Tex Williams

Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) 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! (That Cigarette)", 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.

Spread The News - 2025-02-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Swingin' the Range: Tex Williams' Western Swing Revue - 2023-06-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Spotlight on Tex Williams - 2022-06-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Wild Card - The Best of Tex Williams - 2022-04-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Smokin' Country Swing - The Lost Tracks - 2021-03-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Let's Go Rockabilly - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Western Swing - 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z

The Capitol Years 1946-51 - 2019-12-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette - 2019-07-24T00:00:00.000000Z

The Best of Tex Williams - 2019-07-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Life Gets Tedious - 2019-07-09T00:00:00.000000Z

C B Radio Craze - Now Yer Talkin' - 2015-09-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Smokin' - 2015-07-10T00:00:00.000000Z

On The Air 1947-1949 - 2015-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Masterpieces Presents Tex Williams, Hits & Rarities (25 Country Songs) - 2014-10-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! 50 Country & Western Classics - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Country Superstars: The Tex Williams Hits Anthology - 2012-07-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Those Lazy, Hazy Days - 2011-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Deck Of Cards - 2011-02-28T00:00:00.000000Z

25 Greatest Hits - 2010-12-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Essential Western (1944-1950) - 2010-10-21T00:00:00.000000Z

That's What I Like About The West - 2009-11-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Country Pioneers - Tex Williams - 2009-10-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Green Green Grass At Home - 2009-06-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Smokin' Hits - 2009-03-06T00:00:00.000000Z

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