Papers, 1935-1959, (bulks 1935-1937).

Wills, Bob, 1905-1975

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James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although Spade Cooley self-promoted the moniker "King of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969). He was also noted for punctuating his music with his trademark "ah-haa" calls. Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he forme...

Burrows Flour Company (Tex.)

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Brown, Durwood

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Musical Brownies (Tex.)

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Brown, Milton Francis, 1922-1969

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Light Crust Doughboys

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Western swing band. Organized in the late 1930s by Burrus Mill & Elevator Company to promote its Light Crust Flour on the Radio. Past and present members are among western swing's most significant musicians, including Bob Wills, Marvin Montgomery, and Knocky Parker. From the description of Oral history interview with the Light Crust Doughboys; 1999 March 24; interview conducted by John W. Rumble and Bob Pinson. 1999 Mar. 24. (Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center)....

O'Daniel, W. Lee (Wilbert Lee), 1890-1969

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Politician and businessman Wilbert Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel (1890-1969) was born in Malta, Ohio, one of two children of William Barnes and Alice Ann (Thompson) O’Daniel. Following his father’s death, shortly after O’Daniel’s birth, his mother remarried and moved the family to Reno County, Kansas. A 1908 graduate of Salt City Business College, O’Daniel became a stenographer and bookkeeper for a flour milling company. In 1917, he married Merle Estella Butcher, with whom he had three child...

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys

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Brown, Milton

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Milton Brown was a member of the original Light Crust Doughboys band in Fort Worth founded by W. Lee O'Daniel and Bob Wills. Later, Brown started his own musical group called the Brownies, but on April 18, 1936 he died of pneumonia from injuries he received five days earlier in a car wreck near Jacksboro. His brother Durwood then took over the Brownies, ranked as one of the nation's top fiddle bands. From the description of Papers, 1935-1959, (bulks 1935-1937). (Texas Tech University...