Fahrenheit 451 inspired the Birmingham Repertory Theatre production " Time Has Fallen Asleep in the Afternoon Sunshine ", which was performed at the Birmingham Central Library in April 2012.

* 1951 – Ray Benson, American musician ( Asleep at the Wheel )

* 1950 – Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist ( Asleep at the Wheel )

King, Asleep at the Wheel, Cyndi Lauper, Carl Perkins, Yoko Ono, Blues Traveler, Cher, Chicago, Luba, Robert Burns, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Nina Hagen, Robert Plant, Peter Criss, Scandal, Brian Wilson, Late Show regular Warren Zevon, jazz trumpeter Lew Soloff, jazz saxophonist Lou Marini and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs.

This version has gone on to be recorded by The Statler Brothers, Asleep at the Wheel, and Johnny Cash among others.

The first single, " Asleep at the Wheel ", did moderately well, but was followed by two smash hits.

** Asleep at the Wheel for " One O ' Clock Jump "

** Asleep at the Wheel & Lyle Lovett for " Blues for Dixie "

** Buddy Jackson ( art director ) for Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys performed by Asleep at the Wheel

** Asleep at the Wheel for " Cherokee Maiden "

* Asleep at the Wheel ( 2012 ) ( voice ) pre-production

** Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben " Lucky Oceans " Gosfield & Vince Gill for " Red Wing "

** Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck & Johnny Gimble for " Hightower "

" Boot Scootin ' Boogie " was choreographed by Bill Bader in October 1990 for the original Asleep at the Wheel recording of the song of the same name.

** Tommy Allsup, Asleep at the Wheel, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, Vince Gill & Steve Wariner for " Bob's Breakdowns "

** Buddy Jackson, Ray Benson & Sally Carns ( art directors ) for Ride With Bob performed by Asleep at the Wheel

Texan honky-tonk country musicians like Milton Brown and Bob Wills helped invent Western swing while Grammy Award winning artists like Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel tour the country and release recordings that keep Western Swing alive.

** Asleep at the Wheel for " Sugarfoot Rag "

** Asleep at the Wheel for String of Pars

In 1998, maverick record executive Rick Smith, of Fort Worth, launched the " Live at Billy Bob's Texas " series of recordings, which have featured legends such as Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel, Merle Haggard, David Allan Coe and popular Texas Country artists like Pat Green, Jack Ingram, Cory Morrow, Cross Canadian Ragweed ( Oklahoma ), Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Cooder Graw, the Randy Rogers Band and Kevin Fowler.

Other multiple winners include Alison Krauss and Union Station, and Emmylou Harris who have won 3 apiece, and Asleep at the Wheel, Brooks and Dunn, Alabama, Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson and Lady Antebellum all of whom have won 2.

** Asleep at the Wheel for " Cherokee Maiden "

** Asleep at the Wheel & Lyle Lovett for " Blues for Dixie "

** Tommy Allsup, Asleep at the Wheel, Floyd Domino, Larry Franklin, Vince Gill & Steve Wariner for " Bob's Breakdowns "

Volume 2 features the last four hours ( hosted by Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Crystal Gayle and Charley Pride ), including live performances by Asleep At The Wheel, Freddy Fender, Anne Murray and more.

More representative examples can be found in some of the songs of Western swing pioneer Bob Wills, and subsequent tradition-minded country artists such as Asleep At The Wheel, Merle Haggard, and George Strait.

* Les copains d ' abord, about a boat of that name, and friendship, written for a movie Les copains ( 1964 ) directed by Yves Robert ; ( translated and covered by Asleep At The Wheel as " Friendship First " and by a Polish cover band Zespół Reprezentacyjny as " Kumple to grunt " and included on their 2007 eponymously titled CD ).

Cashdollar received five Grammy awards while playing for eight years with Asleep at the Wheel and has also backed such noted performers as Bob Dylan, Leon Redbone, Redd Volkaert and Ryan Adams as a member of his band The Cardinals.

As the 100th anniversary of Bob Wills ' birth ( March 6, 1905, in Kosse, Texas ) approached, friends suggested that Benson and his Asleep at the Wheel band do something to mark the occasion.

Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Asleep at the Wheel helped make Austin, Texas a major center of Western swing beginning in the 1970s.

Asleep at the Wheel is an American country music group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, but based in Austin, Texas.

In 2007, The Austin Chronicle recognized Asleep at the Wheel for Band of the Year, Best Country Band, and into their Hall of Fame.

Their debut album, Asleep in the Back, released on V2 in 2001, was hailed as a seminal album of the new millennium, gaining them a Mercury Music Prize nomination and a BRIT Award nomination.

In 2000, the Dixie Chicks were nominated for an Award for Vocal Event of the Year for " Roly Poly " with Asleep at the Wheel from the Country Music Association.

Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel have been one of the strongest names in Country Music for the last forty years.

Often considered controversial for his frequently confrontational lyrics and spoken messages, he wrote some notable songs alone or with his wife, Melody Green, including " Your Love Broke Through ", " You Put This Love in My Heart ", and " Asleep in the Light ".

** Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck & Johnny Gimble for " Hightower "

** Asleep at the Wheel, Chet Atkins, Eldon Shamblin, Johnny Gimble, Marty Stuart, Reuben " Lucky Oceans " Gosfield & Vince Gill for " Red Wing "

** Asleep at the Wheel for " Sugarfoot Rag "

** Asleep at the Wheel for " String of Pars "

** Asleep at the Wheel for " One O ' Clock Jump "

Rae would later record Rodgers & Hart Revisited with Dorothy Loudon, Cy Young, and Arthur Siegel, singing " Everybody Loves You ( When You're Asleep )" and in several other duets and ensembles for Bagley's studio.

In Tom Robbins ' 1994 novel Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, character Larry Diamond uses the name " Mookie Blaylock " as a pseudonym for hotel stays.