Bob Wills
Utseende
Bob Wills | |
Bob Wills, cirka 1946 | |
Födelsenamn | James Robert Wills |
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Pseudonym(er) | King of Western Swing |
Född | 6 mars 1905 Utanför Kosse, Limestone County, Texas, USA |
Död | 13 maj 1975 (70 år) Fort Worth, Texas, USA |
Bakgrund | |
Genre | Western swing |
Roll | Musiker, sångare, låtskrivare |
Instrument | Fiol, piano, flöjt, saxofon, basgitarr |
År som aktiv | 1929 – 1969 |
Skivbolag | Vocalion, OKeh, Columbia, MGM, Liberty |
Artistsamarbeten | Clifton Jansky, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Milton Brown, Marty Robbins, Webb Pierce |
Relaterade artister | Light Crust Doughboys, Texas Playboys, Tommy Duncan, Fort Worth Doughboys |
Utmärkelser
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James Robert Wills, känd som Bob Wills, född 6 mars 1905 utanför Kosse i Limestone County i Texas, död 13 maj 1975 i Fort Worth i Texas, var en amerikansk western swing-musiker, låtskrivare och orkesterledare. Han anses ha varit med och utformat western swing-stilen.[2]
1968 valdes han in i Country Music Hall of Fame, och artister som Waylon Jennings och Rolling Stones har till hans ära spelat sången "Bob Wills is Still the King" under sina livekonserter.
Diskografi
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År | Album | Amerikanska countrylistan | Skivmärke |
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1960 | Together Again (med Tommy Duncan) | Liberty | |
1961 | A Living Legend | ||
1961 | Mr. Words & Mr. Music (med Tommy Duncan) | ||
1963 | Bob Wills Sings and Plays | ||
1965 | Bob Wills Keepsake Album No. 1 | Longhorn | |
1966 | From the Heart of Texas | 33 | Kapp |
1967 | King of Western Swing | 43 | |
1968 | Here's That Man Again | 24 | |
1974 | For the Last Time | 28 | United Artists |
1975 | The Best of Bob Wills Vol. II | 36 | MCA |
1976 | Remembering...The Greatest Hits of Bob Wills | 46 | Columbia |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in Concert | 44 | Capitol | |
1977 | 24 Great Hits by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | 39 | MGM |
- Singlar
År | Singel | Amerikanska countrylistan | Skivmärke |
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1935 | "Osage Stomp (Rukus Juice Shuffle)" | Vocalion 03096 | |
"Good Old Oklahoma" | Vocalion 3086 | ||
"Spanish Two Step" | Vocalion 03230 | ||
"I'm Sitting on Top of the World" | Vocalion 3139 | ||
1936 | "Wang Wang Blues" | Vocalion 03173 | |
"Steel Guitar Rag" | Vocalion 03394 | ||
"Right or Wrong" | Vocalion 03451 | ||
1937 | "Playboy Stomp" | Vocalion 03763 | |
"I'm a Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas" | Vocalion 03659 | ||
1938 | "Maiden's Prayer" | Vocalion 03924 | |
"Ida Red" | Vocalion 05079 | ||
"San Antonio Rose" | Vocalion 04755 | ||
"Beaumont Rag" | Vocalion 04999 | ||
1940 | "Corrine, Corrina" | OKeh 06530 | |
"New San Antonio Rose" | OKeh 6894 | ||
"Time Changes Everything" | OKeh 05753 | ||
1941 | "Maiden's Prayer" | OKeh 06205 | |
"Take Me Back to Tulsa" | OKeh 06101 | ||
"My Life's Been a Pleasure" | OKeh 06676 | ||
"Cherokee Maiden" | OKeh 06568 | ||
"Dusty Skies" | OKeh 06598 | ||
1942 | "If You're from Texas" | OKeh 6722 | |
"Let's Ride with Bob" | OKeh 6692 | ||
1943 | "Home In San Antone" | OKeh 6710 | |
1944 | "New San Antonio Rose" | 3 | OKeh 5694 |
"We Might as Well Forget It" | 2 | OKeh 6722 | |
"You're from Texas" | 2 | ||
1945 | "Smoke on the Water" | 1 | OKeh 6736 |
"Hang Your Head in Shame" | 3 | ||
"Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" | 1 | OKeh 6742 | |
"You Don't Care What Happens to Me" | 5 | ||
"Texas Playboy Rag" | 2 | Columbia 36841 | |
"Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" | 1 | ||
1946 | "White Cross on Okinawa" | 1 | Columbia 36881 |
"New Spanish Two Step" | 1 | Columbia 16966 | |
"Roly Poly" | 3 | ||
"Stay a Little Longer" | 2 | Columbia 37097 | |
"I Can't Go on This Way" | 4 | ||
1947 | "I'm Gonna Be Boss from Now On" | 5 | Columbia 37205 |
"Sugar Moon" | 1 | Columbia 37313 | |
"Bob Wills Boogie" | 4 | Columbia 37357 | |
1948 | "Bubbles in My Beer" | 4 | MGM 10116 |
"Keeper of My Heart" | 8 | MGM 10175 | |
"Texarkana Baby" | 15 | Columbia 38179 | |
"Thorn in My Heart" | 10 | MGM 10236 | |
1950 | "Ida Red Likes the Boogie" | 10 | MGM K10570 |
"Faded Love" | 8 | MGM K10786 | |
1960 | "Heart to Heart Talk" (med Tommy Duncan) | 5 | Liberty 55260 |
1961 | "The Image of Me" (med Tommy Duncan) | 26 | Liberty 55264 |
1976 | "Ida Red" (återutgåva) | 99 | Vocalion 05079 |
Källor
[redigera | redigera wikitext]- ^ läs online, omhof.com .[källa från Wikidata]
- ^ Mazor, Barry (MUSICFEBRUARY 11, 2009). ”The Tiffany Transcriptions, Back and Better”. The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123430049028669793.html. Läst 13 januari 2010.
- Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia, 16 maj 2013.
Externa länkar
[redigera | redigera wikitext]Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Bob Wills.
- Webbplats om Bob Wills
- Bob Willls på allmusic.com
- Diskografi på Discogs
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