Ernest Tubb was an American musician singer/bandleader who is said to have pioneered country music. Tubb was born on February 9, 1914 on a cotton farm in Crisp, Ellis County, Texas. He got a job as a soda jerk (someone who operates a soda fountain and serves them) in San …
Beulah Thomas “Sippie” Wallace was born in Houston, Texas on November 1, 1898. She is the daughter of Fanny and George W. Thomas, Sr., and one of thirteen kids. Because her father was the deacon of Shiloh Baptist Church, Sippie sang and played the organ in this house of worship. …
Narciso Martínez was born in 1911 in Reynosa, Mexico. His family migrated to La Paloma, Texas the same year in search of work in the Rio Grande Valley. His family often moved, and Martínez did not receive a formal education. He often found himself listening to orquestas típicas, which were …
Formed in the mid-1940s by Mexican musicians Eugenio Abrego and Tomás Ortiz, Los Alegres de Terán was a música norteña duet whose songs helped to popularize the sound of traditional norteño music. The duo is originally from Mexico, where they met and began making music together, but came to Texas …
About T-Bone Walker According to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, T-Bone Walker is known as the “godfather of the modern electric blues guitar.” Born May 28th, 1910, and originally named Aaron Thibeaux, he grew up in Linden, Texas, then moved to Dalles with his mother when he was 2. Walker …
Tex Ritter (1905-1974) Born “Woodward Maurice Ritter” in Panola County, TX in 1905, Tex Ritter was a famous “singing cowboy.” Ritter grew up on a ranch in Beaumont, TX and lived and worked there until he left to attend the University of Texas. It was there that Ritter met some …
The Chuck Wagon Gang was formed in Lubbock, TX in 1935. Dave Carter and two of his children auditioned for a 15-minute program on a radio station known as KFYO to make money to afford medicine. They were signed on the spot and the Carter Quartet, composed of Dave Carter …
Santiago Jimenez Sr. was a Mexican-American accordionist and singer from San Antonio Texas, who played a pivotal role in the development of conjunto music or Norteño music. Conjunto music is a style of traditional music that originated in the Texas-Mexico border region, and will be discussed later in the post. …
Cindy Walker was a Texas native who was best known for her song writing expertise. In every decade from the 1940s to the 1980s Walker turned out country and pop hits for herself and a plethora of other artists. Known for her romantic, sentimental, Western-inspired works, she wrote more than …
Bob Wills is known as one of the pioneers of western swing alongside Milton Brown. He is known for his signature “AH…HAHH!” in all his songs while mixing together ragtime, blues, and fiddle sounds to create what is known as western swing Bob Wills was born in Turkey, Texas, on …
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