Tex Williams

Songs Performed or Written by Tex WilliamsTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

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: Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) - #3: Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It? - #4: Don't Telephone - Don't Telegraph (Tell a Woman) - #5: Never Trust a Woman
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  Tex Williams
1.
11/1946

The California Polka
Tex Williams greentick

26 pts




4
ctry
[Capitol 302]
written by Dale Fitzsimmons
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
2.
07/1947

#1  Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Tex Williams greentick

395 pts
1
US


1
ctry
[Capitol Americana 40001]
written by Merle Travis & Tex Williams greentick
  Phil Harris
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
3.
08/1947

#2  Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
Phil Harris

167 pts
8
US




as Phil Harris & his Orchestra
written by Merle Travis & Tex Williams greentick
  Tex Williams
That's What I Like About the West
4.
10/1947

That's What I Like About the West
Tex Williams greentick

26 pts




4
ctry
[Capitol Americana 40031]
written by Bob MacGimsey & Edyth Bergdahl
5.
12/1947

#5  Never Trust a Woman
Tex Williams greentick

32 pts




2
ctry
[Capitol Americana 40054]
written by Jenny Lou Carson
6.
1948

Banjo Polka
Tex Williams greentick

24 pts




5
ctry
written by Andrew Soldi & Pedro DePaul
7.
1948

Just a Pair of Blue Eyes
Tex Williams greentick

13 pts




13
ctry
written by Ted Johnson & Dude Martin
8.
02/1948

#4  Don't Telephone - Don't Telegraph (Tell a Woman)
Tex Williams greentick

33 pts




2
ctry
[Capitol Americana 40081]
written by Al Stewart & Tex Williams greentick
Suspicion
9.
05/1948

Suspicion
Tex Williams greentick

26 pts




4
ctry
[Capitol 40109]
written by Les Paul & Foster Carling
10.
06/1948

Who? Me?
Tex Williams greentick

22 pts




6
ctry
[Capitol 15113]
written by Riley Shepard & Tex Williams greentick
11.
07/1948

Foolish Tears
Tex Williams greentick

12 pts




15
ctry
[Capitol 15113]
written by Jenny Lou Carson
12.
09/1948

Talking Boogie
Tex Williams greentick

21 pts




6
ctry
[Capitol 15175]
written by Cliff Stone & Tex Williams greentick
13.
11/1948

#3  Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It?
Tex Williams greentick

86 pts
27
US


5
ctry
[Capitol 15271]
written by Carson J. Robinson
14.
1949

(There's a) Bluebird on Your Window Sill
Tex Williams greentick

14 pts




11
ctry
written by Elizabeth Clarke
15.
05/1965

Too Many Tigers
Tex Williams greentick

from Two Sides of Tex Williams   
4 pts




26
ctry
[Boone 1028]
written by Larry Lee & Tommy South
16.
10/1965

Big Tennessee
Tex Williams greentick

from Two Sides of Tex Williams   
3 pts




30
ctry
[Boone 1032]
written by Kenny Price
17.
01/1966

Bottom of a Mountain
Tex Williams greentick

from Two Sides of Tex Williams   
6 pts




18
ctry
[Boone 1036]
written by Don McKinnon
18.
09/1966

Another Day, Another Dollar in the Hole
Tex Williams greentick

2 pts




44
ctry
[Boone 1044]
written by Kenny Price
19.
06/1967

Black Jack County
Tex Williams greentick

2 pts




57
ctry
[Boone 1059]
written by Red Lane
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke '68
20.
02/1968

Smoke, Smoke, Smoke '68
Tex Williams greentick

3 pts




32
ctry
R
[Boone 1069]
written by Merle Travis & Tex Williams greentick
21.
06/1968

Here's to You and Me
Tex Williams greentick

2 pts




45
ctry
[Boone 1072]
written by Liz Anderson
22.
09/1970

It Ain't No Big Thing
Tex Williams greentick

from A Man Called Tex   
2 pts




50
ctry
[Monument 1216]
written by Neal Merritt, Shorty Hall & Alice Joy Merritt
23.
08/1971

The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down
Tex Williams greentick

from A Man Called Tex   
4 pts




29
ctry
[Monument 8503]
written by Dick Feller
24.
01/1972

Everywhere I Go (He's Already Been There)
Tex Williams greentick

from A Man Called Tex   
1 pts




67
ctry
[Monument 8533]
written by Ray Pennington
  Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke (That Cigarette)
25.
07/1973

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke (That Cigarette)
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

from Country Casanova   
10 pts
94
US
45
AC
97
ctry
[novelty]
[Paramount 0216]
written by Merle Travis & Tex Williams greentick
  Tex Williams
Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
26.
06/1974

Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
Tex Williams greentick

from Those Lazy, Hazy Days   
1 pts




70
ctry
[Granite 507]
written by Charles Tobias & Hans Carste
  Tom Bresh
Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette)
27.
01/1978

Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette)
Tom Bresh

from Portrait   
1 pts




78
ctry
[ABC/Dot 17738]
written by Merle Travis & Tex Williams greentick
  Sammy Davis Jr.
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
28.
12/1982

Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
Sammy Davis Jr.

1 pts




89
ctry
[Applause 100]
written by Merle Travis & Tex Williams greentick

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