Billy Jack Wills
Birth and Death Data: Born February 26, 1926, Died March 2, 1991
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1945 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 28 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | H1551 | 10-in. | 10/3/1945 | Empty chair at the Christmas table | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | H1552 | 10-in. | 10/3/1945 | I'm feelin' bad | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | H1553 | 10-in. | 10/3/1945 | White cross on Okinawa | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | H1554 | 10-in. | 10/3/1945 | This is southland | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2004 | 10-in. | 9/4/1946 | Cotton eyed Joe | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2005 | 10-in. | 9/4/1946 | Staccato waltz | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Mixed vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2006 | 10-in. | 9/4/1946 | Punkin' stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2007 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Sugar moon | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2008 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Rose of old Pawnee | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with female vocal duet | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2009 | 10-in. | 9/4/1946 | How can it be wrong | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2010 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Brain cloudy blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2011 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Bob Wills boogie | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2012 | 10-in. | 9/6/1946 | There's a big rock in the road | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2016 | 10-in. | 9/6/1946 | I'm gonna be boss from now on | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2017 | 10-in. | 9/6/1946 | Fat boy rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | HCO2018 | 10-in. | 9/6/1946 | The kind of love I can't forget | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | CCO4858 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | The devil ain't lazy | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | CCO4859 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | A sweet kind of love | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | CCO4860 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | Hometown stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | CCO4861 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | Cowboy stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | CCO4862 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | Misery | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | CCO4864 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | Bob Wills schottische | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | CCO4866 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Texarkana baby | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | CCO4867 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Good time cake-walk | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Columbia | CCO4868 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Can't get enough of Texas | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wills, Billy Jack," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/371732.
Wills, Billy Jack. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/371732.
"Wills, Billy Jack." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Discogs: Billy Jack Wills
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Wills, Billy Jack - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008156745
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