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General Category => The Good Old Days => Topic started by: genealogynut on October 06, 2006, 10:58:23 AM

Title: Bill Parker and his Western Swing Band
Post by: genealogynut on October 06, 2006, 10:58:23 AM
Bill Parker was the son of John and Ruby Parker, and during the 1950's he had his own band.  Bill lived around Tulsa, Oklahoma.  I can remember on a couple of occasions when Bill would come to visit his grandmother, Cora Parker, that he would play his guitar for her. And on occasion Bill would have a dance at the Howard Fair Building. This ad appears in the Howard Courant Citizen on November 15, 1956.  Please click on the advertisement below to enlarge the ad.
Title: Re: Bill Parker and his Western Swing Band
Post by: Teresa on October 06, 2006, 01:53:48 PM
If my thinker serves me right.. I can remember my mother and daddy dancing to Bill Parker. ...as he played up into the 60's too.