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    • Sep 21, 1932
    After auditioning 67 singers in a two-week period, Bob Wills hires Tommy Duncan to replace Milton Brown as the lead vocalist for The Light Crust Doughboys on the basis of Duncan's performance of "I Ain't Got Nobody"
    Oct 2, 1933
    A pair of former western swing bandmates compete in a concert billed as a "battle dance": Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys versus Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies. Admission to the show, at the Green Terrace in Lake Waco, Texas, is $1
    Oct 7, 1933
    Burrus Mill files a $10,000 suit against Bob Wills, calling for Wills to stop advertising his band members as former members of The Light Crust Doughboys. The court later decides there's nothing damaging in advertising the truth
    Feb 9, 1934
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys begin a 24-year stint on Tulsa's KVOO
    Jan 1, 1935
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys perform at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa for the first time. Later that year, they begin appearing twice weekly at the club, where they remain regulars for eight years
    Aug 29, 1935
    Bob Wills sends a letter to piano player Al Stricklin, of The Hi Flyers, offering him $30 weekly to become a member of The Texas Playboys. Stricklin is in the studio with Wills the following month
    Sep 23, 1935
    Bob Wills holds his first recording session with The Texas Playboys, cutting 13 songs in Dallas, Texas. Among the selections: "Maiden's Prayer" and "Spanish Two Step"
    Apr 19, 1936
    Funeral services are held for western swing figure Milton Brown at the Lucas South Side Funeral Home in Fort Worth. The Chuck Wagon Gang performs, The Musical Brownies serve as pallbearers, and fellow musician Bob Wills attends
    Aug 15, 1936
    Bob Wills marries concert violinist Ruth Elaine McMaster in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. It's his second marriage
    Sep 29, 1936
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys record "Steel Guitar Rag" and "Trouble In Mind" among 18 songs during a session at the Furniture Mart Building in Chicago, with drummer Smokey Dacus playing in the bathroom
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