Legends of Country Music

~ Release by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Copyright © – Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Mastered At – Sony Music Studios, New York City
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC – CTDP-145730
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC – CTDP-145731
Glass Mastered At – Sony DADC – CTDP-145732

Annotation last modified on 2024-08-09 15:29 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Steel Guitar Stomp
recording of:
Steel Guitar Stomp (on 1937-06-07)
composer:
Leon McAuliffe
2:37
2Rosetta
recording of:
Rosetta (on 1937-06-07)
lyricist:
William Henri Woode
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
2:52
3Blue Yodel #1
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1937-06-08)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1937-06-08)
clarinet:
Ray DeGeer (on 1937-06-08)
double bass:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1937-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1937-06-08)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1937-06-08) and C. G. "Sleepy" Johnson (on 1937-06-08)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1937-06-08)
saxophone:
Ray DeGeer (on 1937-06-08), Tiny Mott (on 1937-06-08) and Robert "Zeb" McNally (on 1937-06-08)
steel guitar:
Leon McAucliffe (on 1937-06-08)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1937-06-08)
violin:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1937-06-08), Cecil Brower (on 1937-06-08), C. G. "Sleepy" Johnson (on 1937-06-08) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1937-06-08)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1937-06-08)
recording of:
Blue Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)) (on 1937-06-08)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Ralph Peer (publisher 1920s) (on 1928-02-03)
part of:
Blue Yodels by Jimmie Rodgers
2:24
4I’m a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
recording of:
Ding Dong Mama From Dumas (on 1937-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
Phil Baxter
recording of:
I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (on 1937-06-09)
writer:
Phil Baxter (US songwriter, singer and band leader)
2:24
5Oozlin’ Daddy Blues
recording of:
Oozlin' Daddy Blues (on 1937-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Cox and Alton Delmore
2:26
6Black Rider
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-05-16)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-05-16)
clarinet:
Charles Laughton (on 1938-05-16)
double bass:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1938-05-16)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-05-16)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-05-16) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-05-16)
guitar:
Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-05-16)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-05-16)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-05-16)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-05-16)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-05-16)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1938-05-16)
recording of:
Black Rider (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
J. M. Williamson and Richard M. Jones (US jazz pianist)
2:43
7Down Hearted Blues
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
2:45
8Pray for the Lights to Go Out
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-05-16)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-05-16)
double bass:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1938-05-16)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-05-16)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-05-16) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-05-16)
guitar:
Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-05-16)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-05-16)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-05-16)
saxophone:
Charles Laughton (on 1938-05-16) and Zeb McNally (on 1938-05-16)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-05-16)
vocals:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-05-16)
recording of:
Pray for the Lights to Go Out (on 1938-05-16)
lyricist and composer:
Will E. Skidmore and Renton Tunnah
2:50
9San Antonio Rose
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-11-28)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-11-28)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1938-11-28)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-11-28)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-11-28) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-11-28)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1938-11-28) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-11-28)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-11-28)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-11-28)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-11-28) and Tiny Mott (on 1938-11-28)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-11-28)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 315 (1))
instrumental recording of:
San Antonio Rose (on 1938-11-28)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (from 1940-06-05 to present) and Irving Berlin Inc. (on 1940-06-05)
52:34
10Silver Bells
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-11-28)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-11-28)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1938-11-28)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-11-28)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-11-28) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-11-28)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1938-11-28) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-11-28)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-11-28)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-11-28)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-11-28) and Tiny Mott (on 1938-11-28)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-11-28)
recording of:
Silver Bell (1910 song usually performed as an instrumental) (on 1938-11-28)
lyricist:
Edward Madden (in 1910)
composer:
Percy Wenrich (American composer) (in 1910)
previously attributed to:
Mel Stark (songwriter) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:41
11Beaumont Rag
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-11-28)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-11-28)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1938-11-28)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-11-28)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-11-28) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-11-28)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1938-11-28) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-11-28)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-11-28)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-11-28)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-11-28) and Tiny Mott (on 1938-11-28)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-11-28)
recording of:
Beaumont Rag (on 1938-11-28)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger and adapter:
Doc Watson (US guitarist, singer & songwriter)
2:39
12Whoa Babe
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-11-28)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-11-28)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1938-11-28)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-11-28)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-11-28) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-11-28)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1938-11-28) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-11-28)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-11-28)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-11-28)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-11-28) and Tiny Mott (on 1938-11-28)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-11-28)
vocals:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1938-11-28)
recording of:
Whoa Babe (on 1938-11-28)
lyricist and composer:
Larry Clinton
2:35
13Ida Red
recording of:
Ida Red (on 1938-11-29)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3429)
2:22
14Yearning
recording of:
Yearning (on 1938-11-29)
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter)
composer:
Joe Burke (American composer)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
2:24
15I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do
recording of:
I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do (on 1938-11-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:36
16Prosperity Special
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-11-29)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-11-29)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1938-11-29)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-11-29)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-11-29) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-11-29)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1938-11-29) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-11-29)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-11-29)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-11-29)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-11-29) and Tiny Mott (on 1938-11-29)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-11-29)
recording of:
Prosperity Special (on 1938-11-29)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:39
17You’re Okay
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-11-29)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-11-29)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1938-11-29)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-11-29)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-11-29) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-11-29)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1938-11-29) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-11-29)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-11-29)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-11-29)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-11-29) and Tiny Mott (on 1938-11-29)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-11-29)
vocals:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1938-11-29)
recording of:
You're Okay (on 1938-11-29)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Mickey Bloom (songwriter)
42:26
18Liza Pull Down the Shades
recording of:
Liza Pull Down the Shades (on 1938-11-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
42:19
19That’s What I Like ’Bout the South
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1938-11-29)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1938-11-29)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1938-11-29)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1938-11-29)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1938-11-29) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1938-11-29)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1938-11-29) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1938-11-29)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1938-11-29)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1938-11-29)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1938-11-29) and Tiny Mott (on 1938-11-29)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1938-11-29)
vocals:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1938-11-29)
recording of:
That’s What I Like ’Bout the South (on 1938-11-29)
writer:
Andy Razaf
2:33
20My Window Faces the South
cover recording of:
My Window Faces South (on 1938-11-30)
lyricist:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter) and Mitchell Parish
composer:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter) and Abner Silver
2:15
21Don’t Let the Deal Go Down
recording of:
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4854)
2:42
22Lone Star Rag
recorded in:
Saginaw, Texas, United States (on 1940-04-15)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1940-04-15)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1940-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1940-04-15)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1940-04-15), Louis Tierney (on 1940-04-15) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1940-04-15)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1940-04-15) and Eldon Shamblin (on 1940-04-15)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1940-04-15)
saxophone:
Don Harlan (on 1940-04-15), Zeb McNally (on 1940-04-15) and Tiny Mott (on 1940-04-15)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1940-04-15)
recording of:
Lone Star Rag (on 1940-04-15)
composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:44
23That Brownskin Gal
recording of:
That Brownskin Gal (on 1940-04-15)
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)
2:30
24Corrine Corrina
recorded in:
Saginaw, Texas, United States (on 1940-04-15)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1940-04-15)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1940-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1940-04-15)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1940-04-15), Louis Tierney (on 1940-04-15) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1940-04-15)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1940-04-15) and Eldon Shamblin (on 1940-04-15)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1940-04-15)
saxophone:
Don Harlan (on 1940-04-15), Zeb McNally (on 1940-04-15) and Tiny Mott (on 1940-04-15)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1940-04-15)
vocals:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1940-04-15)
cover recording of:
Corrine, Corrina (on 1940-04-15)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Armetia Chatman (blues musician, aka Bo Chatmon) (in 1929), J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams (in 1929) and Mitchell Parish (in 1932)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., EMI Music Publishing France and Gotham Music Service, Inc. (on 1932-03-18)
52:52
25Time Changes Everything
recorded in:
Saginaw, Texas, United States (on 1940-04-15)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1940-04-15)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1940-04-15)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1940-04-15)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1940-04-15), Louis Tierney (on 1940-04-15) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1940-04-15)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1940-04-15) and Eldon Shamblin (on 1940-04-15)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1940-04-15)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1940-04-15)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1940-04-15)
recording of:
Time Changes Everything (on 1940-04-15)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist)
42:39
26Bob Wills Special
bass:
Son Lansford (on 1941-04-16)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1941-04-16), Louis Tierney (on 1941-04-16) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1941-04-16)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1941-04-16) and Eldon Shamblin (on 1941-04-16)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1941-04-16)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1941-04-16)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1941-04-16)
recording of:
Bob Wills' Special (on 1940-04-16)
composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:44
27Big Beaver
recorded in:
Saginaw, Texas, United States (on 1940-04-16)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1940-04-16)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1940-04-16)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1940-04-16)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1940-04-16), Louis Tierney (on 1940-04-16) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1940-04-16)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1940-04-16) and Eldon Shamblin (on 1940-04-16)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1940-04-16)
saxophone:
Don Harlan (on 1940-04-16), Wayne Johnson (saxophonist) (on 1940-04-16), Zeb McNally (on 1940-04-16) and Tiny Mott (on 1940-04-16)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1940-04-16)
trumpet:
Tubby Lewis (on 1940-04-16) and Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1940-04-16)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1940-04-16)
recording of:
Big Beaver (on 1940-04-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
42:39
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