The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Osage Stomp
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1935-09-23)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1935-09-23)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1935-09-23) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1935-09-23)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1935-09-23) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1935-09-23)
membranophone:
Smokey Dacus (on 1935-09-23)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1935-09-23)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1935-09-23)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1935-09-23)
trombone:
Art Haines (on 1935-09-23)
recording of:
Osage Stomp (on 1935-09-23)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
3:04
2Steel Guitar Rag
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1936-09-29)
bass:
Joe Ferguson (on 1936-09-29)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1936-09-29) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1936-09-29)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1936-09-29) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1936-09-29)
membranophone:
Smokey Dacus (on 1936-09-29)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1936-09-29)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1936-09-29)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1936-09-29)
tenor saxophone:
Ray DeGreer (on 1936-09-29)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1936-09-29)
recording of:
Steel Guitar Rag (instrumental) (on 1936-09-29)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
composer:
Leon McAuliffe
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc.
2:36
3Right or Wrong
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1936-09-30)
bass:
Joe Ferguson (on 1936-09-30)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1936-09-30) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1936-09-30)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1936-09-30) and Sleepy Johnson (on 1936-09-30)
membranophone:
Smokey Dacus (on 1936-09-30)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1936-09-30)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1936-09-30)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1936-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Ray DeGreer (on 1936-09-30)
trumpet:
Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1936-09-30)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1936-09-30)
recording of:
Right or Wrong (on 1936-09-30)
writer:
Paul Biese, Haven Gillespie and Arthur Lynn Sizemore (American pianist, composer and songwriter)
2:56
4Time Changes Everything
bass:
Son Lansford (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)
42:40
5New San Antonio Rose
bass:
Son Lansford (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:
Joe Ferguson (on 1940-04-16), 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)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 315 (2))
recording of:
San Antonio Rose (on 1940-04-16)
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) and Irving Berlin Inc. (on 1940-06-05)
42:40
6Bob 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)
2:46
7Twin Guitar Special
bass:
Son Lansford (on 1941-02-24)
fiddle:
Louis Tierney (on 1941-02-24) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1941-02-24)
guitar:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1941-02-24)
membranophone:
Gene Tomlins (on 1941-02-24)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1941-02-24)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1941-02-24)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1941-02-24)
recording of:
Twin Guitar Special (on 1941-02-25)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
composer:
Leon McAuliffe and Eldon Shamblin
2:44
8Take Me Back to Tulsa
bass:
Son Lansford (on 1941-02-25)
clarinet:
Don Harlan (on 1941-02-25)
clarinet and saxophone:
Wayne Johnson (saxophonist) (on 1941-02-25)
fiddle:
Louis Tierney (on 1941-02-25) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1941-02-25)
guitar:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1941-02-25)
membranophone:
Gene Tomlins (on 1941-02-25)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1941-02-25)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1941-02-25)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1941-02-25)
trumpet:
Tubby Lewis (on 1941-02-25) and Jamie MacIntosh (on 1941-02-25)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1941-02-25)
recording of:
Take Me Back to Tulsa (on 1941-02-25)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1941-06-18)
2:42
9A Maiden's Prayer
bass:
Son Lansford (on 1941-02-24)
clarinet:
Don Harlan (on 1941-02-24)
clarinet and saxophone:
Wayne Johnson (saxophonist) (on 1941-02-24)
fiddle:
Louis Tierney (on 1941-02-24) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1941-02-24)
guitar:
Eldon Shamblin (on 1941-02-24)
membranophone:
Gene Tomlins (on 1941-02-24)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1941-02-24)
saxophone:
Zeb McNally (on 1941-02-24)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1941-02-24)
trumpet:
Tubby Lewis (on 1941-02-24) and Jamie MacIntosh (on 1941-02-24)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1941-02-24)
recording of:
A Maiden’s Prayer (on 1941-02-24)
composer:
Tekla Bądarzewska (Polish classical composer)
52:53
10Home in San Antone
bass:
Darrell Jones (on 1942-07-14)
fiddle:
Joe Holley (on 1942-07-14), Louis Tierney (on 1942-07-14) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1942-07-14)
guitar:
Leon Huff (1940s Western swing vocalist) (on 1942-07-14) and Doyle Salathiel (on 1942-07-14)
membranophone:
Bob Fitzgerald (on 1942-07-14)
piano:
Morris Billington (on 1942-07-14)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1942-07-14)
vocals:
Danny Alguire (on 1942-07-14)
recording of:
Home in San Antone (on 1942-07-14)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Jenkins (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1943-11-02)
2:34
11Miss Molly
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 721 (1))
recording of:
Miss Molly (on 1942-07-14)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)
publisher:
Mesa Music Company (in 1944)
2:36
12Texas Playboy Rag
recording of:
Texas Playboy Rag (on 1945-01-26)
composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:39
13Stay a Little Longer
recording of:
Stay a Little Longer (on 1945-01-26)
writer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
2:48
14Roly Poly
recording of:
Roly Poly
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1946-04-11)
2:52
15New Spanish Two Step
recording of:
Spanish Two Step
publisher:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1941-01-13)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:50
16Sugar Moon
recording of:
Sugar Moon (on 1946-09-05)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1947)
2:17
17Brain Cloudy Blues
recording of:
Brain Cloudy Blues (on 1946-09-05)
writer:
Kokomo Arnold, Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:47
18Fat Boy Rag
2:57
19Deep Water
recording of:
Deep Water (on 1947-10-16)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
2:58
20Bob Wills Boogie
recording of:
Bob Wills' Boogie
composer:
Junior Barnard (in 1946-09), Millard Kelso (in 1946-09) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (in 1946-09)
3:06

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ASIN:US: B00000288D [info]