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Hank Penny
Hank Penny
American musician
1
Bob Wills
Bob Wills
American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)
2
Tex Williams
Tex Williams
American musician (1917-1985)
3
The Quebe Sisters Band
The Quebe Sisters Band
4
Cindy Walker
Cindy Walker
American songwriter, country music singer and dancer
5
Pee Wee King
Pee Wee King
country musician and songwriter
6
Martha Tilton
Martha Tilton
American singer
7
Johnny Gimble
Johnny Gimble
American musician
8
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk
American musician, bandleader, and impresario
9
The Hot Club of Cowtown
The Hot Club of Cowtown
hot jazz/western swing trio
10
Larry Clinton
Larry Clinton
American musician
11
Buddy Emmons
Buddy Emmons
American guitarist
12
Si Zentner
Si Zentner
American jazzband leader
13
Red Murrell
Red Murrell
American musician
14
Sons of the Pioneers
Sons of the Pioneers
American western singing group
15
Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
16
Tommy Duncan
Tommy Duncan
American musician
17
Don Walser
Don Walser
American musician
18
Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Joe Mondragon
Joe Mondragon
Woody Herman Band member
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Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
American musician
21
Sy Oliver
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
23
Jimmy Walker
Jimmy Walker
American country music singer
24
Jackie Lee Cochran
Jackie Lee Cochran
American musician
25
Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
26
Alvin Youngblood Hart
Alvin Youngblood Hart
American musician
27
Merle Travis
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
28
Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson
American country musician
29
Leon McAuliffe
Leon McAuliffe
American musician
30
Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Freddy Nagel
Freddy Nagel
musical artist
32
Cecil Brower
Cecil Brower
musician
33
Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
34
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American jazz musician, band leader
35
Sammy Masters
Sammy Masters
American musician
36
Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader
Spade Cooley
Big band leader, Actor, Television personality (1910-1969)

Spade Cooley

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Big band leader, Actor, Television personality (1910-1969)
Record Labels
Awards Received
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Donnell Clyde Cooley (December 17, 1910 – November 23, 1969), better known as Spade Cooley, was an American Western swing musician, big band leader, actor, television personality, and convicted murderer. Cooley's career ended in 1961 when he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his second wife, Ella Mae Evans.