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Songs of Oklahoma

For complete list see List of songs of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma has had many songs written about it. Among those: This is a list of songs about the U.S. state of Oklahoma, Oklahomans, Oklahoma places, and those written by Oklahomans. ...

Official state songs

• Official state song:
  • Oklahoma!, Rodgers & Hammerstein

• Official state children's song:
  • Oklahoma, My Native Land, Martha Kemm Barrett

• Official state folk song:
  • Oklahoma Hills, Woody Guthrie/Jack Guthrie

Oklahoma! is the title song from the musical (by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) This song appears after Curly and Laureys wedding. ... An autographed photo of Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals. ... For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ... Oklahoma Hills is a song written by Woody Guthrie. ... Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912–October 3, 1967) was a prolific American songwriter and folk musician. ... Jack Guthrie (13 November 1915–15 January 1948) was born Leon Jerry Guthrie in Olive, Oklahoma, USA. He was the cousin of Woody Guthrie and had a hit record in the country and western charts with a rewritten version of a Woody Guthrie song Oklahoma Hills (1945). ...

Other songs

• The Everlasting Hills of Oklahoma, Tim Spencer
• For A While, Jeremy Castle
• For Oklahoma, I’m Yearning, Wava White/Jack Guthrie
• Good Old Oklahoma, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
• Home In Oklahoma. Jack Elliott
• Home Sweet Oklahoma, Leon Russell (also covered by Jimmy LaFave)
• My Oklahoma, Terrye Newkirk
• Oklahoma Hills, Jack Guthrie
• Oklahoma Rag, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
• Oklahoma Swing, Vince Gill with Reba McEntire
• Tulsa Time, Don Williams
• Take Me Back To Tulsa, George Strait
• 24 Hours From Tulsa, Gene Pitney
• Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa, George Strait
• You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma, David Frizzell & Shelly West
• Oklahoma Borderline, Vince Gill
• Oklahoma Stomp, Duke Ellington
• Oklahoma Hills, Toby Keith
• The Gal From Oklahoma, Junior Brown
• Oklahoma Sunshine, Waylon Jennings
• Rough Wind In Oklahoma, Michael Hedges
• Loves In Oklahoma, Jason Eklund
• Home, Sweet Oklahoma, Tom Paxton
• Soft Winds Of Oklahoma, Bill Emerson
• My Oklahoma Home, Bruce Springsteen
• Oklahoma Girl, Eli Young Band

Tim Spencer was an American football player who played in the National Football League and the United States Football League. ... Jeremy Castle 2002 Jeremy Glen Castle (August 2, 1974) is an American country music singer and songwriter from Oklahoma. ... Jack Guthrie (13 November 1915–15 January 1948) was born Leon Jerry Guthrie in Olive, Oklahoma, USA. He was the cousin of Woody Guthrie and had a hit record in the country and western charts with a rewritten version of a Woody Guthrie song Oklahoma Hills (1945). ... James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American country musician, songwriter, and big band leader. ... Ramblin Jack Elliott Ramblin Jack Elliot (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer. ...

Categories

American Indian

Because of the federal government's policy in the 19th century of moving groups of American Indians westward, Oklahoma has the most diverse collection of American Indian musicians in the world. This rich collection of traditional music is performed in pow-wows all over the state. Additionally, the music is enriched by Indian musician’s exposure to other tribe's songs through the many intertribal meetings in the state. The American Indian Exposition at Anadarko is the oldest in the nation bringing tribes from over the west to perform. The Red Earth Festival in Oklahoma City, in a less traditional, more modern setting, has also become very popular. There are hundreds of tribes of Native Americans (called the First Nations in Canada), each with diverse musical practices, spread across the United States and Canada. ... The American Indian Exposition, held annually durning the first full week in August at the Caddo County Fairgrounds in Anadarko, Oklahoma, is one of the oldest and largest intertribal gatherings in the United States. ...

49s, the first modern original American Indian music style, originated in Oklahoma among the Kiowa Indians in southwestern Oklahoma and quickly spread to other tribes through the American Indian Exposition at Anadarko. The name comes from a burlesque show that toured the area in the 1920s called the "Girls of '49" for its California gold rush theme. A 49 (or forty-nine) is a gathering following a pow-wow and the songs are usually love songs, mostly in English, with repeated refrains of nonsense Indian language syllables.^[1]

Country

The traditional Appalachian folk ballads brought by new settlers from the South infused Oklahoma with a music about the lives of everyday people. Much of the music was overtly religious as the rural communities revolved around their churches. Another distinctive type of country music grew out of the dance halls and roadhouses, especially in the oil boom areas of eastern Oklahoma. This honky-tonk style music from Oklahoma and the surrounding states became a staple of American country music for years. This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Gospel

Oklahoma has had a long tradition of Gospel music. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Steal Away to Jesus, standard Gospel tunes, were written by Wallis Willis, a former slave in the old Choctaw Nation of southeastern Oklahoma. Alexander Reid, a minister at a Choctaw boarding school after the Civil War, transcribed the words and melodies and sent the music to the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. The Jubilee Singers then popularized the songs during a tour of the United States and Europe.^[2] Albert E. Brumley, a Spiro, Oklahoma native, wrote a number of Gospel classics that have become a standard in Gospel singer's repertoirs. His best known compositions include I'll Fly Away, Jesus Hold My Hand, and Turn Your Radio On. These songs are commonplace in many church hymnals today. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot is a United States spiritual folk song. ... The Fisk Jubilee Singers were a group of African American singers in the 1870s. ... Albert Edward Brumley was a shape note gospel music composer and publisher. ... Spiro is a town located in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. ... Ill Fly Away (TV series) Ill Fly Away (hymn) Category: ...

Jazz and swing

The territory bands of the 1920s and 30s brought a new style of music to Oklahoma. Many of the well-known swing musicians tuned their skills and styles touring with these regional bands. These bands brought the big-band orchestras to many communities never visited by the more popular groups from New York. Perhaps the most famous of the Oklahoma based territory bands were the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. The Blue Devils were the foundation for Count Basie's orchestra. The Al Goode Orchestra, also from Oklahoma City, performed into the 1970s. In addition, a number of prominent jazz musicians came from Oklahoma; these include the Oscar Pettiford, Don Byas, Cecil McBee, Sam Rivers, and Jay McShann. Although most of these self-identified as African American, many (including Pettiford) were also partly of Native American ancestry. Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. ... The Oklahoma City Blue Devils was one of the premiere Southwest territorial jazz bands of the 1920s. ... Oscar Pettiford (Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 30 September 1922-Copenhagen, Denmark, 8 September 1960) was an American jazz bassist, cellist and composer known particularly for his pioneering work in bebop. ... Carlos Wesley (Don) Byas (October 21, 1912-August 24, 1972) was a popular African-American jazz musician born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in the United States. ... Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935) is an American post-bop jazz bassist. ... Samuel Carthorne Rivers (born September 25, 1923, El Reno, Oklahoma) is a jazz musician and composer. ... James Columbus (Jay or Hootie) McShann (born in 1909 or January 12, 1916) is an American blues and Swing pianist, bandleader, and singer. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ...

Rock and roll

One of the hot spots for rock and roll in Oklahoma during the 60's was Ronnie Kaye's "The Scene" in Oklahoma City. It featured local garage rock and psychedelic bands. Musicians such as songwriter J.J. Cale, Elvin Bishop, and Leon Russell have ties to Oklahoma (see The Tulsa Sound), and Tulsa's Cain's Ballroom has become a notable small-venue club for touring bands. After the success of cult icons The Flaming Lips, under-the-radar act Starlight Mints, and 90's alternative groups Chainsaw Kittens and The Nixons, Norman has become a hotspot for local and nationwide indie music. Pop-rock band Hanson, who had a string of hits in the mid-90s, hails from Tulsa; and alternative-rock band The All-American Rejects was formed in Stillwater. J.J. Cale (born December 5, 1938) is an American songwriter and musician, best known for writing two songs that Eric Clapton made famous, After Midnight and Cocaine . He is one of many artists that play the Tulsa Sound. ... Elvin Bishop (born October 21, 1942) is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitar player. ... Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2, 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. ... The Tulsa Sound is a musical style that came from Tulsa, Oklahoma. ... Cains Ballroom is a music venue in Tulsa, OK. It was built in 1924 to serve as a garage for one of Tulsas founders, Tate Brady. ... The Flaming Lips (formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983) are an American alternative rock band. ... Starlight Mints are an indie pop band from Norman, Oklahoma. ... The Chainsaw Kittens were a part of the American alternative rock scene, drawing from pop, glam rock, punk, New Wave and British Invasion music. ... The Nixons (formed in Norman, Oklahoma in 1990) were a post-grunge rock band. ... Not to be confused with Hanson Brothers or The Hanson Brothers. ... The All-American Rejects is an American power pop band from Stillwater, Oklahoma. ...

Western or cowboy

Prior to Oklahoma's opening for settlement, cowboys pushing cattle from Texas to the railheads developed a style and subject of music that became known as Cowboy or Western. As they settled on the ranches they continued their traditional style of singing. The romanticism of the cowboy in the popular culture brought a wider audience to the music. Although the writers of these traditional Western songs are mostly unknown, Dr. Brewster Highley, author of perhaps the most famous of the cowboy ballads, Home on the Range, followed the frontier into Oklahoma where he died in 1911. Poster from the Western Music, directly related to the old English, Scottish, and Irish folk ballads, was originally composed by and about the people settling and working in the American West and western Canada. ... Home on the Range is the state song of Kansas. ...

Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys were the first nationally popular cowboy band. Formed in 1924 by William McGinty, Oklahoma pioneer and former Rough Rider, the band performed on radio and national vaudeville circuits from 1924 through 1936. Otto Gray, the first "Singing Cowboy", and all of the band members were recruited from Oklahoma ranches.^[3]

Western Swing

Oklahoma was a center for the development and spread of Western swing. Performers playing the traditional western music, influenced heavily by the territory bands, added fiddles and steel guitars to the their orchestras to produce a new and very popular type of music. Bob Wills, and His Texas Playboys, based in Tulsa, influenced this music for more than a generation. One of the more unique early Western swing bands from Oklahoma was Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band, a family group of Choctaw Indians, who performed out of Wichita, Kansas, during the 1920s, and who were recorded by H. C. Speir of Victor Records in 1929. Western swing is, first and foremost, a fusion of country music, several styles of jazz, pop music and blues aimed at dancers. ... H. C. Speir (born Henry C. Speir in Prospect, Mississippi, October 6, 1895; d. ... The Victor Talking Machine Company (1901 - 1929) was a United States corporation, the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. ...

Venues

Live performances

Music in Oklahoma has been played, sung, and heard in the Indian villages of the earliest Americans; around the campfires of the cowboys and traders; in the churches, theaters, and dancehalls of the territorial days; and in concert halls and at music festivals, pow-wows National Guard armories, and school gymnasiums of the present day. Maud is a city located in Oklahoma. ...

Recently, Americana Unplugged established a house concert-type venue in downtown Davis, Oklahoma featuring folk and Americana musicians. Americana Unplugged was established in 2006, by Larry Lyon, as a live music series for singer/songwriters from the across America and abroad, while benefiting local charities, public services, and other good causes. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into House party. ... Davis is a city located in Oklahoma. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... Americana is a loose subset of American roots music, that is perhaps best defined as classic American music—ranging in style from folk, country blues, bluegrass, alternative country, rockabilly, neotraditional and roots rock. ...

Radio

In 1922, WKY began broadcasting in Oklahoma City. Other stations followed and soon, anyone with a radio could hear music previously unavailable to them. Still, many radios broadcast local music. KVOO in Tulsa aired Western swing from Bob Wills for more than twenty years. WKY (930 kHz AM) is Oklahomas oldest radio station. ... KVOO is a country music radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ...

In 1958, KOMA, a 50,000 watt radio station in Oklahoma City, began a format of playing Top 40 recordings and Rock & Roll. Its signal strength allowed many young people across the Great Plains and Western states to listen to music not available from their local stations and influenced many of their local music markets. KOMA 92. ...

Oklahoma currently supports many radio stations. Most play music that ranges from classical to hip-hop. Much of their content, however, is taped and the same programs broadcast over several stations throughout the U.S. Very little local music is aired. (See List of radio stations in Oklahoma) This is a list of radio stations in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ...

List of live venues

• Americana Unplugged, Davis, Oklahoma
• Brady Theater, Tulsa, OK
• Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK

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Native Oklahoma musicians and composers

• Keith Anderson, Miami, Oklahoma
• Hoyt Axton, Duncan, Oklahoma
• Chet Baker, Yale, Oklahoma
• Elvin Bishop, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Johnny Bond, Enville, Oklahoma
• Garth Brooks, Yukon, Oklahoma
• Anita Bryant, Barnsdall, Oklahoma
• Jeremy Castle, Blanchard, Oklahoma
• J.J. Cale, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Henson Cargill, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Kellie Coffey, Moore, Oklahoma
• Spade Cooley, Grand, Oklahoma
• Lloyd "Cowboy" Copas, Muskogee, Oklahoma
• Edgar Cruz [5], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Jesse Ed Davis, Norman, Oklahoma
• Joe Diffie, Velma, Oklahoma
• Katrina Elam, Bray, Oklahoma
• Ty England, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• David Gates of Bread, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Vince Gill, Norman, Oklahoma
• Woody Guthrie, Okemah, Oklahoma
• Jack Guthrie, Olive, Oklahoma
• Lowell Fulson, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Roy Harris, Chandler, Oklahoma
• Wade Hayes, Bethel Acres, Oklahoma
• Lee Hazlewood, Mannford, Oklahoma
• Wanda Jackson, Maud, Oklahoma
• Norma Jean (Beasler), Wellston, Oklahoma
• Toby Keith, Moore, Oklahoma
• Stoney Larue, Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Reba McEntire, McAlester, Oklahoma
• Barry McGuire, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Jay McShann, Muskogee, Oklahoma
• Gary P. Nunn, Okmulgee, Oklahoma
• Patti Page, Claremore, Oklahoma
• Sam Rivers, El Reno, Oklahoma
• Carl Radle, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Jimmy Rushing, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Leon Russell, Lawton, Oklahoma
• Blake Shelton, Ada, Oklahoma
• B. J. Thomas, Hugo, Oklahoma
• Carrie Underwood, Checotah, Oklahoma
• Jimmy Webb, Elk City, Oklahoma
• Bryan White, Lawton, Oklahoma
• Sheb Wooley, Erick, Oklahoma

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Johnny Bond ( June 1, 1915 - June 12, 1978, born Cyrus Whitfield Bond in Erville, Oklahoma, was a popular country music entertainer of the 1940s through the 1960s and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. ... Enville is a small rural community in Love County, Oklahoma. ... Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer-songwriter. ... Yukon is a suburban city in Canadian County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ... Anita Jane Bryant (born March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma) is an American singer. ... Barnsdall is a city located in Osage County, Oklahoma. ... Jeremy Castle 2002 Jeremy Glen Castle (August 2, 1974) is an American country music singer and songwriter from Oklahoma. ... Blanchard is a city located in Oklahoma. ... J.J. 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This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bread was a 1970s rock and roll band from Los Angeles, California. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country United States State Oklahoma Counties Tulsa, Osage, Wagoner, Rogers Government  - Mayor Kathy Taylor (D) Area  - City  186. ... Vince Gill Vince Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music musician, songwriter, and singer. ... Bizzell Library, University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma, is the county seat and largest city in Cleveland County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area. ... Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912–October 3, 1967) was a prolific American songwriter and folk musician. ... Okemah is a city located in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. ... Jack Guthrie (13 November 1915–15 January 1948) was born Leon Jerry Guthrie in Olive, Oklahoma, USA. He was the cousin of Woody Guthrie and had a hit record in the country and western charts with a rewritten version of a Woody Guthrie song Oklahoma Hills (1945). ... Olive is a small community located in Creek County, Oklahoma. ... Big-voiced guitar player in the West Coast tradition, Oklahoma-born Lowell Fulson (1921—2005) joined Texas Alexander at the age of eighteen, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country United States State Oklahoma Counties Tulsa, Osage, Wagoner, Rogers Government  - Mayor Kathy Taylor (D) Area  - City  186. ... Roy Ellsworth Harris (February 12, 1898 – October 1, 1979) was an American classical composer who wrote much music on American subjects and is perhaps best known for his . ... Chandler is a city located in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. ... Hits include: Dont Stop Old Enough to Know Better How Do You Sleep At Night What I Meant to SAy In a Chevy in a Hurry Where Do I Go to Start All Over ... Bethel Acres is a town located in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ... Lee Hazlewood (9 July 1929 â€“ 4 August 2007) was an American country singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with Nancy Sinatra in the sixties and with Duane Eddy during the late fifties and early sixties, co-writer with Eddy on hits such as Boss Guitar... Mannford is a town in Creek County, Oklahoma, United States. ... Wanda Jackson (born Wanda Jean Jackson, on October 20, 1937, in Maud, Oklahoma) was the first female rock and roll singer in the United States, releasing her debut record in 1956. ... Maud is a city located in Oklahoma. ... Norma Jean Beasler (Pretty Miss Norma Jean), born January 30, 1938 in Wellston, Oklahoma, recorded and sang professionally simply as Norma Jean. She had her own radio show in Oklahoma as a teenager and first attracted national attention on Red Foleys Ozark Jubilee television series in 1958. ... Wellston is a town located in Lincoln County, Oklahoma. ... Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961) is an American country singer and song writer. ... Moore is a rapidly growing suburb in Cleveland County, Oklahoma and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. ... Stoney LaRue Stoney LaRue, a singer, songwriter and part of the Red Dirt music movement, is releasing his first solo album in August of 2005, appropriately titled the Red Dirt Album. ... Downtown Stillwater Stillwater is a city in Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. ... Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is an American singer and country music performer, and actress. ... McAlester is a city located in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. ... Barry McGuire (born on 15 October 1935) is an American singer-songwriter. ... 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(Billy Joe) Thomas (born August 7, 1942) in Hugo, Oklahoma and grew up around Houston, Texas, is a country singer. ... Hugo is a city located in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. ... Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American pop country music singer who won the fourth season of American Idol. ... Checotah is a city in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States, named for the first elected Chief of the Creek Nation after the Civil War, Samuel Checote. ... Jimmy Webb (born August 15, 1946 in Elk City, Oklahoma) is an idiosyncratic American popular music composer. ... Elk City is a city in Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States. ... Bryan White was born February 17, 1974 in Lawton, Oklahoma. ... Lawton is a city in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. ... Shelby F. Sheb Wooley (April 10, 1921 - September 17, 2003) was a character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty hit Purple People Eater. Wooley was born in Erick, Oklahoma and grew up on a farm. ... 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Oklahoma bands

• The Agony Scene, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• The All American Rejects, Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Aqueduct, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Chainsaw Kittens, Norman, Oklahoma
• Color Me Badd, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Cross Canadian Ragweed, Stillwater, Oklahoma
• Ester Drang, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
• The Flaming Lips, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Hanson, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Hinder, Norman, Oklahoma
• Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• The Nixons, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Psychotic Reaction, Garvin County, Oklahoma
• Starlight Mints, Norman, Oklahoma
• Traindodge, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Umbrellas, Norman, Oklahoma

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Musicians and bands with Oklahoma ties

• Gene Autry, raised in Oklahoma, originally billed as the Oklahoma's Yodeling Cowboy.
• Jason Boland & the Stragglers, formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• Charlie Christian, raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• Roy Clark, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Cross Canadian Ragweed, formed in and around Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn, raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• The Gap Band, formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• The Great Divide, based in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
• Merle Haggard, son of dust bowl immigrants from Oklahoma to California and reflected in his music.
• Jimmy LaFave, Stillwater, OK, now based in Austin, Texas
• Roger Miller, raised in Erick, Oklahoma.
• Tom Paxton, raised in Bristow, Oklahoma, folk singer and songwriter. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.
• Joe Don Rooney of Rascal Flatts, raised in Picher, Oklahoma.
• Tim Spencer of the The Sons of the Pioneers, raised in Picher, Oklahoma.
• Hank Thompson, broadcast the Hank Thompson Show from WKY in Oklahoma City. In 1973 Thompson opened the Hank Thompson School of Country Music, at what is now Rogers State University in Claremore, Oklahoma.
• Wayman Tisdale, raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Watermelon Slim (Bill Homans), based in Stillwater, Oklahoma; graduate of Oklahoma State University
• Bob Wills, King of Western Swing, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He and his Texas Playboys broadcast their show from KVOO radio 1934-1958.

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Endnotes

1. ^  Velie, American Indian Literature, page 89 Kiowa "49" Songs.
2. ^  Savage, Singing Cowboys, page 5.
3. ^  Savage, Singing Cowboys, page 34.
4. ^  Dennis, It's Gonna Be OK, page 86.

Bibliography

• Dennis, Mildred. It's Gonna Be OK: A Lease-Child's Legacy. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2004. ISBN 1-4208-0305-0
• Moore, Ethel, and Chauncey O. (compilers). Ballads and folk songs of the Southwest: more than 600 titles, melodies, and texts collected in Oklahoma. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964.
• Savage, William W., Jr. Singing Cowboys and All That Jazz: A Short History of Popular Music in Oklahoma. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. ISBN 0-8061-2085-1
• Velie, Alan R. American Indian Literature: An Anthology. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8061-2345-1

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External links

• Oklahoma City Philharmonic
• Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
• Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum
• Oklahoma Opry
• Tulsa Philharmonic