"ah-haa" calls. 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...

"Bob Wills Is Still the King" is a song written and performed by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, as a tribute of sorts to the Western swing...

ISBN 978-1-878923-16-5 ISBN 978-1-878923-16-5 The King of Western Swing - Bob Wills Remembered. Rosetta Wills. 1998. Billboard Books. page 119. ISBN 978-0-8230-7744-1...

fatty, Bet he's gonna be a man someday. "Roly Poly" was first recorded by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in 1946, staying on the charts for 18 weeks and...

(or, My Salute to Bob Wills), rounding up six of the remaining members of the Texas Playboys to record the tribute: Johnnie Lee Wills, Eldon Shamblin,...

the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played; the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the...

which featured Bob Wills on fiddle. Duncan was hired after he sang a version of Emmett Miller's "I Ain't Got Nobody" and impressed Wills with his yodeling...

of a Bob Wills song. The first was "Red Wing" on the 1993 album Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys; the second was "Bob's Breakdowns"...

studio albums, and after signing to Island Records, changed their name to Bob Marley and the Wailers. While initially employing louder instrumentation...

Love" is a Western swing song written by Bob Wills, his father John Wills, and his brother, Billy Jack Wills. The tune is considered to be an exemplar...

Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (1993) The Wheel Keeps on Rollin' (1995) Merry Texas Christmas, Y'all (1997) Ride with Bob: A Tribute to Bob Wills and...

hired by Bob Wills to play with the Lonestar Rangers which was fronted by John Wills, Bob's father. This began an on-off relationship with the Wills family...

"The Orioles". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 3, 2008. "Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Retrieved December...

Western swing group Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, a major influence on Asleep at the Wheel. Asleep at the Wheel recorded many Wills songs for its previous...

described it as "sentimental salon tosh."[who?] The American musician Bob Wills heard "Maiden's Prayer" played on a fiddle while he was a barber in Roy...

Autry, who was known as king of the "singing cowboys," and Hank Williams. Bob Wills was another country musician from the Lower Great Plains who had become...

close friend, western swing bandleader Bob Wills, the venue opened in 1950 as Bob Wills' Ranch House. When Wills left In the early 50s Nelms leased the...

guitar on "It's So Easy!" and "Lonesome Tears", as well as playing with Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Allsup was touring with Holly, Ritchie Valens, and...

American South, where it is still a popular folk song.[citation needed] Bob Wills and Adolph Hofner and his San Antonians both recorded the song, and according...

album to Bob Wills which was released in 1970, then worked intermittently with Haggard on tours during the next five years. Aside from Wills and Haggard...

Nelson/Steve Nelson) – Bob Wills, Red Foley "Home In San Antone" (Rose) – Bob Wills, Ray Price, Moe Bandy "I Can't Go On This Way" (Rose) – Bob Wills "I'll Never...

replaced him as bandleader. To capitalize on the pioneering success of the Bob Wills–Tommy Duncan pairing, Cooley hired vocalist Tex Williams, who was capable...

greatest bands in full flight. It originated as a Bob Wills fiddle tune and was so popular at shows that Wills and singer Tommy Duncan added words and recorded...

its own name, such as "The Heartbreakers" (the band of Tom Petty), or "Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys" in the 1930s. Often, backup bands contain sidemen...

streets, etc. defined and mapped) in 1907. The Bob Wills Festival, named in honor of western swing legend Bob Wills (who grew up in Turkey) has been held annually...

store chain), a chain of sandwich shops in the United States "Roly Poly" (Bob Wills song) "Roly-Poly" (T-ara song) Roly-Poly (game), an ancestor of Roulette...

longtime Neil Young collaborator David Briggs, included covers of two Bob Wills songs—"Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" and "Bubbles in My Beer"—that...

for "Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys", was a good yodeler. (See the sound file with Duncan singing Rodger's "Blue Yodel No. 1" in 1937) Bob Wills is considered...

You Sure ..." was "Bob Wills is Still the King", a tribute to the music of Wills. Although it never charted on its own, "Bob Wills ... " gained airplay...

Joey and Sherry McKenzie, national fiddle champions and founders of the Bob Wills Fiddle Festival & Contest in Greenville, Texas. Soon after, the sisters...