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Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys Audio CD's & Vinyl Record Albums

James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American country musician and songwriter. He was born near Kosse, Texas; his father was a fiddle player who along with his grandfahter, taught the young Wills to play the fiddle and the mandolin. In his 20s "Jim Rob" attended barber school, got married, and moved to Turkey, Texas, to be a barber. He regularly entered fiddle contests in West Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma and soon the fiddle had replaced the scissors in the young Wills' imagination. He headed to Fort Worth to pursue a career in music. It was there that while performing in a medicine show, the show's owner gave him the nickname "Bob." In Fort Worth Wills met Herman Arnspinger and formed The Wills Fiddle Band. In 1930 Milton Brown joined the group as lead vocalist and brought a sense of innovation and experimentation to the band, now called the Light Crust Doughboys due to radio sponsorship by the makers of Light Crust Flour. Brown left the band in 1932 to form the Musical Brownies, the first true Western Swing band. Brown added twin fiddles, tenor banjo and slap bass, pointing the music in the direction of swing, which they played on local radio and at dancehalls. Wills remained with the Doughboys and replaced Brown with new singer Tommy Duncan. Unable to work with W. Lee O'Daniel, the authoratarian host of the Light Crust Doughboy radio show and General Manager of the parent, Burrus Mill and Elevator Company, Wills and Duncan left the Doughboys in 1933. After forming a new band, "The Playboys" and relocating to Waco, Wills found enough popularity there to decide on a bigger market. They left Waco in January of 1934 for [[Oklahoma City]. Wills soon settled the renamed "Texas Playboys" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and began broadcasting noontime shows over the 50,000 watt KVOO radio station. Their 12:30-1:15 Monday-Friday broadcsts became a veritable institution in the region. By 1935 Wills had added horn, reed players and drums to the Playboys. The addition of steel guitar whiz Leon McAuliffe in March, 1935 added not only a formidable instrumentalist but a second engaging vocalist. Wills himself largely sang blues and sentimental ballads.

 

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LP
24 Great Hits
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
24 Great Hits
1977
MG-2-5303
Polydor Record Label; Album cover has writing on it; Records have minor scuffs and writing on labels; Double record set; Gatefold cover
VG+/VG+
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LP
The Best Of Bob Wills
Bob Wills
The Best Of Bob Wills
1970
KS 3641
Kapp Record Label; Album cover has minor wear; Record has minor scuffs; Track listing: San Antonio Rose; Eight'r From Decatur; Deep In The Heart Of Texas; Silver Bells (That Ring In The Night); Across The Alley From The Alamo; Cimarron; South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way); Milk Cow Blues; My Adobe Hacienda; Southwestern Waltz; A Big Ball In Cowtown; Pan Handle Rag
VG+/VG+
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LP
The Best Of Bob Wills
Bob Wills
The Best Of Bob Wills
1980
MCA-153
MCA Record Label; Album cover and record appear new; Reissue; Track listing: San Antonio Rose; Eight'r From Decatur; Deep In The Heart Of Texas; Silver Bells (That Ring In The Night); Across The Alley From The Alamo; Cimarron; South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way); Milk Cow Blues; My Adobe Hacienda; Southwestern Waltz; A Big Ball In Cowtown; Pan Handle Rag
NM/NM
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LP
The Best Of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
The Best Of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
1963
HL 7304
Harmony Record Label; Album cover and record appear new; Track listing: Home In San Antone; Goodbye Liza Jane; My Confession; Let's Ride With Bob; Who's Heart Are You Breaking Now?; Stay A Little Longer; Hang Your Head In Shame; Texas Playboy Rag; New Spanish Two Step; Rose Of Old Pawnee
NM-/NM-
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LP
The Best Of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
The Best Of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
1963
HL 7304
Harmony Record Label; Album cover has minor wear; Record has minor scuffs; Track listing: Home In San Antone; Goodbye Liza Jane; My Confession; Let's Ride With Bob; Who's Heart Are You Breaking Now?; Stay A Little Longer; Hang Your Head In Shame; Texas Playboy Rag; New Spanish Two Step; Rose Of Old Pawnee
VG+/VG+
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LP
The Best Of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
The Best Of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
1963
AHL 7304
Columbia Records Collectors' Series Record Label; Album cover and record appear new; Track listing: Home In San Antone; Goodbye Liza Jane; My Confession; Let's Ride With Bob; Who's Heart Are You Breaking Now?; Stay A Little Longer; Hang Your Head In Shame; Texas Playboy Rag; New Spanish Two Step; Rose Of Old Pawnee
NM/NM
$29.99
LP
The Best Of Bob Wills Vol.II
Bob Wills
The Best Of Bob Wills Vol.II
1975
MCA2-4092
MCA Record Label; Album cover has minor wear; Records appear new; Double record set; Compilation; Includes the original inner liner sleeves
VG+/NM
$14.99
LP
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
1973
MCA-526
MCA Record Label; Album cover and record appear new; Still covered in shrink wrap (opened); Blue label with rainbow; Track listing: Orange Blossom Special; Lone Star Rag; New Faded Love; Toodleumbo; Bob's Breakdown; With Tears In My Eyes; An Old Flame; Wait'll You See; Texas Two Step; La Golondrina;; Wills Breakdown; Betty's Waltz
NM-/NM-
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LP
The Bob Wills Anthology
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
The Bob Wills Anthology
1973
PG 32416
Columbia Record Label; Album cover has minor edge and ring wear; Records appears new; Double record set; Gatefold cover; Track listing: Osage Stomp; Spanish Two Step; Maiden's Prayer; Mexicali Rose; Old Fashioned Love; Sittin' On Top Of The World; Steel Guitar Rag; Blue Yodel #1; Silver Bell; That's What I Like 'Bout The South; I'll See You In My Dreams; The Waltz You Saved For Me; Corrine Corrina; Time Changes Everything; Big Beaver; Honey What You Gonna Do?; I Found A Dream; Take Me Back To Tulsa; New San Antonio Rose; I Knew The Moment I Lost You; Twin Guitar Special; Mississippi Delta Blues; Roly Poly; Brain Cloudy Blues
VG+/NM-
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LP
Bob Wills Special
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills Special
1958
HL 7036
Columbia Record Label
VG+/VG+
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LP
Country Music
Bob Wills
Country Music
1981
P 15836
Time Life Record Label; Album cover and record appear new
NM/NM
$12.99
LP
Country Music
Bob Wills
Country Music
1981
P 15836
Time Life Record Label; Album cover has water damage on the bottom seam; Record appears new
VG/NM-
$9.99
LP
Fathers And Sons
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys / Asleep At The Wheel
Fathers And Sons
1974
BG 33782
Epic Record Label; Album cover has minor wear; Records appear new; Double record set; Gatefold cover
VG+/NM
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Audio CD
For The Last Time
Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
For The Last Time
1994
CDP-7243-8-28331-2-3
Liberty Record Label; Jewel case and CD appears new; Reissue; Remastered; Includes the original inner twenty-four page photo/song title/lyric/credit booklet and original artwork; Track listing: Playboy Theme; Yearning (Just For You); Faded Love; What Makes Bob Holler; Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer); Goin' Away Party; Big Balls In Cowtown; Keeper Of My Heart; Twin Guitar Boogie; Bubbles In My Beer; Blue Bonnet Lane; When You Leave Amarillo (Turn Out The Lights); San Antonio Rose; I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You; Miss Molly; I Can't Go On This Was; That's What I Like 'Bout The South; Silver Lake Blues; Milk Cow Blues; Comin' Down From Denver; Baby That Would Sure Go Good; She's Really Gone; Crippled Turkey
NM/NM
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LP
For The Last Time
Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
For The Last Time
1974
UA-LA216-J2
United Artists Record Label; Box cover and records appear new; Double record set; Box cover; Includes the original inner photo/song title/lyric liner sleeves; Track listing: Playboy Theme; Yearning (Just For You); Faded Love; What Makes Bob Holler; Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer); Goin' Away Party; Big Balls In Cowtown; Keeper Of My Heart; Twin Guitar Boogie; Bubbles In My Beer; Blue Bonnet Lane; When You Leave Amarillo (Turn Out The Lights); San Antonio Rose; I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You; Miss Molly; I Can't Go On This Was; That's What I Like 'Bout The South; Silver Lake Blues; Milk Cow Blues; Comin' Down From Denver; Baby That Would Sure Go Good; She's Really Gone; Crippled Turkey
NM/NM
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LP
For The Last Time
Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
For The Last Time
1974
UA-LA216-J2
United Artists Record Label; Box cover has minor wear; Record appears new; Double record set; Box cover; Includes the original inner photo/song title/lyric liner sleeves; Track listing: Playboy Theme; Yearning (Just For You); Faded Love; What Makes Bob Holler; Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer); Goin' Away Party; Big Balls In Cowtown; Keeper Of My Heart; Twin Guitar Boogie; Bubbles In My Beer; Blue Bonnet Lane; When You Leave Amarillo (Turn Out The Lights); San Antonio Rose; I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You; Miss Molly; I Can't Go On This Was; That's What I Like 'Bout The South; Silver Lake Blues; Milk Cow Blues; Comin' Down From Denver; Baby That Would Sure Go Good; She's Really Gone; Crippled Turkey
VG+/NM-
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LP
A Living Legend
Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan and The Texas Playboys
A Living Legend
1961
LRP 3182
Liberty Record Label; Album cover and record appear new; Track listing: Right Or Wrong; Convict And The Rose; Hang Your Head In Shame; Wabash Blues; Silver Bells; Trouble In Mind; Heart To Heart Talk; Li'l Liza Jane; I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do; My Confession; It Makes No Difference Now; Playboy Medley
NM-/NM-
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LP
The Living Legend
Bob Wills
The Living Legend
197?
KS-3587
Kapp Record Label
VG+/NM-
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LP
Mr. Words & Mr. Music
Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan and The Texas Playboys
Mr. Words & Mr. Music
196?
LST 7194
Liberty Record Label
VG+/VG+
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LP
Nashville's Fiddlin' Man
Bob Wills / Bob Jones & The Range Hands
Nashville's Fiddlin' Man
1966
CXS-281
Coronet Record Label; Album cover and record appear new; Stereo recording; Track listing: Yodel Mountain; Three Miles South Of Cash; Blue Prelude; Sittin' On Top Of The World; Fiddlin' Man; Belle Starr; Streets Of Laredo; Stack O'Lee; Travelin' Gambler; Jack O' Diamonds
NM-/NM-
$12.99
LP
Nashville's Fiddlin' Man
Bob Wills / Bob Jones & The Range Hands
Nashville's Fiddlin' Man
1966
PS-9046
Premier Record Label; Album cover has minor wear; Record appears new; Compilation; Stereo recording; Track listing: Yodel Mountain; Three Miles South Of Cash; Blue Prelude; Sittin' On Top Of The World; Fiddlin' Man; Belle Starr; Streets Of Laredo; Stack O'Lee; Travelin' Gambler; Jack O' Diamonds
VG+/NM
$9.99
LP
The Voice & Band Of Bob Wills
Bob Wills
The Voice & Band Of Bob Wills
1978
SPC-3592
Pickwick International Record Label; Album cover and record appear new; Stereo recording
NM/NM
$12.99
LP
Western Swing Along
Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
Western Swing Along
1965
VL 73735
Vocalion Record Label; Album cover and record appear new; Stereo recording; Track listing: So Let's Rock; Don't Keep It A Secret; Echo Yodel; Sincerely; Sugar Baby; Texas Fiddler; Oh Monah!; Lilly Dale; Cornball Rag; It's The Bottle Talking; The Boston Fancy; New Osage Stomp
NM-/NM-
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