1905 - 1975
James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although Spade Cooley self-promoted the moniker "King of Western Swing" from 1942 to 1969). He was also noted for punctuating his music with his trademark "ah-haa" calls.Wills formed several bands and played radio stations around the South and West until he formed the Texas Playboys in 1934 with Wills on fiddle, Tommy Duncan on piano and vocals, rhythm guitarist June Whalin, tenor banjoist Johnnie Lee Wills, and Kermit Whalin who played steel guitar and bass. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Wills has received more than 1,241,864 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bob Wills is the 2,246th most popular musician (down from 1,993rd in 2019), the 11,890th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,444th in 2019) and the 941st most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Bob Wills ranks 2,246 out of 2,662. Before him are Heath, DJ Sammy, Marina Tchebourkina, Sylvain Sylvain, Regina Spektor, and DJ Lethal. After him are Kathleen Hanna, Perry Farrell, Sébastien Tellier, R3hab, John Leckie, and Paz Lenchantin.
1968 - 2023
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 2,240
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 2,241
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 2,242
1951 - 2021
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 2,243
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 2,244
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 2,245
1905 - 1975
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 2,246
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 2,247
1959 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 2,248
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 2,249
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 2,250
1949 - Present
HPI: 38.18
Rank: 2,251
1973 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 2,252
Among people born in 1905, Bob Wills ranks 355. Before him are Constant Lambert, George Gulack, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Henry Green, Stanley Kunitz, and Edwin H. Colbert. After him are Frank Faylen, Agnes de Mille, Natalie Kingston, William Alwyn, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Bosley Crowther. Among people deceased in 1975, Bob Wills ranks 239. Before him are Alice Catherine Evans, Marjorie Main, Larry Parks, Robert Strauss, Beatrix Loughran, and Percy Lavon Julian. After him is Boy Charlton.
1905 - 1951
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 349
1905 - 1987
HPI: 39.81
Rank: 350
1905 - 1990
HPI: 38.89
Rank: 351
1905 - 1973
HPI: 38.82
Rank: 352
1905 - 2006
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 353
1905 - 2001
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 354
1905 - 1975
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 355
1905 - 1985
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 356
1905 - 1993
HPI: 37.88
Rank: 357
1905 - 1991
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 358
1905 - 1985
HPI: 36.75
Rank: 359
1905 - 1977
HPI: 36.54
Rank: 360
1905 - 1981
HPI: 36.00
Rank: 361
1881 - 1975
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 233
1890 - 1975
HPI: 39.58
Rank: 234
1914 - 1975
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 235
1913 - 1975
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 236
1900 - 1975
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 237
1899 - 1975
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 238
1905 - 1975
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 239
1907 - 1975
HPI: 34.24
Rank: 240
Among people born in United States, Bob Wills ranks 11,890 out of 18,182. Before him are Austin Stowell (1984), Jason Gould (1966), Bud Jamison (1894), Anne Jeffreys (1923), Vachel Lindsay (1879), and Alyson Reed (1958). After him are Kathleen Hanna (1968), Bill Macy (1922), Nancy Dupree (1927), Lowell Thomas (1892), Monty Woolley (1888), and Mary-Kate Olsen (1986).
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 11,884
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 11,885
1894 - 1944
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 11,886
1923 - 2017
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 11,887
1879 - 1931
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 11,888
1958 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 11,889
1905 - 1975
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 11,890
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 11,891
1922 - 2019
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 11,892
1927 - 2017
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 11,893
1892 - 1981
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 11,894
1888 - 1963
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 11,895
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.23
Rank: 11,896
Among musicians born in United States, Bob Wills ranks 941. Before him are John Kiffmeyer (1969), David Axelrod (1931), Madonna Wayne Gacy (1964), Jeff Baxter (1948), Jim Byrnes (1948), and Chris Frantz (1951). After him are Kathleen Hanna (1968), Perry Farrell (1959), Stan Bush (1953), Erick Morillo (1971), L.A. Reid (1956), and Ryan Adams (1974).
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.52
Rank: 935
1931 - 2017
HPI: 38.44
Rank: 936
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.44
Rank: 937
1948 - Present
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 938
1948 - Present
HPI: 38.35
Rank: 939
1951 - Present
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 940
1905 - 1975
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 941
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 942
1959 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 943
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 944
1971 - 2020
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 945
1956 - Present
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 946
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.07
Rank: 947