Cat. No. 2796: BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS ~ BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS. COUNTRY HIT PARADE ITEM # AD 61022. (IMPORT).

BOB WILLS IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FOUNDER OF WESTERN SWING AND WAS GENERALLY REFERRED TO AS THE “KING OF WESTERN SWING”. HE FORMED THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS IN 1934 IN WHICH HE PLAYED FIDDLE. OTHER MEMBERS INCLUDED TOMMY DUNCAN, BOB’S YOUNGER BROTHER BY 20 YEARS, JOHNNIE LEE WILLS, KERMIT WHALIN, JUNE WHALIN AND ELDON SHAMBLIN. LATER MEMBERS INCLUDED LEON McAULIFFE, AL STRICKIN AND SMOKEY DUCAS. WILLS AND THE PLAYBOYS RECORDED FOR SEVERAL LABELS INCLUDING VOCALION, OKEH, COLUMBIA AND MGM. THIS CD CONTAINS ONLY A SMALL SLICE OF THE GREAT MUSIC BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS RECORDED OVER THE YEARS AND INCLUDES 5 TOP TEN HITS AND IS A FINE INTRODUCTION INTO BOB WILLS AND WESTERN SWING.

TRACK LISTING: New San Antonio Rose / New Spanish Two Step / Faded Love / Roly Poly / Texas Playboy Rag / Take Me Back To Tulsa / Brain Cloudy Blues / Time Changes Everything / Right Or Wrong / That’s What I Like About The South.

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