Thursday, March 6, 2025

March 6 - Bob Wills (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous March 6th entries can be found here: Oscar Straus (2019), Norman Treigle (2020), H. C. Robbins Landon (2021), Sarah Caldwell; Julius Rudel; Oscar Straus (2022), Stephen Schwartz (2023), and Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2024)

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Bob Wills (6 March 1905 – 13 May 1975) was an American wEstern swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where There’s a Wills

 

Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing.  -- Wikipedia


Of Wills I sing,

Who was the king

Of Western swing,

A style that has

It’s own pizzazz,

Combining jazz

With country as

A hybrid thing.



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