Everette Ishmael "Billy" Hughes (September 14, 1908-May 6, 1995) was a Western Swing

Western swing

Western swing music is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands...

 musician and songwriter. Born in Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Sallisaw, Oklahoma

Sallisaw is a city in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 8,880 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Sequoyah County. It has three highways running through it: U.S. 59, or Kerr Boulevard,...

, he left for California during the Okie

Okie

Okie is a term dating from as early as 1907, originally denoting a resident or native of Oklahoma. It is derived from the name of the state, similar to Texan or Tex for someone from Texas, or Arkie or Arkansawyer for a native of Arkansas....

 exodus of the 1930s. Billy Hughes and His Buccaroos performed during the 1940s and early 50s. He also owned an independent recording company, Fargo Records. As a writer he is best known for "Tennessee Saturday Night

Tennessee Saturday Night

"Tennessee Saturday Night" is a Western swing ballad written by Billy Hughes. The song tells of Tennesseans having a good time on a Saturday night. Each verse ends with the refrain:...

" which was recorded by Red Foley

Red Foley

Clyde Julian Foley , better known as Red Foley, was an American singer, musician, and radio and TV personality who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II....

 in 1949 and became a #1 hit. He died in Horatio, Arkansas

Horatio, Arkansas

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Discography

(Partial discography)

Session	Title	Recording
2283	"My Adobe Hacienda"	King King Records (USA) King Records is an American record label, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan and originally headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.-History:At first it specialized in country music, at the time still known as "hillbilly music." King advertised, "If it's a King, It's a Hillbilly -- If it's a Hillbilly, it's a...  609
2285	"Writing On The Wall"	King 609
(1947)	"Cocaine Blues Cocaine Blues "Cocaine Blues" is a Western Swing song written by T. J. "Red" Arnall, a reworking of the traditional song "Little Sadie". This song was originally recorded by W. A. Nichol's Western Aces on the S & G label, probably in 1947, and by Roy Hogsed and the Rainbow Riders May 25, 1947, at Universal... "	King 636
	"Take Your Hands Off It (Birthday Cake)"
(Dec. 1959)	"Waitin' For Saturday Night"	Big D 45-BD-112
(Dec. 1959)	"Tonight"	Big D 45-BD-112

Compositions

(partial list of songs written by Hughes)

Title	Year	Collaborator
"Atomic Sermon"	1953
"Beside The Alamo"	1953
"Brimstone Beauty"	1951
"Cheerful Mary In The Rain"	1992
"City Song"	1992
"Cocaine Blues"	1947	credited to Arnall
"Cowboy Saturday Night"	1983	Don Albright
"Darker Days"	1992
"Dear Judge"	1952
"For A Little While"	1983	Milam Albright
"I Loved You Once But I Can't Trust You Now"	1940s	Johnny Tyler
"I'll Kiss The Stamp On Your Letter"	1953
"I'm Not Looking For An Angel"	1953
"I'm Telling You"	1940s	Texas Jim Lewis
"If I Ever Stop Hurtin'"
"In the Shadows of My Heart"	1940s
"Java Junction"	1951	Jess Willard
"Just Pack Up And Go"
"Lonely Side Of Town"	1981
"Mama, Who Was That Man?"
"No Need To Knock On My Door"	1940s
"Other Doors"	1983	Don Albright
"She's An Okie"
"Somebody Better Than Me"
"Take Your Hands Off It (Birthday Cake)"	1940s
"Tennessee Saturday Night"	c. 1947
"This Troubled Mind O' Mine"
"Tonight"	c. 1959
"Waitin' For Saturday Night"	c. 1959