Bandleader and fiddle player Spade Cooley, the self-styled "King Of Western Swing", was a notoriously colourful character who worked in western movies with Roy Rogers before leading one of the...
A dominant figure in southern California's wartime dance halls, fiddler Donnell 'Spade' Cooley (1910-1969) defined West Coast western swing with a slick, uptown sound. An Oklahoma native raised in...
27 track collection features Spade, one of the kings of western swing, and his occasional vocalist Tex, as well as appearances by Smokey Rogers, Ginny Jackson, Red Egner & Del Porter1. Diggin'...
Spade Cooley Shame On You: Western Swing Dance Gang CD1. One, Two 2. Steel Guitar Rag 3. South 4. Topeka Polka 5. Down Home Rag 6. Honey Song 7. Oklahoma Stome 8. One Sweet Letter from You 9...
Spade Cooley was for several years one of the biggest stars of the subgenre of Country music called 'Western Swing'. He wasn't the biggest as that accolade belonged to Bob Wills but he got close with...