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Bob Wills, the Glossary

James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader.^[1]

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A Bigger Bang Tour

A Bigger Bang was a worldwide concert tour by the Rolling Stones which took place between August 2005 and August 2007, in support of their album A Bigger Bang.

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A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)

A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills) is the eleventh studio album by Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1970.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Alfred Aloysous Bernard (November 23, 1888 – March 6, 1949) was an American vaudeville singer, known as "The Boy From Dixie", who was most popular during the 1910s through early 1930s. Bob Wills and al Bernard are Blackface minstrel performers and Vocalion Records artists.

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The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadcasters, and digital streaming services (music stores).

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Aragon Ballroom (Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California)

The Aragon Ballroom on Lick Pier in the Ocean Park district of Santa Monica, California was a social-dance venue opened under the Aragon name in March 1942 by dance promoter Harry Schooler (1918–2008).

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Asleep at the Wheel

Asleep at the Wheel is an American Western Swing music group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and is based in Austin, Texas.

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Bakersfield sound

The Bakersfield sound is a sub-genre of country music developed in the mid-to-late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California.

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Basin Street Blues

"Basin Street Blues" is a song often performed by Dixieland jazz bands, written by Spencer Williams in 1928 and recorded that year by Louis Armstrong.

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Benny Goodman

Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". Bob Wills and Benny Goodman are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners and Vocalion Records artists.

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Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Bob Wills and Bessie Smith are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Blackface

Blackface is the practice of performers using burnt cork or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment.

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Blazing the Western Trail

Blazing the Western Trail is a 1945 American Western film directed by Vernon Keays and written by J. Benton Cheney.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Bob Wills

James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Bob Wills and Bob Wills are 20th-century American violinists, American bandleaders, Blackface minstrel performers, Charly Records artists, country Music Hall of Fame inductees, country musicians from Oklahoma, country musicians from Texas, Deaths from pneumonia in Texas, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Liberty Records artists, Longhorn Records artists, musicians from Dallas, singer-songwriters from Oklahoma, singer-songwriters from Texas, Vocalion Records artists and western swing fiddlers.

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Bob Wills Is Still the King

"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 icon Bob Wills.

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Bubbles in My Beer

"Bubbles in My Beer" is a Western swing song that was originally recorded by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in 1947.

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Buck Owens

Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. Bob Wills and Buck Owens are country Music Hall of Fame inductees, country musicians from Texas and singer-songwriters from Texas.

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Cain's Ballroom

Cain's Ballroom is a historic music venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma that was built in 1924 as a garage for W. Tate Brady's automobiles.

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Capitol Records

Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.

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Carrie Underwood

Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer. Bob Wills and Carrie Underwood are country musicians from Oklahoma and singer-songwriters from Oklahoma.

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Cherokee Maiden

"Cherokee Maiden" is a Western swing love song written by Cindy Walker.

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Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies

Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies is a music reference book by American music journalist and essayist Robert Christgau.

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Classic country

Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades.

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CMT (American TV channel)

CMT (originally standing for Country Music Television) is an American pay TV network.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.

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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were an American country rock band founded in 1967.

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Corrine, Corrina

"Corrine, Corrina" (sometimes spelled "Corrina, Corrina") is a 12-bar country blues song in the AAB form.

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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of the world's largest museums and research centers dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of American vernacular music.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Emmett Miller

Emmett Miller (February 2, 1900 – March 29, 1962) was an American minstrel show performer and recording artist known for his falsetto, yodel-like voice. Bob Wills and Emmett Miller are Blackface minstrel performers.

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English Americans

English Americans (historically known as Anglo-Americans) are Americans whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England.

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Faded Love

"Faded Love" is a Western swing song written by Bob Wills, his father John Wills, and his brother, Billy Jack Wills.

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Fairmont San Francisco

The Fairmont San Francisco is a luxury hotel at 950 Mason Street, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, California.

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Fats Domino

Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Bob Wills and Fats Domino are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.

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Fiddle

A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.

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Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise counties.

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George Strait

George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. Bob Wills and George Strait are country Music Hall of Fame inductees, country musicians from Texas and singer-songwriters from Texas.

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Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (often shortened to G. B. Guadagnini; 23 June 1711 – 18 September 1786) was an Italian luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history.

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Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is a special Grammy Award that is awarded by The Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording." This award is distinct from the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which honors specific recordings rather than individuals, and the Grammy Trustees Award, which honors non-performers. Bob Wills and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.

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Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry is a regular live country-music radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the time of year.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Greenville, Texas

Greenville is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States, approximately northeast of Dallas, Texas and northwest of Canton, Texas.

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Hall County, Texas

Hall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Harry James

Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band to great commercial success from 1939 to 1946.

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Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States.

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Houston Press

The Houston Press is an online newspaper published in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Ida Red

"Ida Red" is an American traditional song of unknown origin, made famous in the upbeat 1938 version by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, the primary inspiration for Chuck Berry's first big hit "Maybellene." It is chiefly identified by variations of the chorus: Verses are unrelated, humorous and free form, changing from performance to performance, usually referring to a female character.

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Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax law.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens.

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Jantzen Beach Amusement Park

Jantzen Beach Amusement Park was a popular amusement park from 1928 to 1970 in Portland, Oregon, on Hayden Island in the middle of the Columbia River.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer. Bob Wills and Jimi Hendrix are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.

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Johnnie Lee Wills

Johnnie Lee Wills (September 2, 1912 – October 25, 1984) was an American Western swing fiddler popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Bob Wills and Johnnie Lee Wills are 20th-century American violinists, country musicians from Texas, singer-songwriters from Texas and western swing fiddlers.

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Kapp Records

Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who set up American Decca Records in 1934).

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KFBK (AM)

KFBK (1530 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Sacramento, California.

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KGO (AM)

KGO (810 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to San Francisco, California, and owned by Cumulus Media.

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KLAC

KLAC (570 AM) is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, serving Greater Los Angeles and much of surrounding Southern California.

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Klamath Falls, Oregon

Klamath Falls is a city in, and the county seat of, Klamath County, Oregon, United States.

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Kosse, Texas

Kosse is a town in southern Limestone County, Texas, United States.

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KOTV (AM)

KOTV (1170 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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KWKH

KWKH (1130 AM) is a sports radio station licensed to Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Lakeview, Texas

Lakeview is a town in Hall County, Texas, United States.

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Lawless Empire

Lawless Empire is a 1945 American Western film directed by Vernon Keays and written by Bennett Cohen.

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Leon McAuliffe

William Leon McAuliffe (January 3, 1917 – August 20, 1988) was an American Western swing guitarist who was a member of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys during the 1930s. Bob Wills and Leon McAuliffe are country musicians from Oklahoma, country musicians from Texas, singer-songwriters from Oklahoma and singer-songwriters from Texas.

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Liberty Records

Liberty Records was a record label founded in the United States by chairman Simon Waronker in 1955 with Alvin Bennett as president and Theodore Keep as chief engineer.

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Light Crust Doughboys

The Light Crust Doughboys is an American Western swing band from Texas, United States, organized in 1931 by the Burrus Mill and Elevator Company in Saginaw, Texas. Bob Wills and Light Crust Doughboys are Vocalion Records artists.

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Longhorn Records

Longhorn Records was an American country music record label based in Dallas, Texas.

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Louisiana Hayride

Louisiana Hayride was a radio and later television country music show broadcast from the Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana, that during its heyday from 1948 to 1960 helped to launch the careers of some of the greatest names in American country and western music.

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Maiden's Prayer

"A Maiden's Prayer" (original Polish title: "" Op. 4, French: "") is a composition of Polish composer Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861).

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Mandolin

A mandolin (mandolino,; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick.

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Maybellene

"Maybellene" is a rock and roll song by American artist Chuck Berry, adapted in part from the western swing fiddle tune "Ida Red".

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Medicine show

Medicine shows were touring acts (traveling by truck, horse, or wagon teams) that peddled "miracle cure" patent medicines and other products between various entertainments.

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Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Bob Wills and Merle Haggard are country Music Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM), is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution based in Beverly Hills, California.

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MGM Records

MGM Records was a record label founded by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack recordings (later LP albums) of their musical films.

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Military discharge

A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve.

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Milton Brown

Milton Brown (September 8, 1903 – April 18, 1936) was an American band leader and vocalist who co-founded the genre of Western swing. Bob Wills and Milton Brown are American bandleaders and Charly Records artists.

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Minstrel show

The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century.

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Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 1970 by the Nashville Songwriters Foundation, Inc.

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Nashville sound

The Nashville sound is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the 1950s in Nashville, Tennessee.

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New Spanish Two Step

"New Spanish Two Step" is a Western swing standard based on a traditional fiddle tune, "Spanish Two Step".

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Okeh Records

OKeh Records is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918.

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Ozark Jubilee

Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s American television program that featured country music's top stars of the day.

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Paul Howard (musician)

Paul Leroy "Ox Blood" Howard (September 20, 1895 – February 18, 1980) was an American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.

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Pee Wee King

Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski (February 18, 1914 – March 7, 2000), known professionally as Pee Wee King, was an American country music songwriter and recording artist best known for co-writing "Tennessee Waltz". Bob Wills and Pee Wee King are country Music Hall of Fame inductees.

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Pegasus News

Pegasus News was an online-only hyperlocal news source for the Dallas–Fort Worth region founded by Mike Orren.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.

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Proper Records

Proper Records is an English record label founded by Proper Music Group Chairman - Malcolm Mills and Paul Riley.

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Rhino Entertainment

Rhino Entertainment Company (formerly Rhino Records Inc.) is an American specialty record label and production company founded in 1978.

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Rhythm Round-Up

Rhythm Round-Up is a 1945 American Western musical film directed by Vernon Keays and written by Charles R. Marion.

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Ride with Bob: A Tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys

Ride with Bob: A Tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys is the 15th studio album and second tribute album by American country band Asleep at the Wheel.

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Riders of the Northwest Mounted

Riders of the Northwest Mounted is a 1943 American Western film directed by William Berke and written by Fred Myton.

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Right or Wrong (1921 song)

"Right or Wrong" is a jazz ballad from 1921.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie.

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Roly Poly (Bob Wills song)

"Roly Poly" is a humorous Western swing standard written by Fred Rose in 1946.

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Roy, New Mexico

Roy is a village in Harding County, New Mexico, United States.

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Sacramento, California

() is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County.

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Saddles and Sagebrush

Saddles and Sagebrush is a 1943 American musical Western film directed by William Berke and starring Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor and Ann Savage.

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Saint Louis Blues (song)

"The Saint Louis Blues" (or "St. Louis Blues") is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914.

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San Antonio Rose

"San Antonio Rose" is a swing instrumental introduced in late 1938 by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.

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Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight

"Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" is a 1945 song by Bob Wills.

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Sitting on Top of the World

"Sitting on Top of the World" (also "Sittin' on Top of the World") is a country blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon.

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Smoke on the Water (Red Foley song)

"Smoke on the Water" is a song written by Zeke Clements and Earl Nunn and recorded by Red Foley in 1944.

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Spade Cooley

Donnell Clyde "Spade" Cooley (December 17, 1910 – November 23, 1969) was an American Western swing musician, big band leader, actor, television personality and convicted murderer. Bob Wills and Spade Cooley are Charly Records artists, country musicians from Oklahoma and singer-songwriters from Oklahoma.

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Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima

"Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" is a 1945 song by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.

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Stay a Little Longer

"Stay a Little Longer" is a Western swing dance tune written by Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan.

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Steel guitar

A steel guitar (kīkākila) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings.

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Steel Guitar Rag

"Steel Guitar Rag" is the seminal Western swing instrumental credited with popularizing the steel guitar as an integral instrument in a Western band.

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Sugar Moon

"Sugar Moon" is a Western swing love song written by Bob Wills and Cindy Walker.

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Take Me Back to Oklahoma

Take Me Back to Oklahoma is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett and Bob Wills.

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Take Me Back to Tulsa

"Take Me Back to Tulsa" is a Western swing standard song.

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Tex Ritter

Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American Country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandsons Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter, and granddaughter Carly). Bob Wills and Tex Ritter are country Music Hall of Fame inductees and singer-songwriters from Texas.

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Texarkana Baby (song)

"Texarkana Baby" is a song written by Fred Rose and Cottonseed Clark.

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Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame

The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, is a western, historical museum in Fort Worth, Texas, United States that "honors those men and women who have shown excellence in the business and support of rodeo and the western lifestyle in Texas." The Hall of Fame includes over 125 cowboys and cowgirls, each of whom has a booth to display personal memorabilia.

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Texas panhandle

The Texas panhandle is a region of the U.S. state of Texas consisting of the northernmost 26 counties in the state.

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That's What I Like About the South

"That's What I Like About the South" (actual title "That's What I Like 'Bout the South") is the signature song of Phil Harris written by Andy Razaf and covered by Bob Wills and Cliff Bruner.

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The A.V. Club

The A.V. Club is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media.

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The Biggest Bang

The Biggest Bang is a four-disc concert DVD collection released by the Rolling Stones.

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The Dorsey Brothers

The Dorsey Brothers were an American studio dance band, led by Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.

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The Hot Club of Cowtown

The Hot Club of Cowtown is an American Western swing trio that formed in 1997.

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The Last Horseman

The Last Horseman is a 1944 American Western film directed by William Berke and starring Russell Hayden, Dub Taylor, and Ann Savage.

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The Lone Prairie

The Lone Prairie is a 1942 American Western film directed by William Berke.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Bob Wills and The Rolling Stones are Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners.

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The Strangers (American band)

The Strangers were an American country band that formed in 1966 in Bakersfield, California.

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The Vigilantes Ride

The Vigilantes Ride is a 1943 American Western film directed by William Berke and written by Ed Earl Repp.

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The Waltz You Saved for Me

"The Waltz You Saved for Me" is a popular song written in 1930 by Wayne King and Emil Flindt with lyrics by Gus Kahn.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Ticknor and Fields

Ticknor and Fields was an American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Time Changes Everything (song)

"Time Changes Everything" is a Western swing standard with words and music written by Tommy Duncan, the long-time vocalist with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.

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Tommy Dorsey

Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. Bob Wills and Tommy Dorsey are American bandleaders.

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Tommy Duncan

Thomas Elmer Duncan (January 11, 1911 – July 25, 1967), was an American Western swing vocalist and songwriter who gained fame in the 1930s as a founding member of The Texas Playboys. Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan are country musicians from Texas, Liberty Records artists and singer-songwriters from Texas.

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Top Country Albums

Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.

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Trouble in Mind (song)

"Trouble in Mind" is a vaudeville blues-style song written by jazz pianist Richard M. Jones.

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United Artists Records

United Artists Records was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Vocalion Records

Vocalion Records is an American record label, originally founded by the Aeolian Company, a piano and organ manufacturer before being bought out by Brunswick in 1924.

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Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Bob Wills and Waylon Jennings are country Music Hall of Fame inductees, country musicians from Texas and singer-songwriters from Texas.

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Western swing

Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands.

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White Cross on Okinawa

"White Cross on Okinawa" is 1945 song by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.

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Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country singer, guitarist and songwriter. Bob Wills and Willie Nelson are country Music Hall of Fame inductees, country musicians from Texas, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners, Liberty Records artists and singer-songwriters from Texas.

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Zilker Park

Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in south Austin, Texas at the juncture of Barton Creek and the Colorado River that comprises over of publicly owned land.

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49th Annual Grammy Awards

The 49th Annual Grammy Awards was a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2005, and ending September 30, 2006, in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wills

Also known as Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, James Robert Wills, Texas Playboys, The Texas Playboys, You're from Texas.

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Deaths from pneumonia in Texas

Longhorn Records artists