50+ Music<p>"San Antonio Rose" is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/swing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/instrumental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instrumental</span></a> introduced in late 1938 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BobWillsAndHisTexasPlayboys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BobWillsAndHisTexasPlayboys</span></a>. Quickly becoming the band's most <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/popular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>popular</span></a> number, Wills and band members devised lyrics, which were recorded on April 16, 1940, and released on Okeh 5694 in August as "New <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SanAntonioRose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanAntonioRose</span></a>". Despite having completed a lengthy <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hillbilly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hillbilly</span></a>/Folk chart run in 1939, which culminated at #1, it quickly rose to the top again, in early 1941. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPMEVN3JA8o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=KPMEVN3JA8o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>