Violinist and cellist, singer, actor, composer and songwriter ("Shame On You"), conductor, arranger and inventor who popularized western swing music on film and recordings, in person and on radio and television. When Spade was four, he and his parents John and Emma Cooley moved to Oregon where he studied classical violin and cello...See full bio »
1949Square Dance Jubilee
(performer: "Shame, Shame On You", "I Came Here To Be Went With", "It's Dark Outside", "You've Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger", "Tennessee Wagoner", "Ida Red")
1945Spade Cooley: King of Western Swing
(short)
(writer: "Who Killed the Goose" - uncredited, "The Trouble with Me" - uncredited, "Tennessee Wagoner" - uncredited, "Topeka Polka" - uncredited / performer: "Who Killed the Goose" - uncredited, "The Trouble with Me" - uncredited, "Turkey in the Straw" - uncredited, "Steel Guitar Rag" - uncredited)
Playing the fiddle was as much a part of my life as breathing. I was knee-high to a stump and playing the fiddle, and my daddy played the fiddle and so did my granddad before him. So I came by it naturally, and later on I got it in my head to just flat quit schooling, the idea to be making money because...
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Upon his death, his remains were interred at the Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park in Hayward, Alameda County, California.
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