 | Al "Tex" Brownlee |  |
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- Al "Tex" Brownlee started calling in his home town, Jacksboro, Texas in 1948 for a new club called "Circle 60". There were only 60 people in the club.
He and Jean moved to Odessa, Texas in 1951 where he introduced the Western Style Square Dancing to the public. He organized several TV shows to advertise and started several clubs.
He began to travel and call full time in 1957. He was one of the callers on the first Texas State Convention held in Dallas in 1962. He called State Conventions in Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Hawaii, Alaska Minnesota, Michigan, Louisiana, Texas and Florida.
Albert R. "Tex" Brownlee, 88, of Dallas died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008, in Jacksboro, TX.
In 1968 he took the appointment of Director at Fontana Dam, North Carolina. He and Jean developed it into the Square Dance Capital of the world. He retired there in 1988 after 20 years service.
He has recorded on Dash, Lightning "S", Thunderbird and Blue Star record labels.
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 Recordings by Al "Tex" Brownlee:-
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Between You And Me Singing Call, Blue Star 1905 -
Blue Eyes Singing Call, Blue Star 1621 -
Broken Hearted Singing Call, Blue Star 1697 -
Country Boy Singing Call, Blue Star 1849 -
Country Sunshine Singing Call, Blue Star 1967 -
Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes Singing Call, Blue Star 1723 -
Down At The Roadside Inn Singing Call, Blue Star 1641 -
Down Yonder In New Orleans Singing Call, Blue Star 1622 -
EJ Marie Singing Call, Blue Star 1785 -
For Me And My Gal Singing Call, Blue Star 1810 -
Georgia Sunshine Singing Call, Blue Star 1908 -
Gimmie Back My Blues Singing Call, Blue Star 2255 -
Hair Of Gold Singing Call, Blue Star 1819 -
Hawaiian Rhythm Singing Call, Blue Star 1798 -
Hey Ma Singing Call, Blue Star 1683 -
I'm In Love Singing Call, Blue Star 1770 -
I'm Walking The Floor Over You Singing Call, Blue Star 1733 -
Just You And Me Singing Call, Blue Star 1845 -
L-O-V-E Singing Call, Blue Star 2232 -
Little Spanish Restaurant Singing Call, Dash 2505 -
Maybe Singing Call, Blue Star 1921 -
My Ideal Singing Call, Blue Star 2287 -
Naughty Angeline Singing Call, Blue Star 1855 -
Neon Rose Singing Call, Blue Star 1945 -
Never Never Leave Again Singing Call, Blue Star 2024 -
Nobody But A Fool Singing Call, Blue Star 1893 -
Oh! My Oh! Singing Call, Blue Star 1694 -
Old Heckler Sing-Along, Blue Star 1642 -
Out Of Your Mind Singing Call, Blue Star 1777 -
Pass The Udder Udder Sing-Along, Blue Star 1651 -
Pass The Udder Udder Sing-Along, Blue Star 2112 -
Please Don't Squeeze My Sharmon Singing Call, Blue Star 1878 -
Put Your Arms Around Me Singing Call, Blue Star 1712 -
Ramblin' Rose Singing Call, Blue Star 1737 -
Red Roses From The Blue Side Of Town Singing Call, Blue Star 1996 -
Rub-A-Dub Square Singing Call, Lightning S 801 -
Shadow Of A Stranger Singing Call, Blue Star 1948 -
Silver Moon Upon The Golden Sands Singing Call, Blue Star 1775 -
Texas Tornado Singing Call, Blue Star 1674 -
Things Are Looking Up Singing Call, Blue Star 1898 -
Who's World Singing Call, Blue Star 1832 -
You Lift Me Up Singing Call, Blue Star 2267 -
You've Got The Right String Baby, But The Wrong Yo-Yo Singing Call, Blue Star 1632
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