1950Nominee
Best Performance
Gold Strike
Tex Williams
Actor
Ramsey, Illinois, USA
September 23, 1917
Biography
Sollie Paul "Tex" Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985) was an American Western swing 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 Billboard chart for sixteen weeks in 1947. "Smoke" was the No. 5 song on Billboard's Top 100 list for 1947, and was No. 1 on the country chart that year.[2] It can be heard during the opening credits of the 2006 movie, Thank You for Smoking.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1958Nominee
Best Performance
Born Reckless
1949Winner
Best Performance
Coyote Canyon
Career Highlights
1943Highlight
Best Performance
Devil Riders
1949Highlight
Best Performance
Cheyenne Cowboy
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Born Reckless