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- Bob_Wills abstract "James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing (after the death of Spade Cooley who used the moniker "King Of Western Swing" from 1942-1969.)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, Oklahoma radio station and added Leon McAuliffe on steel guitar, pianist Al Stricklin, drummer Smokey Dacus, and a horn section that expanded the band's sound. Wills favored jazz-like arrangements and the band found national popularity into the 1940s with such hits as "Steel Guitar Rag", "New San Antonio Rose", "Smoke On The Water", "Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima", and "New Spanish Two Step".Wills and the Texas Playboys recorded with several publishers and companies, including Vocalion, Okeh, Columbia, and MGM, frequently moving. In 1950, he had two Top 10 hits, "Ida Red Likes The Boogie" and "Faded Love", which were his last hits for a decade. Throughout the 1950s, he struggled with poor health and tenuous finances, but continued to perform frequently despite the decline in popularity of his earlier music as rock and roll took over. Wills had a heart attack in 1962 and a second one the next year, which forced him to disband the Playboys although Wills continued to perform solo. The Country Music Hall of Fame inducted Wills in 1968 and the Texas State Legislature honored him for his contribution to American music. In 1972, Wills accepted a citation from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in Nashville. He was recording an album with fan Merle Haggard in 1973 when a stroke left him comatose until his death in 1975. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Wills and the Texas Playboys in 1999.".
- Bob_Wills activeYearsEndYear "1929".
- Bob_Wills activeYearsStartYear "1929".
- Bob_Wills alias ""King of Western Swing"".
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- Bob_Wills associatedBand Light_Crust_Doughboys.
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- Bob_Wills associatedMusicalArtist Light_Crust_Doughboys.
- Bob_Wills background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Bob_Wills birthDate "1905-03-06".
- Bob_Wills birthYear "1905".
- Bob_Wills deathDate "1975-05-13".
- Bob_Wills deathPlace Fort_Worth,_Texas.
- Bob_Wills deathPlace Texas.
- Bob_Wills deathPlace United_States.
- Bob_Wills deathYear "1975".
- Bob_Wills genre Western_swing.
- Bob_Wills hometown Kosse,_Texas.
- Bob_Wills hometown United_States.
- Bob_Wills instrument Fiddle.
- Bob_Wills recordLabel Columbia_Records.
- Bob_Wills recordLabel Liberty_Records.
- Bob_Wills recordLabel MGM_Records.
- Bob_Wills recordLabel Okeh_Records.
- Bob_Wills recordLabel Vocalion_Records.
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- Bob_Wills alias ""King of Western Swing"".
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- Bob_Wills associatedActs Light_Crust_Doughboys.
- Bob_Wills background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Bob_Wills birthDate "1905-03-06".
- Bob_Wills birthName "James Robert Wills".
- Bob_Wills dateOfBirth "1905-03-06".
- Bob_Wills dateOfDeath "1975-05-13".
- Bob_Wills deathDate "1975-05-13".
- Bob_Wills deathPlace Fort_Worth,_Texas.
- Bob_Wills deathPlace United_States.
- Bob_Wills genre Western_swing.
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- Bob_Wills label Columbia_Records.
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- Bob_Wills label Vocalion_Records.
- Bob_Wills name "Bob Wills".
- Bob_Wills name "Wills, Bob".
- Bob_Wills notableInstruments Fiddle.
- Bob_Wills origin "near Kosse, Texas, US".
- Bob_Wills placeOfDeath Fort_Worth,_Texas.
- Bob_Wills placeOfDeath Texas.
- Bob_Wills placeOfDeath United_States.
- Bob_Wills shortDescription "American singer".
- Bob_Wills yearsActive "1929".
- Bob_Wills description "American singer".
- Bob_Wills description "American singer".
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