Fiddler et Chef d'orchestre US né Donnell Clyde Cooley le 17
décembre 1910
à Grand (Oklahoma). Spade Cooley débute en 1937 avec les
"Sons Of The Pioneers" de
Roy Rogers. Influencé par
Bob Wills, Spade monte alors un orchestre de Western Swing. Brillant Fiddler, il pratiquait un style très Jazzy parfois imprégné de Hillbilly Boogie. En 1946, il signe chez RCA où il enregistre son premier disque. En 1961, Spade Cooley est emprisonné pour
meurtre et libéré sur parole en 1969, il meurt d'une crise cardiaque le 23
novembre de la même année.
A musician and actor whose often
sordid private life tended to overshadow his career as an entertainer, Spade
Cooley was the self-proclaimed King of Western Swing, an innovator who at his
peak led the largest band ever assembled in the annals of country music. The
product of a multi-generational family of fiddle players, Donnell Clyde Cooley
was born in Oklahoma in 1910, and at the age of four, his family moved to
Oregon. Despite his impoverished background, Cooley was a classically trained
fiddler, and by the time he was eight years old, he was performing
professionally at square dances with his father John. In 1930, Cooley (who
received his nickname thanks to his poker skills) moved to Los Angeles, playing
with a number of western-oriented acts. By the mid-'30s, he was working as an
actor, with bit parts in several Westerns; for Republic Studios, he served as
Roy Rogers' stand-in. He also toured
with Rogers as a fiddle player, and handled vocal duties with the Riders of the
Purple Sage.
Cooley did not begin a recording career until 1941, when he entered the studio
while a member of Cal Shrum's band. A year later, he took control of bandleader
Jimmy Wakely's group, the house band
at Santa Monica, CA's Venice Pier Ballroom, and their Western swing music began
attracting thousands of fans each Saturday night. The densely populated band,
home to as many as three vocalists and fiddlers at a time, featured singer
Tex Williams and guitarists Joaquin Murphey and John O. Weis. In 1945, Spade
Cooley & His Orchestra's first single, "Shame on You," lasted nine weeks atop
Billboard's country charts. The first in an unbroken string of six Top Ten
singles (including "Detour" and "You Can't Break My Heart"), "Shame on You"
would remain Cooley's theme song for years to come. Also in 1945, he married his
second wife, Orchestra backup singer Ella Mae Evans. Ultimately, the Orchestra's
success led to the dissolution of its most popular lineup; by 1946,
Williams, the vocalist on all of the
group's hits, was demanding more money, and Cooley refused to pay it. As a
result, Williams quit, taking much of
the Orchestra with him to form the Western Caravan. In 1947, Cooley began a
career in television, hosting a program in Los Angeles titled The Hoffman
Hayride. The show's popularity grew quickly, and within months an estimated 75
percent of all televisions in the L.A. area tuned into the show each Saturday
night. He also resumed his film career, this time with much higher visibility;
in addition to significant roles in a number of Westerns, he also starred in two
1949 short subjects, King of Western Swing and Spade Cooley & His Orchestra.
Throughout the early '50s, Cooley continued to record, but the group's
popularity waned as public tastes changed; after a time, he even fired the
Orchestra to replace its members with an all-female band. A heavy drinker,
Cooley descended into alcoholism as his career declined, and he suffered a
series of minor heart attacks. Furthermore, he was facing financial ruin as a
result of problems with a planned water theme park to be located in the Mojave
Desert. In 1961, his wife Ella Mae left him; after an argument on April 3, he
stomped her to death while the couple's 14-year-old daughter Melody looked on in
horror. The resulting trial, a media circus during which Cooley suffered another
heart attack, culminated in a sentence of life imprisonment. Throughout his term,
he was a model prisoner, and thus was allowed to perform at a sheriff's benefit
in Oakland, CA, on November 23, 1969. After playing in front of a crowd of over
3,000, Cooley returned to his dressing room, suffered yet another heart attack,
and died.
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Talents : Band Leader, Fiddle, Singer, Actor
Style musical : Western Swing
THREE
WAY BOOGIE (1946)
SHAME ON YOU
(1949)
CHEW
TOBACCO RAG (1951)
THREE
FIDDLE RAG (1951)
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Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t. & Singles
| 01/1945 | 78 t. OKEH 6731 (US) | . | Shame On You / A Pair Of Broken Hearts |
| 07/1945 | 78 t. OKEH 6746 (US) | . | I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take From You / ? |
| 02/1946 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 36935 (US) | . | Detour / You Can't Break My Heart |
| 02/1946 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20017 (US) | . | Detour / You Can't Break My Heart |
| 05/1946 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 36976 (US) | . | Doin' What Comes Naturally (w. Dinah SHORE) / + Dinah SHORE & Meredith WILSON |
| 08/1946 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37046 (US) | . | I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take From You / Forgive Me One More Time |
| 08/1946 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37057 (US) | . | Shame On You / A Pair Of Broken Hearts |
| 08/1946 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37058 (US) | . |
Crazy 'Cause I Love You /
Three Way Boogie
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| 01/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37234 (US) | . | Hertaches, Sadness And Tears / Anniversary Song (Dinah SHORE) |
| 01/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37237 (US) | . | Oklahoma Stomp / You Better Do It Now |
| 03/1947 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2181 (US) | . | It's Dark Outside / Minuet In Swing |
| 06/1947 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2295 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & Noel BOGGS - Boggs Boogie / Red Hair And Green Eyes |
| 07/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37585 (US) | . | You Never Miss The Water / Spadella |
| 07/1947 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2320 (US) | . | Roy ROGERS & The Spade COOLEY & His WESTERN SWING BAND - On The Old Spanish Trail / I've Got A Feelin' (Somebody's Stealin' My Darlin') |
| 08/1947 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2384 (US) | . | Who Dug This Hole I'm In / Red Hot Polka |
| 10/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37937 (US) | . | Cow Bell Polka / Troubles Over You |
| 11/1947 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2552 (US) | . | All Aboard For Oklahoma / Tailor Made Baby |
| 01/1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2668 (US) | . | The Best Deal In Town / Spanish Fandango |
| 01/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 38054 (US) | . | Steel Guitar Rag / I Guess I've Been Dreaming Again |
| 02/1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2742 (US) | . | Whistle Bait / Blonde Fiddle Blues |
| 04/1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-2866 (US) | . | Oklahoma Waltz / That's The Last Straw |
| 04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20069 (US) | . | Forgive Me One More Time / I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take |
| 04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20071 (US) | . | A Pair Of Broken Hearts / Shame On You |
| 04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20072 (US) | . | 3 Way Boogie / Crazy Cause I Love You |
| 04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20099 (US) | . | Oklahoma Stomp / You Better Do It Now |
| 04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20193 (US) | . | Spadella / You Never Miss The Water |
| 04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20375 (US) | . | Cow Bell Polka / Troubles Over You |
| 04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20397 (US) | . | I Guess I've Been Dreaming Again / Steel Guitar Rag |
| 05/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20431 (US) | . | Hide Your Face / Yodelling Polka |
| 07/1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3020 (US) | . | Big Chief Boogie / Topeka Polka |
| 10/1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3137 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & Noel BOGGS - Fickle Woman / Texas Steel Guitar / I'd Rather Be A Cowgirl |
| 10/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20490 (US) | . | Devil's Dream / You'll Rue The Day |
| 12/1948 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3258 (US) | . | Four Fiddle Polka / Call Me Darlin' Do |
| 03/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0027 (US) | . | The Best Deal In Town / Spanish Fandango |
| 03/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0032 (US) | . | Four Fiddle Polka / Call Me Darlin' Do |
| 05/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3436 (US) | . | I Wanna Be Loved / I Had My Heart Set On You |
| 05/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-2904 (US) | . | I Wanna Be Loved / I Had My Heart Set On You |
| 05/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3437 (US) | . | Had My Heart Set On You / Don't Take My Word, Take My Heart |
| 05/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-2905 (US) | . | Had My Heart Set On You / Don't Take My Word, Take My Heart |
| 05/1949 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20571 (US) | . | Devil's Dream / Yodelling Polka |
| 05/1949 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20572 (US) | . | Cow Bell Polka / Steel Guitar Rag |
| 05/1949 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20573 (US) | . |
Oklahoma Stomp /
Shame On You
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| 05/1949 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20574 (US) | . | Spadella / Three Way Boogie |
| 06/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3496 (US) | . | Don't Call Me Sweetheart Anymore / Arizona Waltz |
| 06/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-2962 (US) | . | Don't Call Me Sweetheart Anymore / Arizona Waltz |
| 1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0027 (US) | . | Texas Playboy Rag / Lord Nottingham's War Dance |
| 1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0043 (US) | . | Texas Playboy Rag / Lord Nottingham's War Dance |
| 06/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0068 (US) | . | Arkansas Traveller / The Gal I Left Behind Me |
| 06/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0063 (US) | . | Arkansas Traveller / The Gal I Left Behind Me |
| 06/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0080 (US) | . | Flop Eared Mule / Wagonner |
| 06/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0077 (US) | . | Flop Eared Mule / Wagonner |
| 06/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0081 (US) | . | Wake Up, Susan / The Eighth Of January |
| 06/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0078 (US) | . | Wake Up, Susan / The Eighth Of January |
| 06/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0082 (US) | . | 6/8 To The Barn / Ida Red |
| 06/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0079 (US) | . | 6/8 To The Barn / Ida Red |
| 08/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3547 (US) | . | You Can't Take Texas Out Of Me / I've Got A Heart Filled With Love |
| 08/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-3040 (US) | . | You Can't Take Texas Out Of Me / I've Got A Heart Filled With Love |
| 08/1949 | 78 t. CORAL 64016 (US) | . | Roy ROGERS & Spade COOLEY'S BUCKLE BUSTERS - Chase That Rabbit - Chase That Squirrel / Round The Couple And Swing When You Meet |
| 08/1949 | 78 t. CORAL 64017 (US) | . | Roy ROGERS & Spade COOLEY'S BUCKLE BUSTERS - Round That Couple - Go Through And Swing / Bird In A Cage And Three Rail Pen |
| 08/1949 | 78 t. CORAL 64018 (US) | . | Roy ROGERS & Spade COOLEY'S BUCKLE BUSTERS - Lady 'Round The Lady And The Gent Solo / Boy Around A Boy-Girl Around A Girl |
| 10/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0127 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & Roy ROGERS - Skip To My Lou / Rickett's Reel |
| 10/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0130 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & Roy ROGERS - Skip To My Lou / Rickett's Reel |
| 10/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0128 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & Roy ROGERS - Old Joe Clark / Sycamore Red |
| 10/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0131 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & Roy ROGERS - Old Joe Clark / Sycamore Red |
| 10/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0129 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & Roy ROGERS - Oh Dem Golden Slippers / Lucky Leather Britches |
| 10/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0132 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & Roy ROGERS - Oh Dem Golden Slippers / Lucky Leather Britches |
| 01/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0150 (US) | . | Foolish Tears (Vcl Ginny JACKSON) / Send Ten Pretty Flowers To My Girl In Tennessee |
| 01/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0157 (US) | . | Foolish Tears (Vcl Ginny JACKSON) / Send Ten Pretty Flowers To My Girl In Tennessee |
| 02/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3672 (US) | . | Wagon Wheels / The Last Round Up |
| 02/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-3195 (US) | . | Wagon Wheels / The Last Round Up |
| 02/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3673 (US) | . | Lights Out / In The Chapel In The Moonlight |
| 02/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-3196 (US) | . | Lights Out / In The Chapel In The Moonlight |
| 02/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3674 (US) | . | Empty Saddles / The Old Spinning Wheel |
| 02/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-3197 (US) | . | Empty Saddles / The Old Spinning Wheel |
| 04/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0309 (US) | . | Pretty Please Love Me / Texas Star |
| 04/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0309 (US) | . | Pretty Please Love Me / Texas Star |
| 05/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0330 (US) | . | Hillbilly Fever / Honky Tonkin' |
| 05/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0330 (US) | . | Hillbilly Fever / Honky Tonkin' |
| 07/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0348 (US) | . | Little Liza Lou / Longing |
| 07/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0348 (US) | . | Little Liza Lou / Longing |
| 08/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3894 (US) | . | Nine-Tenths Of The Tennessee River / Mountain Boys Have Fun With Mountain Girls |
| 08/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-3894 (US) | . | Nine-Tenths Of The Tennessee River / Mountain Boys Have Fun With Mountain Girls |
| 10/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 20-3969 (US) | . | I Miss You Already / Someone Left The Garden Gate Open |
| 10/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-3969 (US) | . | I Miss You Already / Someone Left The Garden Gate Open |
| 04/1951 | 78 t. DECCA 46310 (US) | . |
Chew Tobacco Rag
/ Rhumba Boogie |
| 04/1951 | SP DECCA 9-46310 (US) | . |
Chew Tobacco Rag
/ Rhumba Boogie |
| 05/1951 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0467 (US) | . |
Tuesday Two-Step /
Three Fiddle Rag
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| 05/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0467 (US) | . |
Tuesday Two-Step /
Three Fiddle Rag
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| 07/1951 | 78 t. DECCA 46339 (US) | . | Hittsitty Hottsitty / Lucky Leather Breaches |
| 07/1951 | SP DECCA 9-46339 (US) | . | Hittsitty Hottsitty / Lucky Leather Breaches |
| 09/1951 | 78 t. DECCA 46355 (US) | . | Down Yonder / Horse Hair Boogie |
| 09/1951 | SP DECCA 9-46355 (US) | . | Down Yonder / Horse Hair Boogie |
| 11/1951 | 78 t. DECCA 46376 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & His FIDDLIN' FRIENDS with Ginny JACKSON - Cowboy Waltz / My Heart Is Broken In Three |
| 11/1951 | SP DECCA 9-46376 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & His FIDDLIN' FRIENDS with Ginny JACKSON - Cowboy Waltz / My Heart Is Broken In Three |
| 06/1952 | 78 t. DECCA 28253 (US) | . | Swingin' The Devil's Dreams / Crazy 'Cause I Love You |
| 06/1952 | SP DECCA 9-28253 (US) | . | Swingin' The Devil's Dreams / Crazy 'Cause I Love You |
| 08/1952 | 78 t. DECCA 28344 (US) | . | SPADE COOLEY BAND - Carmen's Boogie / One Sweet Letter From You |
| 08/1952 | SP DECCA 9-28344 (US) | . | SPADE COOLEY BAND - Carmen's Boogie / One Sweet Letter From You |
| 11/1953 | SP DECCA 9-40235 (US) | . | Seattle Square / San Fernando Square |
| 11/1953 | SP DECCA 9-40236 (US) | . | Jersey Jig / Rochester Reel |
| 11/1953 | SP DECCA 9-40237 (US) | . | Baltimore Bounce / Santa Monica Rambler |
| 11/1953 | SP DECCA 9-40238 (US) | . | Y-Knot Rag / Nashville Special |
| 1952 | EP RCA VICTOR EPB-3041 (US) |
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Roy ROGERS & Spade COOLEY'S BUCKLE BUSTERS - ROY ROGERS SOUVENIR ALBUM |
| 11/1954 | 78 t. DECCA 29309 (US) | . | SPADE COOLEY ORCHESTRA - You Clobbered Me / Break Up Down |
| 11/1954 | SP DECCA 9-29309 (US) | . | SPADE COOLEY ORCHESTRA - You Clobbered Me / Break Up Down |
| 06/1955 | 78 t. DECCA 29544 (US) | . | Anita / Cryin' Waltz |
| 06/1955 | SP DECCA 9-29544 (US) | . | Anita / Cryin' Waltz |
| 1955 | EP DECCA ED-2225 (US) |
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Spade COOLEY'S BUCKLE BUSTERS - DANCE-O-RAMA - Sparkling Silver Bells / Charmaine / Y'Ready / Yearning |
| 1955 | EP DECCA ED-2226 (US) |
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Spade COOLEY'S BUCKLE BUSTERS - DANCE-O-RAMA |
| 01/1956 | 78 t. DECCA 29788 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & The BUCKLE BUSTERS - No Need To Cry Anymore / Seasons Of My Heart |
| 01/1956 | SP DECCA 29788 (US) | . | Spade COOLEY & The BUCKLE BUSTERS - No Need To Cry Anymore / Seasons Of My Heart |
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Albums
| 05/1949 | LP 10" COLUMBIA HL-9007 (US) |
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SAGEBRUSH SWING - Spade COOLEY & Joaquin MURPHY - Devil's Dream / Yodeling Polka / Steel Guitar Rag / Cow Bell Polka / Oklahoma Stomp / Shame On You / Spadella / Three Way Boogie | ||
| 1952 | LP 10" RCA VICTOR LPM-3041 (US) |
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ROY ROGERS SOUVENIR ALBUM - Roy ROGERS & Spade COOLEY'S BUCKLE BUSTERS - Don't Fence Me In / The Yellow Rose Of Texas / San Fernando Valley / A Gay Ranchero / Home In Oklahoma / Along The Navajo Trail / On The Old Spanish Trail / Roll On Texas Moon | ||
| 10/1955 | LP 10" DECCA DL-5563 (US) |
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COUNTRY AND WESTERN DANCE-O-RAMA #3 - Spade COOLEY & The BUCKLE BUSTERS - Sparkling Silver Bells / Charmaine / Y' Ready / Yearning (Just For You) / The Ping-Pong Song / Down By The Pecos / Y' Hear / Sail On | ||
| 10/1955 | LP 10" DECCA DL-5563 (US) (promo) |
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COUNTRY AND WESTERN DANCE-O-RAMA #3 - Spade COOLEY & The BUCKLE BUSTERS - Sparkling Silver Bells / Charmaine / Y' Ready / Yearning (Just For You) / The Ping-Pong Song / Down By The Pecos / Y' Hear / Sail On | ||
| 1961 | LP 12" ROULETTE R-25145 (mono) / RS-25145 (stereo) (US) |
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FIDDOOLIN' - Spade COOLEY & The KING OF WESTERN SWING - Willow Springs / Pony Tail Polka / Happy Hayride / Those Bonny Blue Bells / Santa Fe Express / Rockin' The Square Dance / Saturday Night Social / Mockin' Bird Is Listenin' / Latin Leprechaun / Swingin' The Blue Danube / Skatin' On Thin Ice / Blue Jeans And Gingham / Gypsy Jive / Fidoodlin' | ||
| 1969 | LP 12" RAY NOTE RS-5007 (US) |
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FIDDOOLIN' - Spade COOLEY & The KING OF WESTERN SWING - Willow Springs / Pony Tail Polka / Happy Hayride / Those Bonny Blue Bells / Santa Fe Express / Rockin' The Square Dance / Saturday Night Social / Mockin' Bird Is Listenin' / Latin Leprechaun / Swingin' The Blue Danube / Skatin' On Thin Ice / Blue Jeans And Gingham / Gypsy Jive / Fidoodlin' | ||
| 1970 | LP 12" REPUBLIC RPL-1302 (US) |
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FIDDOOLIN' - Spade COOLEY & The KING OF WESTERN SWING - Willow Springs / Pony Tail Polka / Happy Hayride / Those Bonny Blue Bells / Santa Fe Express / Rockin' The Square Dance / Saturday Night Social / Mockin' Bird Is Listenin' / Latin Leprechaun / Swingin' The Blue Danube / Skatin' On Thin Ice / Blue Jeans And Gingham / Gypsy Jive / Fidoodlin' | ||
| 1978 | LP 12" CLUB OF SPADE 00101 (UK) |
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SPADE COOLEY VOL. 1 - THE BEST OF THE SPADE COOLEY TRANSCRIBED SHOWS - Swingin' The Devil's Dreams / Wabash Cannon Ball / Skater's Waltz / Perdido / Pale Moon / The Campbells Are Coming / You'll Always Be Darling To Me / My Heart Cries For You / Hollywood Hoedown / A Heart Full Of Love / Texas Playboy Rag / Shame Shame On You | ||
| 1978 | LP 12" CLUB OF SPADE 00102 (UK) |
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SPADE COOLEY VOL. 2 - THE KING OF WESTERN SWING - Willow Springs / Pony Tail Polka / Happy Hayride / Those Bonnie Blue Bells / Santa Fe Express / Rockin' The Square Dance / Saturday Night Social / The Mockin' Bird Is Listenin' / The Latin Leprechaun / Swingin' The Blue Danube / Skatin' On Thin Ice / Blue Jeans And Gingham / Gipsy Jive / Fidoodlin' | ||
| 1978 | LP 12" CLUB OF SPADE 00103 (UK) |
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SPADE COOLEY VOL. 3 - THE KING OF WESTERN MUSIC- Arkansas Traveler / Hoedown / San Antonio Rose / Pan Handle Rag / Sugar Blues / I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Dill Pickle Rag / Blue Skies / Spadella / In The Mood / Que Sera Sera / The Lost Indian | ||
| 1978 | LP 12" CLUB OF SPADE 00104 (UK) |
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SPADE COOLEY MR. MUSIC HIMSELF - VOLUME ONE - Intro / Boil That Cabbage Down / Florida / Crazy Cause I Love You [vcl] / Saint Louis Blues / Hornpipe Swing / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold [vcl] / Flying Fingers / I'm A Cowboy [vcl] / South / Double Trouble / Spades Polka / Tears On My Pillow [vcl] / The Girl I left Behind / Bye Bye Blues & Closing Theme | ||
| 1978 | LP 12" CLUB OF SPADE 00105 (UK) |
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SPADE COOLEY MR. MUSIC HIMSELF - VOLUME TWO - Intro / Wake Up Susan / Breezin' Along With The Breeze [vcl] / Old Shanty Town / Kiss Me Again / September In The Rain / Mama Don't Allow [vcl] / Judy / Rock And Roll / Lover / Red River Valley / Sweet Georgia Brown / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / My Blue Haven [vcl] / Closing Theme | ||
| 1978 | LP 12" CLUB OF SPADE 00106 (UK) |
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SPADE COOLEY MR. MUSIC HIMSELF - VOLUME THREE - Intro / Rye Straw / Lady Be Good / Breakin' Up Party [vcl] / Little Brown Jug / Indian Love Call / Clarinet Polka / Ghost Riders [vcl] / No No Much Intro To Night And Day [vcl] / Undecided / Butterfingers [vcl] / Whispering / Vitamine [vcl] / Rock Around The Clock / Steel Guitar Rag / Closing Theme | ||
| 1980 | LP 12" CLUB OF SPADE CS 208 (UK) |
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SPADE COOLEY & TEX WILLIAMS - COLLECTOR SERIES - Spade COOLEY & Tex WILLIAMS - Dry And Dusty / Yearning (instr.) / 8th Of January (instr.) / Dry Your Eyes / Sweethearts Or Strangers / Ranger's Special (instr.) / Three Way Boogie (instr.) / Devil's Dream (instr.) / You Waited Too Long / Topeka Polka (instr.) / Worried Mind / Blond Fiddle Blues (instr.) / Time Changes Everything / Riverside Blues (instr.) | ||
| 1981 | LP 12" CLUB OF SPADE CPS 209 (UK) |
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OKLAHOMA STOMP - Spade COOLEY & Tex WILLIAMS - Oklahoma Stomp / Shame On You / Charmaine / Y'ready / I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take (vcl Tex WILLIAMS); Ida Red / Crazy Cause I Love You (vcl Tex WILLIAMS) / Sparkling Silver Bells / Spanish Fandango (vcl pr. Jad DEES) / Haas Stomp / 6/8 To The Barn / A Pair Of Broken Hearts (vcl Tex WILLIAMS) | ||
| 1981 | LP 12" COLUMBIA FC-37467 (US) |
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SPADE COOLEY - Spade COOLEY & Joaquin MURPHY - Shame On You / Troubled Over You / Oklahoma Stomp / Hide Your Face / Steel Guitar Rag / Detour / You Can't Break My Heart / Crazy Cause I Love You / I Can't Help The Way You Feel / Swinging The Devil's Dream | ||
| 1983 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BFX 15110 (D) |
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ROMPIN', STOMPIN', SINGIN', SWINGIN' - All Aboard For Oklahoma / Big Chief Boogie / Hillbilly Fever / You Can't Get Texas Out Of Me / Wagon Wheels / The Last Round Up / + Tex WILLIAMS | ||
| 1984 | LP 12" CHARLY CR 30239 (UK) |
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SWINGING THE DEVIL'S DREAM - Chew Tobacco Rag / Horse Hair Boogie / Down Yonder / Hitsitty Hotsitty / The Rumba Boogie / Crazy Cause I Love You / Carmen's Boogie / Nashville Special / Y' Hear / You Clobbered Me / Break Up Down / Swinging The Devil's Dream / Anita / One Sweet Letter From You / Cowboy Waltz / Crying Waltz / Down By The Pecos / Y' Ready | ||
| 1985 | LP 12" COWGIRLBOY LP-5008 (D) |
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COUNTRY & WESTERN MEMORY LANE - VOL. 4 - Lover / Hilbilly Bill (vocal Ginny JACKSON) / I'm Going Back To The Middle Of The Middle West (vocal Ginny JACKSON & Phil GRAY) / Mule Kick / Wipporwill Waltz (vocal Ginny JACKSON) / Heartless Fool (vocal Freddy "Careless" LOVE) / Bile That Cabbage Down / Crazy 'cause I Love You (vocal Red EGNER) / Slowpoke (vocal Ginny JACKSON) / Wake Up Susan / Give Me A Hundred Reason (vocal Ginny JACKSON) / 10.000 Miles (vocal Phil GRAY) / Tattle-Tale Polka / Lowdown Hoedown (vocal Ginny JACKSON) / Homely Hoottowl (vocal Ginny JACKSON) / First Of January | ||
| 1992 | LP 12" COWGIRLBOY LP-5083 (D) |
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SPADE COOLEY THE KING OF WESTERN SWING - You'll Rue The Day (vocal Tex WILLIAMS) / Devi's Dream / You Better Do It Now (vocal Tex WILLIAMS) / Three Way Boogie / Troubled Over You (vocal Tex WILLIAMS) / Cow Bell Polka / I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take From You (vocal Tex WILLIAMS) / Forgive Me One More Time (vocal Tex WILLIAMS) / Texas Playboy Rag (# 1) / Sioux City Sue (vocal Red EGNER) / Spanish Two Step / My Confession (vocal Red EGNER) / California Polka / Quicksilver (vocal Chad DOULAS) / Spadesque / Texas Playboy Rag (#2) | ||
| 11/1994 | CD COLUMBIA / LEGACY CK-57392 (US) |
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SPADELLA ! - THE ESSENTIAL - Troubled Over You / Oklahoma Stomp [instr.] / You Can't Break My Heart / Detour / Crazy 'Cause I Love You / Swinging The Devil's Dream [instr.] / Shame On You / Forgive Me One More Time / You Better Do It Now / Steel Guitar Rag [instr.] / You'll Rue The Day / You Never Miss The Water / I Guess I've Been Dreaming Again / Pair Of Broken Hearts / Cow Bell Polka [instr.] / Hide Your Face / I Can't Help The Way You Feel / I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take From You / Three-Way Boogie [instr.] / Spadella [instr.] | ||
| 1997 | CD COLLECTOR'S CHOICE CCM-39-2 (US) |
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KING OF WESTERN SWING - Introduction / Bile That Cabbage Down / Hitsitty Hotsitty (vcl Ginny JACKSON) / Comedy Routine (Hank PENNY & Spade COOLEY) / Little Red Wagon (Hank PENNY & Spade COOLEY) / Steel Guitar Rag (Noel BOGGS) / River Road Two Step (vcl Phil GRAY) / Comedy Routine (vcl Miss Lotta CHATTA) / Cow Bell Polka / Bonnapart's Retreat (Careless LOVE) / Wakeup Susan / How High The Moon (vcl Ginny JACKSON) / Comedy Routine (Hank PENNY & Spade COOLEY) / Three Way Boogie / Chime Blues (vcl Becky BARFIELD) / The Solid South (vcl Jimmy WAKELY) / Take Me Back To Colorado (vcl Jimmy WAKELY) / My Truly Truly Fair (vcl Jimmy WAKELY & Ginny JACKSON) / Hillbilly Fever (vcl Phil GRAY & Ginny JACKSON) | ||
| 1997 | LP 12" BRONCO BUSTER CD-9029 (D) |
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WESTERN SWING JAMBOREE - Spade COOLEY & Tex WILLIAMS - Call Me Darlin', Do (Spade COOLEY) / Fickle Woman (Spade COOLEY) / Four Fiddle Polka (inst.) (Spade COOLEY) / It's Dark Outside (Spade COOLEY) / Lord Nottingham's War Dance (Spade COOLEY) / Minuet In Swing (Spade COOLEY) / Ny Chickashay Girl (Spade COOLEY) / Texas Steel Guitar (inst.) (Spade COOLEY) / There Is No Sunshine Take My Back To Tulsa (Spade COOLEY) / Three Fiddle Rag (inst.) (Spade COOLEY) / Topeka Polka (inst.) (Spade COOLEY) / Tuesday Two-Step (inst.) (Spade COOLEY) / Whistle Bait (Spade COOLEY) / Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph-Tell A Woman (Tex WILLIAMS) / I'm Big Bad Bill From The Badlands (Tex WILLIAMS) / I'm My Own Grandpa (Tex WILLIAMS) / Talkin' Boogie (Tex WILLIAMS) / That's What I Like About The West (Tex WILLIAMS) / Yuk-A-Puk (Tex WILLIAMS) | ||
| 05/1998 | CD COUNTRY ROUTES RFD-CD18 (UK) |
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RADIO BROADCASTS 1945 - Steel Guitar Rag - Draggin' The Bow / Forgive Me One More Time / Whispering / Along The Navajo Trail / Please Forgive Me / You Can't Break My Heart / Devil's Dream / Blonde Fiddle Blues / Dill Pickle Rag / You Was Right, Baby / Crazy 'Cause I Love You / Steel Guitar Rag (theme) / Mad About Him Blues / Night Train To Memphis / Pins And Needles (In My Heart) / Spanish Two Step / You Don't Care / There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder - Shame On You / Fort Worth Jail / Bury Me Beneath The Willow / If It's Wrong To Love You / Take Me Back To Tulsa - Shame Shame On You | ||
| 04/1999 | CD BLOODSHOT BF-CD802 (US) |
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SHAME ON YOU - Spade COOLEY & THE WESTERN SWING DANCE GANG - One, Two / Steel Guitar Rag / South / Topeka Polka / Down Home Rag / Honey Song / Oklahoma Stome / One Sweet Letter From You / Yodeling Polka / Forgive Me One More Time / Silver Bell / I've Written So Many Tunes / Swinging The Devil's Dream / The Trouble With Me / Cowbell Polka / Better Do It Now / Rochester Schottische / There Is No Sunshine / I Found A New Baby / Stay Away From My Heart / Copenhagen / Then You'll Know What It Means To Be Blue / Corrine, Corrina / Shame On You / Sign Off | ||
| 10/1999 | CD HARLEQUIN HQCD 144 (US) |
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BIG BAND 1950-1952 - Perdido / After You've Gone / Spade Cooley Time / Let's Clap Hands / Tennessee Central / Bach Boogie / We're Gonna Go Fishin' / I Never Knew / Sleepy-Eyed John / Give Me A Hundred Reasons / Quicksilver / Texas Playboy Rag / Heartless Fool / First Of Januray / Ten Thousand Miles / I'm Going Back To The Middle Of The Middle West / Indian Summer / Honkey Tonkin' / Pay Day Blues / Intro: Shame Shame Shame - Bill That Cabbage Down / Comedy Interlude - Little Red Wagon / Steel Guitar Rag / River Road Two-Step / Cow Bell Polka / Bonaparte's Retreat / Intro: Sham Sham Sham - Wake Up Susan / How High The Moon / Hank Penny Comedy Skit / Three-Way Boogie / Solid South - Take Me Back To Colorado / Truly Truly Fair / Hillbilly Fever / Sham Sham Sham | ||
| 04/2000 | CD COUNTRY ROUTES RFD-CD23 (UK) |
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SPADE COOLEY - 1941-1947 - Hass Stomp / Dry And Dusty / MacGregor Swing / Sweethearts Or Strangers / MacGregor Blues / Time Changes Everything / Rangers Special / He's Gone Up The Trail / Devil's Dream / You Waited Too Long / Topeka Polka / Worried Mind / Three-Way Boogie / You Can't Break My Heart / Spadella / Please Give Me One More Chance / Soapin' The Saddle / Hide Your Face / Snow Deer Stomp / You'll Rue The Day / Cowpoke Polka / Blonde Fiddle Blues / If I'd Only See'd You / Fiddle Boogie / Down At The Coocoo House / Boggs Boogie / Tuesday Two-Step / Mountain Mother-In-Law / Four Fiddle Polka / Diggin' With Spade / Leather Britches / Pretty Polka / Hollywood Hoedown / It's Dark Oustide | ||
| 07/2000 | CD JASMINE JASMCD-3510 (UK) |
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A WESTERN SWING DANCE DATE WITH SPADE & TEX - Diggin' With Spade / Aria From Dixie (vcl Tex WILLIAMS) / You'll Rue The Day / Guitar Swing / My Chickashay Gal (vcl Smokey ROGERS) / Yearning (Just For You) / Do Ya Or Don't Cha (vcl Tex WILLIAMS) / Hornpipe Swing / Wabash Cannonball (vcl Ginny JACKSON) / Texas Playboy Rag, No. 2 / Fireball Mail (vcl Ginny JACKSON) / Sioux City Sue (vcl Red EGNER) / Tattle-Tale Polka / Piggy Bank Polka (vcl Red EGNER/Del PORTER) / Leather Britches (vcl Del PORTER) / Pale Moon (vcl Tex WILLIAMS) / Red Wing (vcl Tex WILLIAMS) / Crazy 'Cause I Love You / California Polka / Texas Playboy Rag / You Can't Break My Heart (vcl Tex WILLIAMS) / Spadella / Hide Your Face / Cowpoke Polka / Banjo Polka (vcl Smokey ROGERS) / Riverside Stomp (vcl Tex WILLIAMS) / Snow Deer Stomp | ||
| 07/2001 | CD COUNTRY ROUTES RFD-CD30 (UK) |
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LIVE AT THE SANTA MONICA - 1945-1946 - Redwing / Guitar Swing / I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take From You / Dill Pickle Rag / Gals Don't Mean A Thing / There I Said It Again / Tweedle-O-Twill / Over The Waves / Miss Molly / Memories / Cattle Call / Spadella / You Never Miss The Water Till The Well Runs Dry / Jive On The Range / All That Glitters Is Not Gold / The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along / Am I Blue / Moon Over Montana / Spanish Two Step / I Found A New Baby / South / Hide Your Face / Copenhagen / San Antonio Rose / Memory Schottishe / Riverside Drive | ||
| 05/2003 | 2 CD PROSPER PVCD127 (UK) |
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| 08/2003 | CD VARESE 302 0 66480-2 (US) |
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ESSENTIAL WESTERN SWING - STANDARD RADIO TRANSCRIPTS - Spade COOLEY & THE WESTERN SWING DANCE GANG - Intro / Gitar Swing / Stompin' At The Riverside / Shame On You / Steel Guitar Rag / Spadella / One Sweet Letter From You / Hollywood Hoedown / Indian Scout / Trouble With Me / Diggin' With Spade / You Can't Break My Heart / Texas Playboy Rag / Ida Red / Boggs Boogie / Four Fiddle Polka / Lord Nottingham's War Dance / Crazy 'Cause I Love You / Swinging The Devil's Dream | ||
| 05/2004 | CD COLLECTOR'S CHOICE 431-2 (US) |
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FIDDOOLIN' - Spade & The KING OF WESTERN SWING - Willow Springs / Pony Tail Polka / Happy Hayride / Those Bonny Blue Bells / Santa Fe Express / Rockin' The Square Dance / Saturday Night Social / Mockin' Bird Is Listenin' / Latin Leprechaun / Swingin' The Blue Danube / Skatin' On Thin Ice / Blue Jeans And Gingham / Gypsy Jive / Fidoodlin' | ||
| 07/2004 | CD COLLECTABLES COL-CD-9582 (US) |
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SHAME ON YOU - Oklahoma Stomp / Swingin' The Devil's Dream / Shame On You / Forgive Me One More Time / Steel Guitar Rag / You'll Rue The Day / You Never Miss The Water (Till the Well Runs Dry) / Cow Bell Polka / Hide Your Face / I Can't Help The Way You Feel | ||
| 2004 | CD SRI JAZZ 510003 (US) |
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THE KING OF WESTERN SWING - I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Sugar Blues / In The Mood / Que Sera Sera / Perdido / Blue Skies / The Lost Indian / September In The Rain / Breezin' Along With The Breeze / Sweet Georgia Brown / My Blue Heaven / Mama Don't Allow / Undecided / Rye Straw / Lady Be Good / Little Brown Jug / St. Louis Blues / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold / South / Bye Bye Blues / My Heart Cries For You / Cowboy Boogie |
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