Bill Stegmeyer

Bill Stegmeyer (October 8, 1916 – August 19, 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist and arranger. Stegmeyer attended Transylvania College from 1934 to 1936, and following his studies played with Austin Wylie (1937), Glenn Miller (1938), and Bob Crosby (1939–40). In the 1940s, he did arrangement work and played clarinet (and occasionally, saxophone) with Billy Butterfield, Yank Lawson, Bobby Hackett, Will Bradley, and Billie Holiday (1945–47). He arranged for WXYZ, a Detroit radio station, from 1948 to 1950, and following this arranged for Your Hit Parade (1950–58) and CBS (early 1960s). In the 1950s he also continued to play jazz, with Lawson, Butterfield, Bob Haggart, Jimmy McPartland, and Ruby Braff. He died of cancer at age 51 in 1968. His only recordings as a leader were five tunes for Signature Records in 1945 and some V-Discs.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 8, 1916 (Detroit), Died August 19, 1968

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1962

Roles Represented in DAHR: clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, leader

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 266 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	64927	10-in.	1/23/1939	Skaters waltz in swingtime	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet
Decca	64928	10-in.	1/23/1939	Stomp off, let's go	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet
Decca	64929	10-in.	1/23/1939	Smokey Mary	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet
Decca	64930	10-in.	1/23/1939	South Rampart Street parade	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet
Decca	64931	10-in.	1/23/1939	Song of the wanderer	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet
Decca	64932	10-in.	1/23/1939	Cherry	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet
Decca	64933	10-in.	1/23/1939	Eye opener	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone, clarinet
Decca	65942	10-in.	7/10/1939	You and your love	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	65943	10-in.	7/10/1939	Melancholy mood	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	65998	10-in.	7/24/1939	Over the rainbow	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	65999	10-in.	7/24/1939	Oh you crazy moon	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66000	10-in.	7/24/1939	Day in, day out	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66220	10-in.	8/29/1939	Boogie woogie Maxixe	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66221	10-in.	8/29/1939	Blue orchids	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66222	10-in.	8/29/1939	The world is waiting for the sunrise	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66292	10-in.	9/6/1939	What used to was used to was	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66293	10-in.	9/6/1939	Lilacs in the rain	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66539	10-in.	9/11/1939	can I help it?	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66540	10-in.	9/11/1939	The starlit hour	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66666	10-in.	9/25/1939	The little man who wasn't there	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66667	10-in.	9/25/1939	(Why couldn't it last) Last night	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66702	10-in.	10/2/1939	Air mail stomp	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66791	10-in.	10/23/1939	I thought about you	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	66792	10-in.	10/23/1939	Happy birthday to love	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	66793	10-in.	10/23/1939	For dancers only	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, clarinet

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Stegmeyer, Bill," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/209797.

Stegmeyer, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/209797.

"Stegmeyer, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.