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Mar 2, 1991 · Perhaps the most underrated Western swing bandleader ever was Billy Jack Wills, the youngest brother of Bob, whose Western Swing Band broke new ground for the genre in the early '50s. Born February 26,…. Read Full Biography.
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Best known for his work in Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, Tiny...
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Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band by Billy Jack...
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Mar 3, 1991 · Billy Jack WillsFebruary 26, 1926 - March 3, 1991Inducted October 3, 1982#0067. Perhaps the most underrated Western swing bandleader ever was Billy Jack Wills, the youngest brother of Bob, whose Western Swing Band broke new ground for the genre in the early '50s. Born February 26, 1926, in Memphis, Hall County, TX, Billy Jack was exposed at an ...
Western swing drummer, bass player, singer and band leader, perhaps most famous for writing the lyrics to the song "Faded Love". Youngest brother of Bob Wills and Johnnie Lee Wills. Started out in Johnnie Lee Wills ' band in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the early 1940s before joining Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys for six years, and then leading his own ...
Western swing band led by Billy Jack Wills & Tiny Moore based out of Bob Wills' Wills Point Ballroom in Sacramento, active from 1949 or 50 to 1954, when the band was folded into Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys. Known for incorporating influences and songs from jump blues, R&B and be-bop music, and regarded as early rockabilly/ rock 'n roll pioneers.
Jan 1, 2001 · Two albums of the transcriptions were first issued on vinyl in 1982 to critical acclaim by the now-defunct San Francisco label Western Records. Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band features all 16 tracks on the first Western album, plus three others.
