Tex Williams

Sollie Paul Tex Williams August 23 1917 October 11 1985 was an American Western swing musician He is best known for his talking blues style his biggest hit was the novelty song Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette which held the number one position on the Billboard chart for sixteen weeks in 1947 Smoke was the No 5 song on Billboards Top 100 list for 1947 and was No 1 on the country chart that year2 It can be heard during the opening credits of the 2006 movie Thank You for Smoking