The career of one of country music's most successful early stars was derailed after he was convicted of murdering his wife. Spade Cooley was known as the self-proclaimed King of Western Swing in the ...
On this day, April 3, 1961, Spade Cooley, nicknamed the King of Western Swing, beat his wife to death in a drunken rampage. Cooley, a California big band leader and fiddle player, also appeared on the ...
Robert "Spade" Cooley, 77 of Santa Maria passed away on his birthday December 7, 2006, with his family by his side. Spade was born in Long Beach, CA in 1929, to Bob and Grace Cooley. Spade was raised ...
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