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Tex Williams

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Tex Williams

Original Name
Sollie Paul Williams
Birth
Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois, USA
Death
11 Oct 1985 (aged 68)
Newhall, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Newhall, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot
Zane Grey Garden, L-139C
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Actor, Singer, Songwriter. Born in Ramsey, Illinois, he was among the most popular country entertainers of the 1940s. As a singer songwriter, he is best known for the hit "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette" which held the number one sales position on the Billboard charts for six weeks in 1947. His other songs included "The California Polka", "Suspicion", That's What I Like About the West", "Who? Me?", "Talking Boogie" and "Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It?". For feature films, he appeared in "Tex Williams and His Western Caravan" (1947), "Tex Williams Orchestra in Western Whoopee" (1948) and "Tex Williams Western Varieties" (1951).
Actor, Singer, Songwriter. Born in Ramsey, Illinois, he was among the most popular country entertainers of the 1940s. As a singer songwriter, he is best known for the hit "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette" which held the number one sales position on the Billboard charts for six weeks in 1947. His other songs included "The California Polka", "Suspicion", That's What I Like About the West", "Who? Me?", "Talking Boogie" and "Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It?". For feature films, he appeared in "Tex Williams and His Western Caravan" (1947), "Tex Williams Orchestra in Western Whoopee" (1948) and "Tex Williams Western Varieties" (1951).

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Added: Sep 16, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3576/tex-williams: accessed ), memorial page for Tex Williams (23 Aug 1917–11 Oct 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 3576, citing Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.