Latest Release
- 23 JUN 2023
- 27 Songs
- Smoke Smoke Smoke · 1960
- Tex Williams & Tex Ritter - Two for Texas · 1996
- Crusin' the 66, Vol. 2 (Re-Recorded Versions) · 1966
- Let's Go Rockabilly · 2023
- Swingin' the Range: Tex Williams' Western Swing Revue · 2023
- Swingin' the Range: Tex Williams' Western Swing Revue · 2023
- Swingin' the Range: Tex Williams' Western Swing Revue · 2023
- Swingin' the Range: Tex Williams' Western Swing Revue · 2023
- Let's Go Rockabilly · 2023
- Let's Go Rockabilly · 2023
- 2009
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
About Tex Williams
Sollie “Tex” Williams (who was not from Texas but from Illinois) started out as a singer with Spade Cooley's band before striking out on his own in the mid-1940s. As a Western Swing singer/bandleader, Williams took his Western Caravan to crossover success in 1947 with the Merle Travis-penned “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette).” Williams and his band made several film forays as well, appearing in a series of musical shorts. Williams never matched his mid-'40s success again, but he kept working for decades. He died in 1985.
- HOMETOWN
- Ramsey, IL, United States
- BORN
- 23 August 1917
- GENRE
- Country