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His life was immortalized in song with the catchy tune "The Ballad of Chester Smith", which he wrote and performed. [3] On October 17, 1963, his first owned radio station KLOC-AM 920 hit the air in Ceres, California .
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).
Fresno State Normal School founded. [18] Sunnyside Country Club opens. 1913 – Commercial Club organized. [11] 1914 – Holy Trinity Church built. 1918 Sun-Maid raisin facility begins operating. Bank of Italy building constructed. 1919 – Fresno Historical Society [8] and Temple Beth Israel founded. 1921 – Fresno State College established ...
Listen to the best country songs about sons relatable for moms and dads. This playlist includes artists like Reba McEntire, Chris Stapleton, and Kenny Chesney.
In a fractious America, there’s still one thing that people can agree on: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The Virginian’s country flip of an old J-Kwon hit rang out from bars ...
Fresno has a total area of 116 square miles (300 km 2) with 98.96% land covering 114.79 square miles (297.3 km 2), and 1.04% water, 1.21 square miles (3.1 km 2). Fresno's location, very near the geographical center of California, places the city a comfortable distance from many of the major recreation areas and urban centers in the state.
On Monday night the band played just 11 songs over nearly two and a half hours, which was split into two parts with an intermission. For comparison, Pearl Jam played double that many songs at its ...
Dave Stogner and The Western Rhythmairs hosted a show at the Big Fresno Barn Dance for more than ten years. [3] At least one author described Stogner's sound as "hard driving hillbilly". [4] Throughout his long career, in addition to his many hit recordings, Stogner wrote, and co-wrote, several songs including "Hard Top Race" in 1953.