Billy Williams [1913-2001]
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1942 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, tenor saxophone, composer, songwriter, leader, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 71 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-074757 | 10-in. | 7/20/1942 | (I'm headin' for the blue horizon) Where the mountains meet the sky | Harvey Crawford ; Art Kassel ; Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-075545 | 10-in. | 7/9/1942 | (I'm headin' for the blue horizon) Where the mountains meet the sky | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and mixed vocal ensemble | vocalist, composer | |
Victor | D4VB-0313 | 10-in. | 11/13/1944 | You always hurt the one you love | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D4VB-0314 | 10-in. | 11/13/1944 | Don't fence me in | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D4VB-0479 | 10-in. | 12/18/1944 | I don't want to love you (like I do) | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D4VB-0480 | 10-in. | 12/18/1944 | Just a prayer away | Kaye Choir ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0024 | 10-in. | 1/8/1945 | What makes the sunset | Kaydets ; Sammy Kaye Orchestra ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quintet and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0026 | 10-in. | 1/8/1945 | I miss your kiss | Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quintet and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0027 | 10-in. | 1/8/1945 | All of my life | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0047 | 10-in. | 1/19/1945 | I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair | Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quintet and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0048 | 10-in. | 1/19/1945 | Beautiful dreamer | Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quintet and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0049 | 10-in. | 1/22/1945 | Her heart was made of stone | Kaydets ; Kaye Choir ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quintet, vocal chorus, and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0296 | 10-in. | 6/11/1945 | Good, good, good (that's you - that's you) | Nancy Norman ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0590 | 10-in. | 8/30/1945 | Chickery chick | Kaye Choir ; Nancy Norman ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Female-male vocal duet, with vocal choir and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0591 | 10-in. | 8/30/1945 | I lost my job again | Kaydets ; Chubby Silvers ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal duet, with female vocal group and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0656 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | It might as well be spring | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5AB-0658 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | When I marry I'll marry for love | Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist | |
Victor | D5AB-0659 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | You're nobody 'til somebody loves you | Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist | |
Victor | D5AB-0660 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | I'm headin' east | Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist, songwriter | |
Victor | D5AB-0661 | 10-in. | 10/2/1945 | Lonely corral, old pard'ner | Pecos River Rogues ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0770 | 10-in. | 5/24/1945 | My old Kentucky home | Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quintet and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0771 | 10-in. | 5/24/1945 | Come where my love lies dreaming | Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quintet and jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0773 | 10-in. | 5/24/1945 | I'll be walking with my honey (soon, soon, soon) | Nancy Norman ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Female-male vocal duet, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0775 | 10-in. | 6/6/1945 | Promises | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
Victor | D5VB-0776 | 10-in. | 6/6/1945 | Foster medley - finale | Kaydets ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] ; Arthur Wright | Male vocal solos, with female vocal quintet, vocal chorus, and jazz/dance band | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Billy [1913-2001]," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352632.
Williams, Billy [1913-2001]. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352632.
"Williams, Billy [1913-2001]." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Williams, Billy, 1913-2001 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008157740
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