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Wills' peak is usually reckoned as the late '30s to the mid-'40s. His slightly later recordings, dating from the time his popularity began to slip, have received comparatively little attention. However, you really can't detect much of a drop in quality, on record anyway, on this double-CD compilation of 50 tracks he did for MGM from 1947-1954. This was not a total dry spell for him hit-wise, and all five of his Top Ten country charters (all from 1948-1950) during that span are here: "Ida Red Likes the Boogie," "Thorn in My Heart," "Keeper of My Heart," "Bubbles in My Beer," and "Faded Love." True, it was not a time of great stability for the Texas Playboys. No less than nine different lineups are heard on the record, and their most famous vocalist, Tommy Duncan, left in 1948 (and appears on only about a third of the songs on this compilation). Still, overall they still ground out top-notch western swing on disc, the commendably diverse repertoire drawing on blues, boogie, jazz, pop, and novelty humor. The material and production get a little slicker than his earlier recordings occasionally, but there's plenty of exuberant vocal and instrumental interplay.
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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - O.W. Mayo, ComposerLyricist - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cindy Walker, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Dean Moore, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Jerry Irby, ComposerLyricist - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James Robert Wills, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Jerry Irby, ComposerLyricist - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - John Cuviello, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Widener, Banjo, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob White, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Coleman, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Mancel Tierney, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Frank B. Walker, Producer - Hal Clampitt, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1950 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Jesse Ashlock, ComposerLyricist - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sam Martin, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Cindy Walker, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Joe Ferguson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Koefer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul McGhee, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cotton Whittington, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dean Moore, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Graham, ComposerLyricist - Spencer Williams, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Miller, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Widener, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Lee McBride, FeaturedArtist - Esther Van Scriver, ComposerLyricist - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rusty McDonald, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Coleman, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Mancel Tierney, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1950 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Widener, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Jack Wills, FeaturedArtist - Rusty McDonald, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Coleman, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Mancel Tierney, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Perkins, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1950 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Bessie Smith, FeaturedArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Acuff, Arranger, Work Arranger - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Bob White, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Coleman, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Andrews, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Paul McGhee, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Shorty Messer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1952 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Widener, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Gimble, ComposerLyricist - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rusty McDonald, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Coleman, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Mancel Tierney, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1950 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Joe Ferguson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Koefer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul McGhee, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cotton Whittington, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 Mercury Records
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Lee Ross, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Tierney, Tenor Saxophone, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Fewell, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Megetto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Helen G. Philips, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 Mercury Records
Lee Ross, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Tierney, Tenor Saxophone, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Fewell, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Megetto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - James Robert Wills, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Joe Ferguson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Koefer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul McGhee, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cotton Whittington, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Hub Harbour, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Ferguson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Briggs, Saxophones, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Lee McBride, ComposerLyricist - Ramona Reed, FeaturedArtist - Dicky Mcbride, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Koefer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Andrews, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Frank B. Walker, Producer - Paul McGhee, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Bob Wills, Balalaika, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Jesse Ashlock, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Roberts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Greenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Bowman, ComposerLyricist - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1953 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - James Robert Wills, ComposerLyricist - Cindy Walker, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sheb Wooley, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Bob Wills, Balalaika, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Jesse Ashlock, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Roberts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Greenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Rusty Jorge, ComposerLyricist - Foreman Bill McIntosh, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1953 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Alex Brashear, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Aaronson, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Doc Lewis, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Luper, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Cindy Walker, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
John Wills, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - James Robert Wills, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Widener, Banjo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rusty McDonald, Banjo, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Coleman, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Mancel Tierney, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1950 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cindy Walker, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Widener, Banjo, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rusty McDonald, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Coleman, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Mancel Tierney, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1950 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Bob Wills, Balalaika, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Jesse Ashlock, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Jay Roberts, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - E. McKinney, ComposerLyricist - Jack Greenbach, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Jack Wills, FeaturedArtist - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Vance Terry, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1953 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Herb Remington, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Cuviello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Millard Kelso, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Tiny Moore, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Duncan, FeaturedArtist - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Burns, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 Mercury Records
Lee Ross, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Tierney, Tenor Saxophone, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Fewell, Banjo, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Megetto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lee Ross, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - James Robert Wills, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Tierney, Tenor Saxophone, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Fewell, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Megetto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Johnny Gimble, Mandolin, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - James Robert Wills, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmie Widener, Banjo, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Loyd, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Maxine Fowler, ComposerLyricist - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rusty McDonald, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Coleman, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Mancel Tierney, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1950 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Holley, Fiddle, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Luke Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Bob White, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Coleman, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Andrews, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Paul McGhee, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Shorty Messer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Scrivner, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1952 Mercury Records
Lee Ross, Upright Bass, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - T. Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Tierney, Tenor Saxophone, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Fewell, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Megetto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dude Rancher, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lee Ross, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Eldon Shamblin, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - William Christopher Handy, ComposerLyricist - Billy Jack Wills, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Bowman, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Tierney, Tenor Saxophone, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Fewell, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Megetto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 Mercury Records
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, MainArtist - Cindy Walker, ComposerLyricist - Bob Wills, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Holley, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Ocie Stockard, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Kaye, Producer - Joe Ferguson, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Koefer, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Andrews, FeaturedArtist - Paul McGhee, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Skeeter Elkin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Cotton Whittington, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 Mercury Records
Album review
Wills' peak is usually reckoned as the late '30s to the mid-'40s. His slightly later recordings, dating from the time his popularity began to slip, have received comparatively little attention. However, you really can't detect much of a drop in quality, on record anyway, on this double-CD compilation of 50 tracks he did for MGM from 1947-1954. This was not a total dry spell for him hit-wise, and all five of his Top Ten country charters (all from 1948-1950) during that span are here: "Ida Red Likes the Boogie," "Thorn in My Heart," "Keeper of My Heart," "Bubbles in My Beer," and "Faded Love." True, it was not a time of great stability for the Texas Playboys. No less than nine different lineups are heard on the record, and their most famous vocalist, Tommy Duncan, left in 1948 (and appears on only about a third of the songs on this compilation). Still, overall they still ground out top-notch western swing on disc, the commendably diverse repertoire drawing on blues, boogie, jazz, pop, and novelty humor. The material and production get a little slicker than his earlier recordings occasionally, but there's plenty of exuberant vocal and instrumental interplay.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 50 track(s)
- Total length: 02:13:17
- Main artists: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2001 Mercury Records This Compilation ℗ 2001 Mercury Records
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