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Tex Williams ( August 23 , 1917 - October 11 , 1985 ) was an American Country Music ian from Ramsey, Illinois . He helped move rural and acoustic country music to dance-oriented mainstream pop Western Swing . His popularity peaked in the late 1940s . Williams is perhaps best-known for this Talking Blues style; his biggest hit was the Novelty Song , " Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) ," which held the number one sales position on the Billboard charts for six weeks in 1947 and can also be heard during the opening scenes of the 2005 movie, '' Thank You For Smoking ''. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) was the #5 song on BillBoard's Top 100 list for 1947, and was #1 on the Country chart that same year. {Link without Title} Tex's backing band, the Texas Caravan, was one of the best units of its kind. Numbering about a dozen members, it attained an enviable level of fluid interplay between electric and steel guitars, fiddles, bass, accordion, trumpet, and other instruments (even occasional harp). At first they recorded polkas for Capitol, with limited success. That was changed by the success of Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) written in large part by Merle Travis . {Link without Title} Williams, along with his band, the Texas Caravan, appeared in the following films:
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