680 Ted Daffan’s (1912-1996) Texans “Born to Lose” 1942

“He grew up in Houston, Texas, where his interest in Hawaiian music and electronics led to his setting up a radio repair shop to which numerous country musicians came to experiment with amplification. Deeply influenced by Milton Brown, Daffan first played with the local country swing bands the Blu Ridge Playboys…and Bar-X Cowboys. In 1940, with his own band the Texans, he had the year’s second biggest country seller with ‘Worried Mind’, but this was eclipsed by the double hit ‘No Letter Today’/’Born to Lose’. He headed a large band at the Venice Ballroom, Los Angeles (1944-6), then returned to live in Texas” (The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music, 2001).

Ted Daffan’s Texans “Born to Lose”