The dean of Texas songwriting,
Cindy Walker wrote over 100 country songs, including "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)," "Bubbles in My Beer," "Take Me in Your Arms (And Hold Me)," and "In the Misty Moonlight," covered by Lone Star institutions like
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys,
Ernest Tubb, and
Al Dexter, as well as
Eddy Arnold and
Hank Snow. Born in Mexia, TX, in 1925,
Walker wrote more than two dozen songs for
Wills, and released her own singer/songwriter album, Words and Music, in 1964. She is a member of the Country Music Association Hall of Fame. ~ John Bush