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The Bob Wills Collection 1935-50
The Bob Wills Collection 1935-50

Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
Styles: Country
Catalogue Number: ADDCD3163
Bob Wills was one of the two country music personalities, along with Spade Cooley, who pioneered the style of Western Swing music during the 1930s and ‘40s, combining the standard approach of hillbilly country with jazz, blues and pop styles, and using expanded instrumental line-ups, to create a highly distinctive, sophisticated, infectious and entertaining strand of country music. Between 1935 and 1950, with a variety of different incarnations of his band The Texas Playboys, he recorded for Vocalion, Okeh, Columbia and MGM while establishing himself as a top radio star and successful ’live’ attraction. This great-value 53-track 2-CD collection cherry-picks the highlights from the 300 or so recordings he made during the period, including, of course, the twenty or more Top 10 country hits he had after the establishing of the airplay chart for “Folk” records during the ‘40s, with biggies like “New San Antonio Rose”, “Smoke On The Water”, “Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima”, “Sugar Moon” and “New Spanish Two Step”. While he remained a popular figure over the next two decades, his career was blighted by ill-health, and this collection provides a marvellously entertaining look at the real golden era of western swing. Includes comprehensive booklet notes, with complete recording session and personnel details.

Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 Good Old Oklahoma Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
2 Osage Stomp (Rukus Juice Shuffle) Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
3 Sittin' On Top Of The World Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
4 Wang Wang Blues Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
5 Spanish Two Step Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
6 Trouble In Mind Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
7 Steel Guitar Rag Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
8 Right Or Wrong Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
9 Back Home Again In Indiana Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
10 I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
11 Playboy Stomp Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
12 Maiden's Prayer Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
13 San Antonio Rose Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
14 Liza, Pull Down The Shades Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
15 Beaumont Rag Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
16 Ida Red Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
17 Medley Of Spanish Waltzes: La Golondrina, Lady Of Spain, Cielito Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
18 New San Antonio Rose Bob Wills & His Texas Cowboys
19 Bob Wills' Special Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
20 Time Changes Everything Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
21 Big Beaver Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
22 Take Me Back To Tulsa Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
23 Twin Guitar Special Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
24 Corrine Corrina Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
25 Cherokee Maiden Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
26 Dusty Skies Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Let's Ride With Bob Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
2 Home In San Antone Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
3 You're From Texas Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
4 We Might As Well Forget It Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
5 Hang Your Head In Shame Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
6 Smoke On The Water Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
7 Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
8 You Don't Care What Happens To Me Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
9 Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
10 Texas Playboy Rag Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
11 White Cross On Okinawa Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
12 New Spanish Two Step Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
13 Roly Poly Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
14 I Can't Go On This Way Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
15 Stay A Little Longer Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
16 I'm Gonna Be Boss From Now On Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
17 Brain Cloudy Blues Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
18 Sugar Moon Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
19 Bob Wills' Boogie Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
20 This Is Southland Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
21 Bubbles In My Beer Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
22 Texarkana Baby Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
23 Keeper Of My Heart Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
24 Thorn In My Heart Bob Wills' Texas Playboys
25 Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
26 Ida Red Likes The Boogie Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
27 Faded Love Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
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