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Spade Cooley
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American big band leader, actor, television personality (1910–1969)
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Spade Cooley was an American actor, singer-songwriter, television presenter, and conductor. He performed in the Western swing genre and played the fiddle. Cooley was born in Oklahoma in 1910 and died in Vacaville in 1969. His cause of death was a myocardial infarction, classified as natural causes. He was convicted of murder.
Cooley received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He spoke, wrote, and signed in English, which was also his native language. He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1910
- Active to
- 1969
Discography
- Spade Cooley1982
- King of western swing premier show, July 21, 19511997
- Big Band 1950-19521999
- Swingin’ the Devil’s Dream2003
- The King of Western Swing2004
- King Of Western Swing, Vol.12007
- King Of Western Swing, Vol.22007
- King Of Western Swing, Vol.32007
- King Of Western Swing, Vol.42007
- King Of Western Swing, Vol.52007
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 20,171
- Total plays
- 106,376
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Spade Cooley (Donnell Clyde Cooley, Grand, Oklahoma, December 17, 1910 – Oakland, California, November 23, 1969) was an American, Western Swing fiddler, singer and big band leader and also songwriter, actor, and television personality. His career ended in 1961 when he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his second wife, Ella Mae Evans. Cooley, being part Cherokee, was sent to the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon to be educated. Around 1930 his family fled the Dust Bowl for Cali
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma
- Place of death
- Vacaville
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western swing
- Instrument
- fiddle
- Image
- Spade Cooley Billboard alt.jpg
- Convicted of
- murder
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- date of birth
- 1910-12-17
- date of death
- 1969-11-23
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- English language
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