Bob Wills

Also known as King of Western Swing

American musician (1905–1975)

Person · Open Library

Works: 3

Top works

Last Buffalo in Kansas
Ideas
Bob Wills - King of Western Swing

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Limestone County, Texas, USA

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. He appeared on over a dozen Western films.

Known for

This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)2021
Austin City Limits — Self1975
Blazing the Western Trail — Bob1945
Lawless Empire — Bob1945
Rhythm Round-Up — Bob Wills1945
Wyoming Hurricane — Bob1944
The Last Horseman — Bob1944
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys — Himself1944
Saddles and Sagebrush — Bob -Texas Playboys Band Leader1943
Riders of the Northwest Mounted — Mountie Bob Wills1943

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1905
Active to: 1975

Discography

Member of

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 56,307
Total plays: 413,295

Tags

countrywestern swingclassic countrytexasAll

James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975), better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western swing, he was universally known as the King of Western Swing. Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle, Tommy Duncan on piano and vocals <a href="https://www

via Last.fm · Bob Wills