
Foy Willingham was born May 14, 1914 in Bosque County, Texas. He began his career while attending high school in Texas by working at a local radio station. In 1933, he traveled to New York City to further his radio career. In 1940 he moved to Oklahoma, and in 1942 to California where he became popular during the Golden Age of Radio. In 1942, Willing co-founded Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage with Iowa musician Al Sloey. The band included Patti Page on vocals, fiddler Johnny Paul, and accordionist Ken Coopern.
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Texas Blues
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Detour
Blue Shadows On The Trail
Hush
Holiday For The Blues
Prairie Echoes
Twilight on the Trail
Beautiful Moon Over Texas
Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Home On The Range
Hang Your Head In Shame
Soft Winds
Cowboys And Indians
Red River Valley
Ridin' Down To Santa Fe
Oh, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Cool Water
The Old Chisholm Trail
Cowboy
A Cowboy Has To Sing
Big Rock Candy Mountain
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
Wanderer's Dream
Texas Blues (1944)
No One To Cry To
Fire Ball Mail
Columbus Stockade
What a Fool
Cool, Cool Water
Rose Of San Antone
Mexicali Rose
Just Because
Brush Those Tears From Your Eyes
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Blue Tail Fly
Someone Won Your Heart
The Last Round Up
My Heart Is Blind
Jack O'Diamonds
Anytime (live)
Dreary Black Hills
Texas Blues (128K JS 2.51)
anytime
I Cried Myself To Sleep
Blue Shadows
Cool Water (feat. The Riders of The Purple Sage)
Twist and a Rock ('round the clock)
Dark As A Dungeon
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