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
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1No Matter How She Does It
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:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
No Matter How She Done It (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist and composer:
Hudson Whittaker
2:55
2Bluin' the Blues
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)
recording of:
Bluin' The Blues (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Ragas
3:12
3Steel Guitar Song
recording of:
Steel Guitar Rag (instrumental) (on 1936-09-29)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
composer:
Leon McAuliffe
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
2:50
4Get Along Home Cindy
recording of:
Get Along Home Cindy (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:50
5Trouble in Mind
recording of:
Trouble in Mind (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
2:59
6What's the Matter With the Mill
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:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1936-09-29) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
What's the Matter With the Mill (Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan version) (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist), Minnie McCoy and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
version of:
What's the Matter With the Mill
2:56
7Sugar Blues
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:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
Sugar Blues (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist:
Lucy Fletcher (in 1919)
composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (in 1919)
publisher:
Chappell Paris
2:54
8Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3:03
9Red Hot Gal of Mine
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:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
Red Hot Gal Of Mine (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist and composer:
Oliver Wendell Mayo (songwriter) and Al Stricklin
3:07
10Too Busy
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)
recording of:
Too Busy (on 1936-09-29)
writer:
Chester Conn and Ned Miller (Nathan "Ned" Miller)
2:35
11Back Home Again in Indiana
recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) (on 1936-09-29)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
2:53
12Fan It
recording of:
Fan It (on 1936-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Alexander Hill (songwriter) and Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon
2:44
13Mean Mama Blues
recording of:
Jimmie’s Mean Mama Blues (on 1936-09-30)
writer:
Waldo O’Neal (Composer, songwriter), Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) and Bob Sawyer (US jazz pianist, 1930s)
2:54
14Bring It on Down to My Heart
recording of:
Bring It On Down to My House, Honey (on 1936-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:44
15Right or Wrong
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1936-09-30)
bass:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1936-09-30)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1936-09-30) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1936-09-30)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1936-09-30) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1936-09-30)
membranophone:
Smokey Dacus (on 1936-09-30)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1936-09-30)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1936-09-30)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1936-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Ray DeGreer (on 1936-09-30)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1936-09-30)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1936-09-30)
recording of:
Right or Wrong (on 1936-09-30)
writer:
Paul Biese (until 1921), Haven Gillespie (until 1921) and Arthur Lynn Sizemore (American pianist, composer and songwriter) (until 1921)
2:56
16Swing Blues #1
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1936-09-30)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1936-09-30)
double bass:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1936-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1936-09-30)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1936-09-30) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1936-09-30)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1936-09-30) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1936-09-30)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1936-09-30)
reeds:
Ray DeGeer (on 1936-09-30)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1936-09-30)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1936-09-30)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1936-09-30)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1936-09-30)
recording of:
Swing Blues No.1 (on 1936-09-30)
composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:41
17Swing Blues #2
recording of:
Swing Blues No.2 (on 1936-09-30)
composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:48
18White Heat
recording of:
White Heat (on 1937-06-07)
composer:
Will Hudson
2:45
19Dedicated to You
recording of:
Dedicated to You (on 1937-06-07)
writer:
Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin and Hy Zaret
publisher:
Argosy Music Corp., Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Helene Blue Musique Ltd. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
2:34
20Playboy Stomp
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1937-06-07)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1937-06-07)
double bass:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1937-06-07)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1937-06-07)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1937-06-07), Cecil Brower (on 1937-06-07) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1937-06-07)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1937-06-07) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1937-06-07)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1937-06-07)
reeds:
Ray DeGeer (on 1937-06-07)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1937-06-07) and Tiny Mott (on 1937-06-07)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1937-06-07)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1937-06-07)
recording of:
Playboy Stomp (on 1937-06-07)
composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:48
21Steel Guitar Stomp
recording of:
Steel Guitar Stomp (on 1937-06-07)
composer:
Leon McAuliffe
2:40
22Rosetta
recording of:
Rosetta (on 1937-06-07)
lyricist:
William Henri Woode
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
2:54
23Bleeding Hearted Blues
recording of:
Bleeding Hearted Blues (on 1937-06-07)
lyricist and composer:
Lovie Austin
2:36
24Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again
recording of:
Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again (on 1937-06-07)
writer:
Joe Goodwin and Larry Shay
2:33
25Never 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)
2:57
3▶CD: Dallas: 1937, 1938
4▶CD: Dalas Saginaw: 1938, 1940

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ASIN:US: B000O591AQ [info]