Tex Williams
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Tex Williams (August 23, 1917 - October 11, 1985) was an American country musician from Ramsey, Illinois. He helped move rural and acoustic country music to dance-oriented mainstream pop Western swing. His popularity peaked in the late 1940s. Williams is perhaps best-known for this talking blues style; his biggest hit, the novelty song "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)", appears in the hit movie Thank You For Smoking.Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) was the #5 song on BillBoard's Top 100 list for 1947, and was #1 on the Country chart that same year.[ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+Hot+100&g=Year-end+Singles&year=1947]
[edit] Discography
- 1955 - Dance-O-Rama #5
- 1960 - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
- 1962 - Country Music Time
- 1963 - Tex Williams In Las Vegas
- 1966 - The Voice Of Authority
- 1971 - A Man Called Tex
- 1974 - Those Lazy Hazy Daysde:Tex Williams
