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Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

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Genre
  
Western Swing, Country

Producer
  
Ray Benson Sam Seifert

Release date
  
3 March 2015

Length
  
01:10:29

Artist
  
Asleep at the Wheel

Label
  
Bismeaux Records

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Released
  
March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03)

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Still the King Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (2015)

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Recording Package

Similar
  
Asleep at the Wheel albums, Other albums

Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys is a tribute album by American country group Asleep at the Wheel in memory of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. It was released in March 2015 under Proper Records.

Contents

Commercial performance

The album debuted on the Top Country Albums chart at No. 14 and No. 187 on the Billboard 200, selling 3,900 for the week in the US. It rose to No. 11 on the Top Country Albums chart in its third week, selling 8,600 in three weeks. The album has sold 24,600 copies in the US as of August 2015.

Songs

1Intro - Texas Playboy ThemeLeon Rausch1:13
2I Hear Ya Talkin'Amos Lee3:28
3The Girl I Left Behind MeThe Avett Brothers2:31

References

Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Wikipedia