Billy Hill
Billy Hill (July 14, 1899 – December 24, 1940) was an American songwriter, violinist, and pianist who found fame writing Western songs such as "They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree", "The Last Round-Up", "Wagon Wheels", and "Empty Saddles". Hill's most popular song was "The Glory of Love", recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936, and subsequently by Peggy Lee, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, and others. |
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Recordings (Results 151-169 of 169 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | E35884 | 10-in. | 12/29/1930 | Little sweetheart of the prairie | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E36067 | 10-in. | 2/12/1931 | Little sweetheart of the prairie | Connecticut Hill Billies ; Hank Keene | Instrumental quartet, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E36198 | 10-in. | 2/27/1931 | On the Ozark Mountain trail | Frankie Marvin | Male vocal solo, with 2 violins and guitar | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E3395-E3397 | 10-in. | 7/12/1926 | Sleepy head | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E27150-E27152 | 10-in. | 3/27/1928 | Dream River | Joe Green Novelty Marimba Band | Marimba band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E27152) | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E35893-E35894 | 10-in. | 1/6/1931 | Little sweetheart of the prairie | Castlewood Marimba Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | songwriter | |
Brunswick | MP12 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1929 | The West, a nest and you | Nan and Stan | Female-male vocal duet, with violin, guitar, and piano | composer | |
Brunswick | DAL693 | 10-in. | 12/3/1938 | Have you ever been lonely? (have you ever been blue) | W. Lee O'Daniel and his Hillbilly Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | LA2314 | 10-in. | 8/20/1940 | The call of the canyon | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | composer, lyricist | |
Edison | 8033 | 10-in. | 5/31/1921 | Sleepy head | Orlando's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 9757 | 10-in. | 10/1/1924 | Rock-a-bye my baby blues | Frank Kamplain | Male vocal solo and yodeling, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 10020 | 10-in. | 3/25/1924 | The west, a nest, and you | Harry Osborne | Piano solo | composer | |
Gramophone | 0EA627 | 10-in. | 4/3/1936 | Ev'rything has changed but you | Jimmy Messini ; Teddy Joyce Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Gramophone | 0EA1918 | 10-in. | 7/3/1935 | The Oregon Trail | Jack Jackson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | lyricist | |
Gramophone | 0B5903 | 10-in. | 12/14/1933 | Wagon wheels | Paul Robeson | Bass vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Decca | L 3071 | 10-in. | 6/27/1942 | My little prairie flower | Texas Jim Lewis and his Lone Star Cowboys | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | L 3072 | 10-in. | 6/27/1942 | Midnight flyer | Texas Jim Lewis and his Lone Star Cowboys | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | L 3073 | 10-in. | 6/27/1942 | I've found somebcdy new | Texas Jim Lewis and his Lone Star Cowboys | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | L 3074 | 10-in. | 6/27/1942 | Hitch old dobbin to the shay again | Texas Jim Lewis and his Lone Star Cowboys | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hill, Billy," accessed September 15, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108756.
Hill, Billy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 15, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108756.
"Hill, Billy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 15 September 2024.
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LCNAR: Hill, Billy, 1899-1940 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89004667
Wikidata: Billy Hill - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4912712
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/31551634
MusicBrainz: Billy Hill - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a823be3f-9125-476b-89d5-7712a5eb8b01
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