Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing singer and musician. He is best known for his talking blues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)", which held the number-one position on the Hot Country Songs chart for 16 weeks in 1947. "Smoke" was the number-five song on Billboard's Top 100 list for 1947, and was number one on the country chart that year. == Early... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - #2: Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It? - #3: Don't Telephone - Don't Telegraph (Tell a Woman) - #4: Never Trust a Woman - #5: Suspicion