On this day in 1985, Tex Williams, best known as an American Western swing singer and bandleader, died at age 68 of cancer. Sollie Paul “Tex” Williams was born August 23, 1917, in Ramsey, Illinois, to Thomas “Bud” Williams and Tillie Williams, as the youngest of 11 children. Tex learned folk and traditional music from his father and his older ...

Saddle up for a trip through entertainment history with a weekly highlight from Santa Clarita’s Walk of Western Stars! This week, Tex Williams!  While going by Tex Williams, his birth name was Sollie Paul Williams and he was born on Aug. 23, 1917, in the small town of Ramsey, Illinois, which today has less than 1,000 citizens, according to the ...