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Leon Rausch. Leon Rausch off-stage at the Pioneer Days festival in Fort Worth, Texas, 1981. Edgar Leon Rausch (October 2, 1927 – May 14, 2019) was "the voice" of " Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys ". Rausch was born in Billings, Missouri. He was lead vocalist from 1958 until the early 60s when he created his own band "The New Texas Playboys".
Wills. Wills ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Anneke Wills (* 1941), britische Schauspielerin. Anthony Archer-Wills (* 1946), britischer Moderator und Autor. Beverly Wills (1933–1963), US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Bob Wills ( James Robert Wills, 1905–1975), US-amerikanischer Country-Musiker und Bandleader.
Musician. Instrument (s) Guitar. Years active. 1930s–1950s. Lester Robert Barnard (December 17, 1920 – April 15, 1951), known as Junior Barnard, was an American Western swing guitarist who was a member of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. He was among the first electric guitarists to create a guitar effect that anticipated fuzz tone.
9. Mai 2024 · Bob Wills (born March 6, 1905, near Kosse, Texas, U.S.—died May 13, 1975, Fort Worth, Texas) was an American bandleader, fiddler, singer, and songwriter whose Texas Playboys popularized western swing music in the 1930s and ’40s. Taught to play the mandolin and fiddle by his father and other relatives, Wills began performing in country ...
Chris and Bob Wills' brother, Eric Wills, was killed in a hang gliding accident in 1974. Chris Wills left the company in 1976 to attend medical school and pursue a career as a physician. Bob Wills was killed in a hang gliding accident while making a Jeep commercial on 24 June 1977. The majority ownership of the company was then sold to Rob ...
Kosse, Texas. A bandleader, fiddler, singer, and songwriter, Bob Wills is the most famous exponent of the popular musical amalgam now known as western swing, which synthesized ragtime, traditional fiddle tunes, New Orleans jazz, blues, Mexican songs, and big band swing. He blended it all into a swinging dance music that was wildly popular in ...
Genre. Western swing. Label. Columbia. Songwriter (s) Bob Wills, Cindy Walker. "Sugar Moon" is a Western swing love song written by Bob Wills and Cindy Walker. [1] The song was first recorded by Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys in 1947 (Columbia 37313), where it reached number one, staying on the charts six weeks.
