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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).
Pat Green (born 1972), country musician; Marcus Haddock (born 1957 in Fort Worth), opera singer; Derek Hames (born 1979 in Fort Worth), record producer, singer, songwriter, and musician; Taylor Hawkins (1972–2022), drummer for Foo Fighters; Julius Hemphill (1938–1995), jazz composer and saxophone player; Jules Hoffman, children's musician
Sousa composed a piece of music inspired by his last visit to Fort Worth that is still played today. Sousa rose to prominence directing the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 until 1892. Besides ...
Terry Allen in Dallas, 2018. Terry Allen (born May 7, 1943) [1] is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist from Lubbock, Texas.Allen's musical career spans several albums in the Texas country and outlaw country genres, and his visual art includes painting, conceptual art, performance, and sculpture, with a number of notable bronze sculptures installed publicly in various cities ...
Main menu. Main menu. move to sidebar hide. Navigation Main page; Contents; Current events; ... Musicians from Fort Worth, Texas (94 P) Musicians from Galveston ...
More than 50 years ago, chef Lucille Bishop Smith of Fort Worth sent every local soldier in Vietnam a Christmas fruitcake. But the woman baking and sending 330 fruitcakes was not just any chef ...
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 ...