Johnnie Lee Wills

Johnnie Lee Wills (September 2, 1912 – October 25, 1984) was an American Western swing fiddler popular in the 1930s and 1940s.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1912, Died October 25, 1984

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor banjo, banjo, guitar, songwriter, vocalist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 26-50 of 70 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	DAL979	10-in.	4/15/1940	Medley of Spanish waltzes	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL126	10-in.	9/23/1935	Osage stomp	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL127	10-in.	9/23/1935	Get with it	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
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	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL130	10-in.	9/23/1935	Spanish two step	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL131	10-in.	9/23/1935	Maiden's prayer	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL133	10-in.	9/23/1935	St Louis blues	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL134	10-in.	9/23/1935	Good old Oklahoma	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL136	10-in.	9/23/1935	Mexicali Rose	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL138	10-in.	9/23/1935	Never no more blues	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL140	10-in.	9/24/1935	Old fashioned love	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL141	10-in.	9/24/1935	Oklahoma rag	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL142	10-in.	9/24/1935	Black and blue rag	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
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	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL144	10-in.	9/24/1935	Four or five times	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL216	10-in.	6/7/1937	Steel guitar stomp	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
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	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL230	10-in.	6/7/1937	Sunbonnet Sue	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL235	10-in.	6/9/1937	The new St. Louis blues	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL239	10-in.	6/9/1937	Oozlin' daddy blues	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL615	10-in.	11/28/1938	San Antonio rose	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL616	10-in.	11/28/1938	Little girl, go ask your mama	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL617	10-in.	11/28/1938	Carolina in the morning	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL618	10-in.	11/28/1938	The convict and the rose	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, tenor banjo
Brunswick	DAL619	10-in.	11/28/1938	Silver bells	Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys	String band	instrumentalist, tenor banjo

(Results 26-50 of 70 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wills, Johnnie Lee," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/351121.

Wills, Johnnie Lee. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/351121.

"Wills, Johnnie Lee." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

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