Bob Wills was born in Texas, grew up in the cotton fields and ranch lands of the Lone Star State and fronted the band now famously known as the Texas Playboys. But the "King of Western Swing" likely ...

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OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s not every day that dancing breaks out at the Oklahoma Capitol, but Monday was special. Years ago, Bob Wills’ song “Faded Love” was designated as Oklahoma’s official country and ...

It is Bob Wills Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol. The “King of Western Swing” passed away nearly 50 years ago, but bands today keep his sound alive. Over the weekend the Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys led ...

TURKEY, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - For 50 years, the official music of Texas Western Swing has been filling the air in Turkey, Texas on the last Saturday in April in honor of the King of Western Swing, ...

Cain's Ballroom was transformed into a country dance hall this weekend. The Bob Wills' Texas Playboys took the stage with their western swing music. The band said it's happy to play at a historic ...

Emmy-nominated actor Lou Diamond Phillips, "King of Western Swing" Bob Wills and cowboy poet Red Steagall will be among the honorees at the 62nd Western Heritage Awards in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma ...

To music historians and fans, the late Bob Wills was the “King of Western Swing,” one of America’s greatest music pioneers. To Nick Forster — a Colorado music legend and the founder and host of the ...

Country music has no shortage of tortured, troubled artists, but from his music you wouldn't peg Spade Cooley as one of them. Dubbing himself "King Of The Western Swing," Bob Wills and others be ...

TURKEY, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - For 50 years, the official music of Texas, Western Swing, has been filling the air in Turkey, Texas on the last Saturday in April in honor of the King of Western Swing, ...