Fifty-one years ago today, the King of Western Swing, a major influence on modern country music, died in Texas.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 30—Downtown Greenville will soon be filled with the lively, charming sound of Western swing music for the Ninth Annual Bob ...

When Merle Haggard made his 1970 album "A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World," Bob Wills was a forgotten man, getting around in a wheelchair. "Fiddles as an instrument were not even ...