
Bob Wills (James Robert Wills, March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and big band leader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing. Wills formed several bands and playe… read more
Bob Wills (James Robert Wills, March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and big band leader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing. Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Pla… read more

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Top Tracks

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1 Play track Classic Western Swing Steel Guitar Rag
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 102 listeners
2 Play track The Very Best Of Bubbles In My Beer
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3 Play track Classic Western Swing Stay a Little Longer
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4 Classic Western Swing Faded Love
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5 Play track Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 2 Ida Red
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6 Play track Classic Western Swing New San Antonio Rose
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7 Classic Western Swing Roly-Poly
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8 Play track Classic Western Swing Take Me Back to Tulsa
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9 Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 10 Hawaiian War Chant
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10 San Antonio Rose / I'll Follow Wherever You Go San Antonio Rose
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Albums

  1. 22,308 listeners

    13 May 1994 · 10 tracks

    Classic Western Swing
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  2. 10,458 listeners

    1 Jan 2001 · 50 tracks

    Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years
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  3. 8,536 listeners

    24 Oct 2006 · 16 tracks

    Legends of Country Music: The Best of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
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  4. 6,553 listeners

    2006 · 99 tracks

    Legends of Country Music: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
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