Oklahoma Musicians

Hall of Fame history

Billy Jack Wills

Drummer, bassist, bandleader, and younger Wills brother who worked with the Texas Playboys and later led Billy Jack Wills and his Western Swing Band.

Oklahoma connection

The archived OMHOF publication and Western Swing Society biography document Wills's professional start in Johnnie Lee Wills's Tulsa band and his later Oklahoma City activity.

Recognition

The captured Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame roster places this entry under 2001.

Sources

  1. okmusichall.com/inductees/
  2. digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/api/collection/stgovpub/id/26536/download
  3. westernswingsociety.net/Billy_Jack_Wills.html
  4. www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-03-06-mn-294-story.html

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.