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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Bob Wills, born on 6 March 1905 in Texas, was the king of western swing and one of America's most influential musicians. A virtuoso breakdown fiddler, he fused fiddle tunes, blues, jazz, pop and hokum into an unmistakable brand of dance music.

With his Texas Playboys he built a high-calibre ensemble in Tulsa that even drew a writer from a New York jazz magazine. At his first session, held in Dallas in 1935, he insisted – against A&R man Art Satherley – that the band use horns and that he be free to holler and spur on his players; that trademark shouting became part of his sound.

Though he had little use for Nashville and rarely toured east of the Mississippi, his beat became the pulse of honky tonk. He was among the first to endorse the Fender guitar and saw early rock 'n' roll as an extension of what he had been doing all along. Bob Wills holds membership in both the Country Music and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

His first session opened in 1935 with "Osage Stomp"; classics such as "San Antonio Rose" followed. On stage Wills moved like Cab Calloway, singing the blues of a Bessie Smith as readily as pop ballads. Even Les Paul travelled to Tulsa to hear the Texas Playboys.

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The Longhorn Recordings
WILLS, Bob: The Longhorn Recordings Art-Nr.: BCD15689

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1-CD with 12-page booklet, 23 tracks. Playing time approx. 59 mns. Made in 1964 and 1965 for Dewey Groom's Longhorn Records, this set is notable for a complete program of fiddle favorites. Wills returned to the fiddle tunes he had...
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San Antonio Rose (11-CD & 1-DVD & Book)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: San Antonio Rose (11-CD & 1-DVD & Book) Art-Nr.: BCD15933

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11-CD/1 DVD box (LP-size) with 186-page hardcover book, 296 tracks. Playing time approx. 812 mns. Beyond influential. Beyond seminal. That's Bob Wills' Columbia recordings, complete for the first time. In the quarter-century since his...
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Faded Love - 1947-1973 (13-CD & 1-DVD Deluxe Box Set)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: Faded Love - 1947-1973 (13-CD & 1-DVD Deluxe... Art-Nr.: BCD16550

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13-CD/1-DVD box (LP-size) with 140-page hardcover book. CD 357 tracks, playing time approx. 949 mns. DVD 7 tracks, playing time approx. 19 mns. · Bear Family's stunning, comprehensive 13 CD/1 DVD follow up to its first Bob Wills box set,...
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Ida Red Likes The Boogie - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight (CD)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: Ida Red Likes The Boogie - Gonna Shake This... Art-Nr.: BCD17647

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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. Bear Family Records® presents the undisputed 'King of Western Swing', Bob Wills, in the long-running 'Gonna Shake This Shack' series. A carefully curated...
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The Greatest Hits Of Texas (LP, Picture Disc)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: The Greatest Hits Of Texas (LP, Picture Disc) Art-Nr.: LPRNDF284

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(Rhino Records) 4 tracks - 33 ⅓ RPM, Shape, EP, Picture Disc Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys epitomise, more than almost any other group, the high-energy Western Swing that blended country, jazz, blues and dance music. ‘The Greatest...
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The Rare Presto Transcriptions (LP)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: The Rare Presto Transcriptions (LP) Art-Nr.: LPCSR1

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(Cowboy Songs Records) 15 tracks 1949
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The Best Of Bob Wills Vol.II (2-LP, Cut-Out)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: The Best Of Bob Wills Vol.II (2-LP, Cut-Out) Art-Nr.: LPMCA24092

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(MCA) 20 tracks - Originally sealed LP from 1975 - Cut-out LP
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More Rare Presto Transcriptions (LP)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: More Rare Presto Transcriptions (LP) Art-Nr.: LPCSR2

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(Cowboy Songs Records) 12 tracks 1949
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Bob Wills Sings & Play (LP)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: Bob Wills Sings & Play (LP) Art-Nr.: LPLST7303-C

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(Liberty) 12 tracks - Cut Out LP
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Way Out West - The Lost Transcriptions For Tiffany Music Vol.2 (2-CD)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: Way Out West - The Lost Transcriptions For... Art-Nr.: CDRGM1250

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(Rhino/Real Gone) 50 tracks 1946-1947. DVD-sized 6-panel digipac with 24 page booklet. Real Gone is back with another 2-CD, 50-track volume of Tiffany Transcriptions from Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys. And guess what? It's every bit...
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Fathers And Sons (2-LP)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys and Asleep At The Wheel: Fathers And Sons (2-LP) Art-Nr.: LPEG33782

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(Epic Records) 20 tracks, gatefold cover
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