Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1956
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
Notes: Bob Wills is known for his "hollers" - spoken interjections during most of his records.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | H372 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Blue Bonnet Lane | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H373 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Bob Wills stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | H374 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Lil Liza Jane | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H375 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Please don't leave me | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H377 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Cherokee maiden | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H378 | 10-in. | 7/24/1941 | Ride on! (my prairie pinto) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H380 | 10-in. | 7/24/1941 | It's all your fault | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H381 | 10-in. | 7/24/1941 | Goodnight little sweetheart | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H382 | 10-in. | 7/24/1941 | Dusty skies | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H383 | 10-in. | 7/24/1941 | My life's been a pleasure | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H834 | 10-in. | 7/14/1942 | We might as well forget it | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H837 | 10-in. | 7/14/1942 | That hot lick fiddlin' man | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H838 | 10-in. | 7/14/1942 | Liberty | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | H839 | 10-in. | 7/14/1942 | Miss Molly | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H841 | 10-in. | 7/15/1942 | Honeymoon trail | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal trio | Musical group | |
Columbia | H843 | 10-in. | 7/15/1942 | You're from Texas | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H844 | 10-in. | 7/15/1942 | Goodbye, Liza Jane | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal trio | Musical group | |
Columbia | H845 | 10-in. | 7/16/1942 | My confession | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | H846 | 10-in. | 7/16/1942 | Ten years | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | H849 | 10-in. | 7/16/1942 | Let's ride with Bob (Theme song) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | H851 | 10-in. | 7/16/1942 | Whose heart are you breaking now? | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL975 | 10-in. | 4/15/1940 | Let me call you sweetheart (I'm in love with you) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL981 | 10-in. | 4/16/1940 | New San Antonio rose | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1241 | 10-in. | 1/26/1945 | Hang your head in shame | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1242 | 10-in. | 1/24/1945 | Smoke on the water | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1243 | 10-in. | 1/26/1945 | Texas playboy rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1245 | 10-in. | 1/26/1945 | Roly poly | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1246 | 10-in. | 1/26/1945 | You don't care what happens to me | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1247 | 10-in. | 1/26/1945 | Stay a little longer | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1250 | 10-in. | 1/28/1945 | You should have thought of that before | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1251 | 10-in. | 1/28/1945 | I can't go on this way | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1366 | 10-in. | 4/20/1945 | Stars and stripes on Iwo Jima | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1367 | 10-in. | 4/20/1945 | Silver dew on the blue grass tonight | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1369 | 10-in. | 4/20/1945 | New Spanish two step | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1475 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | She's killing me | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1477 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | No matter how she done it (she's just a dirty dame) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1479 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Steel guitar rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1480 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Get along home Cindy | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1481 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Trouble in mind | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1482 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | What's the matter with the mill? | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solos | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1483 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Sugar blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1484 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Basin Street blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1485 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Red hot gal of mine | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1487 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Too busy! | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1493 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Fan it | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1495 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Mean mama blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1500 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Bring it on down to my house | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solos | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1503 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Right or wrong | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | C1504 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Swing blues no.1 | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
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 | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1552 | 10-in. | 10/3/1945 | I'm feelin' bad | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1553 | 10-in. | 10/3/1945 | White cross on Okinawa | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | H1554 | 10-in. | 10/3/1945 | This is southland | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | HCO2004 | 10-in. | 9/4/1946 | Cotton eyed Joe | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with string band | Musical group | |
Columbia | HCO2005 | 10-in. | 9/4/1946 | Staccato waltz | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Mixed vocal trio, with string band | Musical group | |
Columbia | HCO2006 | 10-in. | 9/4/1946 | Punkin' stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | HCO2007 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Sugar moon | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | HCO2008 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Rose of old Pawnee | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with female vocal duet | Musical group | |
Columbia | HCO2009 | 10-in. | 9/4/1946 | How can it be wrong | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | HCO2010 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Brain cloudy blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | HCO2011 | 10-in. | 9/5/1946 | Bob Wills boogie | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
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 | Musical group | |
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 | Musical group | |
Columbia | HCO2017 | 10-in. | 9/6/1946 | Fat boy rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
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 | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4858 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | The devil ain't lazy | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4859 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | A sweet kind of love | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4860 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | Hometown stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4861 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | Cowboy stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4862 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | Misery | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4864 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | Bob Wills schottische | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4866 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Texarkana baby | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4867 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Good time cake-walk | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
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 | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4869 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | You're there | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4871 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | New Texas Playboy rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | CCO4873 | 10-in. | 10/16/1947 | Deep water | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL970 | 10-in. | 4/15/1940 | Lone star rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL972 | 10-in. | 4/15/1940 | I don't lov'a nobody | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL974 | 10-in. | 4/15/1940 | Corrine Corinna | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL976 | 10-in. | 4/15/1940 | Blue bonnet rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL977 | 10-in. | 4/16/1940 | Bob Wills' special | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL978 | 10-in. | 4/15/1940 | Time changes everything | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL979 | 10-in. | 4/15/1940 | Medley of Spanish waltzes | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL980 | 10-in. | 4/16/1940 | Big Beaver | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL1170 | 10-in. | 2/24/1941 | New worried mind | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL1173 | 10-in. | 2/24/1941 | Oh! you pretty woman | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL1176 | 10-in. | 2/24/1941 | I knew the moment I lost you | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with string band | Musical group | |
Columbia | DAL1180 | 10-in. | 2/26/1941 | Take me back to Tulsa | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with string band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL572 | 10-in. | 5/16/1938 | Keep knocking (but you can't come in) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL126 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Osage stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL127 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Get with it | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL129 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | I can't give you anything but love | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL130 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Spanish two step | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL131 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Maiden's prayer | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL133 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | St Louis blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal duet | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL134 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Good old Oklahoma | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal duet | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL136 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Mexicali Rose | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL138 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Never no more blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL140 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Old fashioned love | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL141 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Oklahoma rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL142 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Black and blue rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL143 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Sitting on top of the world | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL144 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Four or five times | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL216 | 10-in. | 6/7/1937 | Steel guitar stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL229 | 10-in. | 6/8/1937 | Never no more hard times blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL230 | 10-in. | 6/7/1937 | Sunbonnet Sue | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL235 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | The new St. Louis blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL239 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | Oozlin' daddy blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL574 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Oh, lady be good | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL577 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Oh you beautiful doll | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL578 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Moonlight and roses (bring mem'ries of you) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal ensemble | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL580 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL582 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Tulsa stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL583 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Empty bed blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL585 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Little red head | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys ; Joe Ferguson | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL615 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | San Antonio rose | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL616 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Little girl, go ask your mama | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL617 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Carolina in the morning | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL618 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | The convict and the rose | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL619 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Silver bells | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL621 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Beaumont rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL623 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | Ida Red | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL626 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Whoa babe | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL627 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | I wonder if you feel the way I do | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL628 | 10-in. | 11/30/1938 | That's what I like 'bout the south | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL630 | 10-in. | 11/30/1938 | The waltz you saved for me | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL632 | 10-in. | 11/30/1938 | Don't let the deal go down | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL633 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | Drunkard blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL634 | 10-in. | 11/30/1938 | You're okay | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Brunswick | DAL635 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | Liza pull down the shades | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | Musical group | |
Decca | 88703 | 9/29/1955 | Roll your own | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | 88704 | 9/29/1955 | My shoes keep walking back to you | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | 88705 | 9/29/1955 | I wonder if you feel the way | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | NA 9556 | 11/13/1956 | Orange blossom special | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | NA 9557 | 11/13/1956 | Little star of heaven | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | NA 9558 | 11/13/1956 | It's the bottle talking | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | NA 9559 | 11/13/1956 | Gotta walk alone | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | NA 9560 | 11/13/1956 | Lilly Dale | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | NA 9561 | 11/13/1956 | New faded love | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | NA 9562 | 11/13/1956 | Toodleumbo | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | NA 9563 | 11/13/1956 | Bob's breakdown | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group | |||
Decca | NA 9565 | 11/13/1956 | What's the matter with the mill-1 | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys," accessed September 29, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/304832.
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 29, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/304832.
"Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 September 2024.
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