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Leon Rausch

American western swing singer, guitar & bass player, known as "the voice of [a=Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys]". Moved to Tulsa in the 1950s, playing with local bands including [a=Johnnie Lee Wills]'s group, before being hired to [a=The Texas Playboys] in 1958, then fronting a lineup of the band after Wills retired in 1965, and again 1986 when he & [a=Tommy Allsup] bought the rights to the name from Betty Wills. He was also a member of the long-running [a=The Original Texas Playboys Under The Direction Of Leon McAuliffe]. Born in Billings, Missouri, October 2, 1927; died May 14, 2019, in Fort Worth, Texas, aged 91.