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Born Donnell Clyde Cooley on December 17, , in Pack Saddle Creek, OK; died on November 23, , in Oakland, CA; son of John and Emma Cooley; married first wife, Ann, s; married second wife, Ella Mae Evans, (murdered, ); children: John, Melody, Donnell.
Before attaining notoriety for the murder of his second wife in , Spade Cooley had earned a reputation as a consummate purveyor of western swing music through live performances, audio and film recordings, and radio and television appearances.
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Sometimes labeled "cowboy jazz," western swing is a hybrid of jazz and country music, combining swing orchestra instruments with such traditional country instruments as fiddles and steel guitars. Labeling himself the "King of Western Swing," Cooley led a large ensemble of musicians that rivaled Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in popularity in the s' heyday of western swing.
As public musical tastes shifted in the late s and s, Cooley pioneered television variety programming that paved the way