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Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands. [1] [2] It is dance music, often with an up-tempo beat, [3] [4] which attracted huge crowds to dance halls and clubs in Texas, Oklahoma and California during the 1930s and 1940s until a federal war-time nightclub tax in 1944 contributed to the ...
Western Swing: 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age (Primo [Czech Republic] 6008 [2CD], 2006) Swing With The Music (B.A.C.M. [British Archive of Country Music] CD-D-297, 2010) You Oughta See My Fanny Dance (Previously Unissued Western Swing 1935–1942) (Bear Family BCD-16532, 2011)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1905–1975) Cecil Brower ... Beantown Swing Orchestra (2006-) ... Search. Search. Toggle the table of contents ...
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, [1] [2] [3] he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although Spade Cooley self-promoted the moniker "King of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969).
Texas in the United States. The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, Piano, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues.
Pappy O'Daniel. In 1931, Burrus Mill's president, W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, wanted to link radio and advertising to promote the company's Light Crust Flour. [9] O'Daniel, who would later travel with the band and use its popularity as a springboard for his political ambitions, said the idea to start the band and link radio to advertising was pitched to him originally by Bob Wills, Herman ...
Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers (1934–1947) (Texas Rose TXR-2701, 1982) The Master of Cowboy Swing (Bronco Buster CD-9002, 1995) The Eyes of Texas (Cattle CCD-205, 1998) The Golden Age of Bill Boyd (Cattle CCD-229, 2000) Swing with Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers (Cattle CCD-234, 2000) Saturday Night Rag 1934–1936 (Volume 1) (Acrobat ...
The film holdings contain over 500 film and television screenplays as well as complete production archives for several popular films, including the television miniseries Lonesome Dove. [13] The music holdings represent the breadth and scope of popular Texas sounds, and include primary source collections of Progressive country , Tejano music ...