Fact #133343
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Bob Wills records an instrumental version of San Antonio Rose with producer Art Satherly for Columbia Records in Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Bob Willis : When I was a very young man, I was living in Roy, New Mexico, working as a barber and playing for dancers on Saturday night.
Since most of the population of Roy was Mexican, I wrote a tune for them to dance to and called it 'Spanish Two-Step.' When I did my first recording session with Columbia in 1935, 'Spanish Two-Step' was one of the tunes I recorded.
On November 28, 1938, I went to Dallas to record again for Columbia. After we cut several tunes, uncle Art Satherley, who was the A and R man on this session, asked me if I had another tune like 'Spanish Two-Step.'
I said, 'No, I don't but if you give me a few minutes, maybe I can come up with something.' In a few minutes I had written and recorded the tune. Uncle Art asked me what I wanted to name the tune. I told him I didn't know.
So he said, 'Let's name it "San Antonio Rose."' This was an instrumental and it sold very well. The recording company asked me to record it again with lyrics. I worked for two years before finally finishing the words and recorded 'New San Antonio Rose' in April 1940.
(Source : http://www.countrymusictreasures.com/storybehindthesong/san-antonio-rose.html)
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Since most of the population of Roy was Mexican, I wrote a tune for them to dance to and called it 'Spanish Two-Step.' When I did my first recording session with Columbia in 1935, 'Spanish Two-Step' was one of the tunes I recorded.
On November 28, 1938, I went to Dallas to record again for Columbia. After we cut several tunes, uncle Art Satherley, who was the A and R man on this session, asked me if I had another tune like 'Spanish Two-Step.'
I said, 'No, I don't but if you give me a few minutes, maybe I can come up with something.' In a few minutes I had written and recorded the tune. Uncle Art asked me what I wanted to name the tune. I told him I didn't know.
So he said, 'Let's name it "San Antonio Rose."' This was an instrumental and it sold very well. The recording company asked me to record it again with lyrics. I worked for two years before finally finishing the words and recorded 'New San Antonio Rose' in April 1940.
(Source : http://www.countrymusictreasures.com/storybehindthesong/san-antonio-rose.html)