◇ image via WikipediaTex Williams
Tex Williams is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bobbejaan Schoepen and Jimmy Wakely. Those roots explain a lot about how Tex Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tex Ritter, Bob Wills, Jimmie Rodgers, Johnny Horton and Roger Miller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Tex Williams, reaching back through Bobbejaan Schoepen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams was an American Western swing singer and musician. He is best known for his talking blues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! ", which held the number-one position on the Hot Country Songs chart for 16 weeks in 1947. "Smoke" was the number-five song on Billboard's Top 100 list for 1947, and was number one on the country chart that year.
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Tex Williams connections
Tex Williams grew out of Bobbejaan Schoepen and Jimmy Wakely, shares an orbit with Tex Ritter, Bob Wills, Jimmie Rodgers and Johnny Horton. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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