The King of Western Swing

~ Release by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Dallas, Chicago: 1935, 1936
2▶CD: Chicago, Dallas: 1936,1937
3▼CD: Dallas: 1937, 1938
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1Sunbonnet Sue
recording of:
Sunbonnet Sue (on 1937-06-07)
composer:
Milton Brown (30s western swing bandleader)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1932-03-22)
2:32
2The New St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1937-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:48
3I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas
recording of:
Ding Dong Mama From Dumas (on 1937-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Baxter
recording of:
I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (on 1937-06-09)
writer:
Phil Baxter (US songwriter, singer and band leader)
2:26
4Oozlin' Daddy Blues
recording of:
Oozlin' Daddy Blues (on 1937-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Cox and Alton Delmore
2:29
5Black Rider
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-05-16)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-05-16)
clarinet:
Charles Laughton (on 1938-05-16)
double bass:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1938-05-16)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-05-16)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-05-16) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-05-16)
guitar:
Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-05-16)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-05-16)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-05-16)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-05-16)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-05-16)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1938-05-16)
recording of:
Black Rider (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
J. M. Williamson and Richard M. Jones
2:45
6Everybody Does It in Hawaii
recording of:
Everybody Does It in Hawaii (on 1938-05-16)
writer:
Elsie McWilliams (American songwriter) and Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
2:34
7Alexander's Ragtime Band
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
2:47
8Blue Prelude
recording of:
Blue Prelude (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist:
Gordon Jenkins
composer:
Joe Bishop
2:29
9Sophisticated Hula
recording of:
Sophisticated Hula (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
Sol K. Bright
2:08
10Pray for the Lights to Go Out
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-05-16)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-05-16)
double bass:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1938-05-16)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-05-16)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-05-16) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-05-16)
guitar:
Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-05-16)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-05-16)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-05-16)
saxophone:
Charles Laughton (on 1938-05-16) and Zeb McNally (on 1938-05-16)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-05-16)
vocals:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-05-16)
recording of:
Pray for the Lights to Go Out (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
Will E. Skidmore and Renton Tunnah
2:53
11Gambling Polka Dot Blues
recording of:
Gambling Polka Dot Blues (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
2:27
12Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come in)
recording of:
Keep a‐Knockin’ an You Can’t Get In (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford
2:48
13Loveless Love
recording of:
Loveless Love (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy
2:44
14Oh, Lady Be Good
recording of:
Oh, Lady Be Good! (on 1938-05-17)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
part of:
American Splendor
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
2:37
15Way Down Upon the Swanee River
recording of:
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) (on 1938-05-17)
anthem of:
Florida, United States (from 1935 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1851)
publisher:
Carlin Music Group
2:38
16Oh You Beautiful Doll
recording of:
Oh, You Beautiful Doll (on 1938-05-17)
lyricist:
Seymour Brown (in 1911)
composer:
Nat D. Ayer (in 1911)
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
2:33
17Moonlight and Roses (Bring Mem'Ries of You)
recording of:
Moonlight and Roses (1921 song) (on 1938-05-17)
lyricist:
Ben Black (English-born composer, 1889–1950) (in 1921) and Neil Moret (in 1921)
composer:
Edwin Lemare (British organist and composer) (in 1888)
is based on:
Andantino in D-flat major, op. 83 no. 2 "Moonlight and Roses"
2:35
18I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
recording of:
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (on 1938-05-17)
writer:
Armand J. Piron and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
2:38
19Tulsa Stomp
recording of:
Tulsa Stomp (on 1938-05-17)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:34
20Empty Bed Blues
recording of:
Empty Bed Blues (Part 1 & 2) (on 1938-05-17)
writer:
J.C. Johnson
2:45
21Little Red Head
recording of:
Little Red Head (on 1938-05-17)
lyricist and composer:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys)
2:43
22San Antonio Rose
recorded in:
Saginaw, Texas, United States (on 1940-04-16)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1940-04-16)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1940-04-16)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1940-04-16)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1940-04-16), Louis Tierney (on 1940-04-16) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1940-04-16)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1940-04-16) and Eldon Shamblin (on 1940-04-16)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1940-04-16)
saxophone:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1940-04-16), Don Harlan (on 1940-04-16), Wayne Johnson (saxophonist) (on 1940-04-16), Zeb McNally (on 1940-04-16) and Tiny Mott (on 1940-04-16)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1940-04-16)
trumpet:
Tubby Lewis (on 1940-04-16) and Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1940-04-16)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1940-04-16)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 315 (2))
recording of:
San Antonio Rose (on 1940-04-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (from 1940-06-05 to present) and Irving Berlin Inc. (on 1940-06-05)
42:36
23Little Girl, Go Ask Your Mama
recording of:
Little Girl, Go and Ask Your Mama (on 1938-11-28)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:35
24Carolina in the Morning
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-11-28)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-11-28)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1938-11-28)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-11-28)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-11-28) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-11-28)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1938-11-28) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-11-28)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-11-28)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-11-28)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-11-28) and Tiny Mott (on 1938-11-28)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-11-28)
instrumental recording of:
Carolina in the Morning (on 1938-11-28)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1922)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1922)
42:46
25The Convict and the Rose
recording of:
The Convict and the Rose (on 1938-11-28)
writer and composer:
Betty Chapin aka Robert King (late 19th- early 20th c. composer aka Mary Earl)
42:45
4▶CD: Dalas Saginaw: 1938, 1940

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ASIN:US: B000O591AQ [info]