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Bob Wills (I) (1905–1975)

Bob Wills, fiddler and band leader of Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, was an influential developer of the western swing music style in the late 1930s through the 1940s. Recorded extensively for Columbia, Decca, MGM and others. Hit recordings included "San Antonio Rose, " "Faded Love, " and "Steel Guitar Rag." He was inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame in 1968... See full bio »

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(age 70) in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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Filmography

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2007 Surf's Up (performer: "Hawaiian War Chant Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai")
 
2004 Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best (video short) (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
 
2003 Secondhand Lions (writer: "Texas Playboy Rag")
 
2003 Keen Eddie (TV series)
Pilot: Eddie (2003) ("Hawaiian War Chant")
 
2003 A Guy Thing (performer: "Across The Alley From The Alamo", "Cherokee Maiden")
 
1998 The Horse Whisperer (writer: "Texas Two Steps")
 
1998 Frank Lloyd Wright (documentary) (performer: "Cowboy Stomp" / "Cowboy Stomp")
 
1996 Bastard Out of Carolina (performer: "Time Changes Everything")
 
1995 Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge (TV movie) ("FADED LOVE")
 
1994 Harvest for the Heart (TV movie) (writer: "Take Me Back To Tulsa")
 
1993 A Perfect World (performer: "Ida Red", "South" / arranger: "Ida Red")
 
1985 Sweet Dreams (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
 
1983 The Right Stuff (performer: "Southwestern Waltz")
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
Always Chasing Rainbows: Tin Pan Alley (1977) (writer: "San Antonio Rose" - uncredited)
 
1976 Nashville Girl ("Faded Love")
 
1971 The Lawrence Welk Show (TV series)
Everything's Coming Up Roses (1971) (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
 
1957-1960 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Episode #5.4 (1960) (writer: "Stay a Little Longer" - uncredited)
Episode #2.8 (1957) (writer: "Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age" - uncredited, "Rose of San Antone" - uncredited)
 
1958 Country Style, U.S.A. (TV series short)
Episode #2.1 (1958) (writer: "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You")
Episode #2.3 (1958) (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
 
1956 Grand Ole Opry (TV series)
Episode dated 28 April 1956 (1956) (writer: "Stay a Little Longer" - uncredited)
 
1950 Square Dance Katy (writer: "Take Me Back To Tulsa")
 
1947 Under Colorado Skies (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
 
1946 Roaring Rangers (writer: "The New Ten-Gallon Hat")
 
1945 Texas Panhandle (writer: "Take Me Back to Tulsa")
 
1945 Lawless Empire (writer: "Stay All Night, Stay a Little Longer" / performer: "Stay All Night, Stay a Little Longer", "Home in San Antone", "Farther Along", "Young and Foolish")
 
1945 Community Sing: Cowboy Hit Tunes (short) (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
 
1945 Blazing the Western Trail (writer: "I Wonder If You feel the Way I Do" / performer: "Time Changes Everything", "Ida Red", "Goodbye, Liza Jane")
 
1945 Rhythm Round-Up (writer: "San Antonio Rose" / performer: "Corrine, Corrina", "San Antonio Rose")
 
1944 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (short) (writer: "San Antonio Rose" - uncredited)
 
1944 The Last Horseman (writer: "O. K., Oklahoma" / performer: "O. K., Oklahoma", "The Idaho Plains", "Trouble on the Range", "Ridin' On Down", "Dreamy-Eyed Waltz", "Camptown Races")
 
1943 The Vigilantes Ride (performer: "There's An Arizona Moon", "Westward Bound", "At the Old Ranger Post", "My Tucson Gal")
 
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush (performer: "Hubbin' It", "Get Along My Pony":, "Ki Yi Yippe Yea", "Toodleumbo")
 
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted (performer: "Song of the Rippling Stream", "Bluebonnet Lane", "The Last Goodbye", "When You're a Mountie")
 
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle (performer: "You're From Texas", "He's A Barstool Cowboy", "Dusty Skies", "We're Rough And Ready")
 
1942 The Lone Prairie (writer: "Fiddlin' Man" / performer: "Fiddlin' Man", "Salt River Valley", "Yo Ho, I'm Riding")
 
1941 Go West, Young Lady (lyrics: "Ida Red" / arranger: "Ida Red")
 
1941 San Antonio Rose (writer: "San Antonio Rose")
 
1940 Take Me Back to Oklahoma ("Good Old Oklahoma", "Take Me Back To Tulsa", "Going Indian", "Lone Star Rag", "Bob Wills Special")
 
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1946 Frontier Frolic (short)
Bob Wills
 
1945 Lawless Empire
Bob
 
1945 Blazing the Western Trail
Bob Wills
 
1945 Rhythm Round-Up
Bob Wills
 
1944 The Last Horseman
Bob Wills
 
1944 Wyoming Hurricane
Bob
 
1943 The Vigilantes Ride
Bob
 
1943 Silver City Raiders
Sheriff Bob Halliday
 
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush
Bob Merritt -Texas Playboys Band Leader)
 
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted
Mountie Bob Wills (Texas Playboys Band Leader)
 
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle
Bob Wilson (Texas Playboys Band Leader) (as Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys)
 
1942 The Lone Prairie
Bob
 
1941 Go West, Young Lady
Bob
 
1940 Melody Ranch
Leader - The Texas Playboys (uncredited)
 
1940 Take Me Back to Oklahoma
Bob Wills
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
 
1951 Yodel Mountain (short)
Himself
 
1951 Three Miles South of Cash in Arkansas (short)
Himself
 
1944 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2010 Country's Greatest Stars Live: Vol. 1 (video)
Themselves
 
2005 CMT: Class of 1975 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Century of Country (TV mini-series)
Himself
 
1996 America's Music: The Roots of Country (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself (1996)
 
1977 All You Need Is Love (TV series documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

CD: "Bob Wills Special" (Columbia) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 3 Print Biographies  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Brother of Lorene Wills, Luke Wills and Johnny Lee Wills. See more »

Nickname:

The King of Western Swing See more »

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