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
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sunbonnet Sue
fiddle:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1932-02-09)
guitar:
Derwood Brown (on 1932-02-09)
tenor guitar:
Sleepy Johnson (on 1932-02-09)
vocals:
Milton Brown (30s western swing bandleader) (on 1932-02-09)
recorded at:
Jefferson Hotel in Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1932-02-09)
recording of:
Sunbonnet Sue (on 1932-02-09)
composer:
Milton Brown (30s western swing bandleader)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1932-03-22)
Fort Worth Doughboys3:04
2Nancy Jane
fiddle:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1932-02-09)
guitar:
Derwood Brown (on 1932-02-09)
tenor guitar:
Sleepy Johnson (on 1932-02-09)
vocals:
Milton Brown (30s western swing bandleader) (on 1932-02-09)
recorded at:
Jefferson Hotel in Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1932-02-09)
recording of:
Nancy Jane (on 1932-02-09)
lyricist and composer:
Milton Brown (30s western swing bandleader) and Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1932-03-22)
Fort Worth Doughboys3:12
3Osage Stomp
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1935-09-23)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1935-09-23)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1935-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1935-09-23)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1935-09-23) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1935-09-23)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1935-09-23) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1935-09-23)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1935-09-23)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1935-09-23)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1935-09-23)
trombone:
Art Haines (on 1935-09-23)
recording of:
Osage Stomp (on 1935-09-23)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys3:03
4Get With It
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1935-09-23)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1935-09-23)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1935-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1935-09-23)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1935-09-23) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1935-09-23)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1935-09-23) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1935-09-23)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1935-09-23)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1935-09-23)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1935-09-23)
trombone:
Art Haines (on 1935-09-23)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1935-09-23)
recording of:
Get With It (on 1935-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys3:04
5I Can't Give You Anything but Love
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1935-09-23)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:40
6Spanish Two Step
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1935-09-23)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1935-09-23)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1935-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1935-09-23)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1935-09-23), Art Haines (on 1935-09-23) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1935-09-23)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1935-09-23) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1935-09-23)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1935-09-23)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1935-09-23)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1935-09-23)
recording of:
Spanish Two Step (on 1935-09-23)
publisher:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1941-01-13)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:56
7Maiden's Prayer
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1935-09-23)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1935-09-23)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1935-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1935-09-23)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1935-09-23), Art Haines (on 1935-09-23) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1935-09-23)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1935-09-23) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1935-09-23)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1935-09-23)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1935-09-23)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1935-09-23)
recording of:
A Maiden’s Prayer (on 1935-09-23)
composer:
Tekla Bądarzewska (Polish classical composer)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys43:06
8Wang Wang Blues
recording of:
Wang Wang Blues (on 1935-09-23)
lyricist:
Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929)
composer:
Henry Busse, Buster Johnson (American jazz musician) and Gus Mueller
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys3:01
9St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1935-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys3:14
10Good Old Oklahoma
recording of:
Good Old Oklahoma (on 1935-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys3:07
11Blue River
recording of:
Blue River (on 1935-09-23)
lyricist:
E. E. Allen
composer:
Merle St. Leon
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:37
12Mexicali Rose
recording of:
Mexicali Rose (on 1935-09-23)
lyricist:
Helen Stone
composer:
Jack Tenney (composer)
publisher:
W. A. Quincke & Co. (on 1923-03-10) and M.M. Cole Publishing Company (in 1935)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys3:17
13I Ain't Got Nobody
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1935-09-23)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1935-09-23)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1935-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1935-09-23)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1935-09-23) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1935-09-23)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1935-09-23) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1935-09-23)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1935-09-23)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1935-09-23)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1935-09-23)
trombone:
Art Haines (on 1935-09-23)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1935-09-23)
recording of:
I Ain’t Got Nobody (on 1935-09-23)
lyricist:
Roger Graham
composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:45
14Never No More Blues
recording of:
Never No Mo’ Blues (on 1935-09-24)
writer:
Elsie McWilliams (American songwriter) and Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
part of:
Never No More Hard Times Blues
recording of:
Never No More Hard Times Blues (on 1935-09-24)
lyricist and composer:
Elsie McWilliams (American songwriter) and Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:58
15Who Walks in When I Walk Out
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1935-09-24)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1935-09-24)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1935-09-24)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1935-09-24)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1935-09-24) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1935-09-24)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1935-09-24) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1935-09-24)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1935-09-24)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1935-09-24)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1935-09-24)
trombone:
Art Haines (on 1935-09-24)
vocals:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1935-09-24)
recording of:
Who Walks in When I Walk Out (on 1935-09-24)
lyricist:
Ralph Freed
writer:
Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:53
16Old Fashioned Love
recording of:
Old Fashioned Love (on 1935-09-24)
composer:
James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys3:21
17Oklahoma Rag
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1935-09-24)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1935-09-24)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1935-09-24)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1935-09-24)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1935-09-24) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1935-09-24)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1935-09-24) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1935-09-24)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1935-09-24)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1935-09-24)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1935-09-24)
trombone:
Art Haines (on 1935-09-24)
recording of:
Oklahoma Rag (on 1935-09-24)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:51
18Black and Blue Rag
recording of:
Black and Blue Rag (on 1935-09-24)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:44
19Sittin' On Top of the World
recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1935-09-24)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys3:20
20Four or Five Times
recording of:
Four or Five Times (on 1935-09-23)
composer:
Byron Gay (in 1928) and Marco H. Hellman (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:49
21I Can't Be Satisfied
recording of:
I Can't Be Satisfied (on 1935-09-24)
composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys3:02
22Smith's Reel
recording of:
Smith's Reel (on 1935-09-25)
composer:
Arthur Smith
Bob Wills and Sleepy Johnson2:51
23Harmony
recording of:
Harmony (on 1935-09-25)
Bob Wills and Sleepy Johnson2:50
24She's Killing Me
recording of:
She's Killin' Me (on 1936-09-28)
lyricist and composer:
Claude Nichols
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:48
25Weary of the Same Old Stuff
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1936-09-29)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1936-09-29)
double bass:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1936-09-29)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1936-09-29)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1936-09-29) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1936-09-29)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1936-09-29) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1936-09-29)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1936-09-29)
reeds:
Ray DeGeer (on 1936-09-29)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1936-09-29)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1936-09-29)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1936-09-29)
vocals:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
Weary Of The Same Ol' Stuff (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist and composer:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter)
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:44
2▶CD: Chicago, Dallas: 1936,1937
3▶CD: Dallas: 1937, 1938
4▶CD: Dalas Saginaw: 1938, 1940

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ASIN:US: B000O591AQ [info]