Person

Tex Williams

Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing musician. He is best known for his talking blues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)", which held the number one position on the Billboard chart for sixteen weeks in 1947. "Smoke" was the No. 5 song on Billboard's Top 100 list for 1947, and was No. 1 on the…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
United States
Born
August 23rd, 1917
Died
October 11th, 1985
Labels
Capitol Americana
Monument
Last updated: December 14th, 2015

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