Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Band
Western Swing
Classic Country
Bob Wills (1905–1975) and His Texas Playboys defined western swing — fiddle-led dance music that folded jazz, blues, and pop horns into a string band from Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa.
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- “New San Antonio Rose” (1940) made them national stars; “Faded Love” and “Stay a Little Longer” became standards across country and bluegrass.
- Wills entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1968.
