LEWIS, TEXAS JIM
Homebase: Seattle, WA.
Stats: (1909-1990)
Misc Notes: Jim Lewis was the brother of longtime bandmate, and fellow '50s Country singing star, Rivers "Jack Rivers" Lewis.
"'TEXAS' JIM LEWIS: SEATTLE's PIONEERING KIDDIE TV SHOW HOST"
by Peter Blecha, 2008, courtesy & copyright, 2008, HistoryLink.org
One of America's original cowboy stars, James "Texas Jim" Lewis, had (as a showbiz veteran) seemingly done it all by the time he moved to Seattle in 1950. Having played live country music over the radio in the 1920s, formed a Western Swing stringband in the 1930s, recorded hits for various major labels into the 1940s, this contemporary of Hollywood movie stars like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers had also appeared in 42 films and even became the very first Country music radio DJ in Los Angeles. But Lewis is perhaps best and most fondly recalled as the cackling host of KING-TV's trail-blazing kiddie show, Sheriff Tex's Safety Junction. [READ MORE HERE...]
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
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Artist name on disc label: LEWIS And His Lone Star Cowboys, TEXAS JIM
A-SIDE MATRIX: 45 - L 3313 (star)
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 45 W 3313 4 3 (stamped)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Cam Smith
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Not Listed
B-SIDE MATRIX: 45 - L 4066
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 45 W 4066 4 3 (stamped)
B-SIDE COMPOSER: George W. Meyer - Joe Young - Sam M. Lewis
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Not Listed