This chronology was adapted from the one found at the official Bob Wills Web site here.
1905	Born March 6.
1923	Radio debut, Amarillo.
1929	First recording.
1930	Formation of "Bob Wills Fiddle Band". First real radio show on KBAP, Fort Worth.
1931	"Lightcrust Doughboys" formed at Burris Mill. Touring with W. Lee O’Daniel, President of Burris Mill.
1933	Quits the "Lightcrust Doughboys". O'Daniels sues. Moves to Oklahoma City.
1934	O'Daniels gets "Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys" fired after five broadcasts on WKY. Moves band to Tulsa. Radio show on KVOO (in Bristow, later in Tulsa). Cain’s Academy dances with 2,000 regulars in attendance.
1935	Leon McAuliffe joins Playboys on steel guitar. O'Daniel loses court case.
1936	Records "Steel Guitar Rag" and "Trouble in Mind" in Chicago for Brunswick. Sells more records on Brunswick’s label than any other recording artist.
1939	Plays for Inaugural Ball of Governor of Oklahoma.
1941	Writes lyrics for and records "San Antonio Rose". Makes "Go West Young Lady" movie. Playboys disperse when Pearl Harbor thrusts US into WWII.
1942	Signs eight-picture contract with Columbia. Joins the Army.
1943	Obtains medical discharge from the Army. Playboys move to California and begin broadcasting on KLAC. Bob Wills music catches on in America.
1945	Time Magazine reports that Bob Wills earns $340,000.
1949	Leaves California for Oklahoma.
1950	Records "Faded Love". Moves to Dallas.
1952	Moves to Houston.
1953-5	Moves back and forth between Texas and California.
1968	Voted into Country Music Hall of Fame and Cowboy Hall of Fame.
1973	"For the Last Time" recording session of Bob Wills and the Playboys at initiative of Merle Haggard.
1975	National Cowboy & Western Heritage MuseumTrustees Award given to Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys for "For the Last Time". Dies May 13.