biography
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Wills, Bob
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popular name of James Robert Wills
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1905–75)
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| biography:
| Country music fiddler, singer, bandleader, and songwriter, born in Kosse, Texas, USA. He played in bands in the late-1920s. In 1934 he formed the Texas Playboys, a band popular in the SW, before moving to California (1942) to perform in films and dance halls. Although he was a traditional hoedown fiddler, his band helped popularize Western swing in the 1950s and 1960s with an eclectic repertory of country, jazz, blues, and pop. His own best-known compositions include ‘Faded Love’, ‘Maiden's Prayer’, and ‘San Antonio Rose’. |
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