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Billy May (10 Nov 1916 - 22 Jan 2004)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (16)

Official

Album

  1. Big Band Bash! 1952
  2. A Band Is Born 1952
  3. The Girls and Boys of Broadway 1960
  4. Bill's Bag 1963
  5. Today 1966
  6. The Girls & Boys on Broadway / The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds of 'No Strings' 09 Jun 1997
  7. Naughty Operetta / Plays for Fancy Dancin' 30 Oct 2000
  8. A Band Is Born / Big Band Bash 2000
  9. You May Swing (2021 Remastered Version) 30 Jul 2021
  10. Big Fat Brass

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Johnny Cool 1963
  2. The Green Hornet 1966

Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of "The Capitol Years" 1993
  2. Big Fat Brass / Bill's Bag 01 Oct 2001

Relationships (3)

Collaborator On

  1. The Out‐Islanders

Member Of

  1. Billy May & His Orchestra original
  2. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

Recordings by (314)

  1. Lean Baby 3:16 (1952)
  2. There Is No Greater Love 2:36 (1952)
  3. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan 2:55 (1952)
  4. Mayhem 2:46 (1952)
  5. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street 2:48 (1952)
  6. You're Driving Me Crazy 3:00 (1952)
  7. When Your Lover Has Gone 3:15 (1952)
  8. Perfidia 3:02 (1952)
  9. My Last Affair 2:43 (1952)
  10. Diane 2:21 (1952)
  11. Please Be Kind 2:34 (1952)
  12. Tenderly 2:28 (1952)
  13. Orchids in the Moonlight 2:26 (1952)
  14. Charmaine 3:04 (1952)
  15. Unforgettable 2:38 (1952)
  16. Fat Man Boogie 3:00 (1952)
  17. The Girls Against the Boys 1:39 (1960)
  18. My Darling 2:20 (1960)
  19. If I Were a Bell 2:15 (1960)
  20. Where Did We Go? Out. 2:30 (1960)
  21. Guys and Dolls 1:28 (1960)
  22. Rich Butterfly 2:00 (1960)
  23. Heart 2:30 (1960)
  24. Old Fashioned Girl 1:50 (1960)
  25. Till There Was You 2:44 (1960)
  26. Girls and Boys 1:31 (1960)
  27. I've Never Been in Love 2:25 (1960)
  28. I Gotta Have You 2:21 (1960)
  29. Huguette Waltz ?:?? (1962)
  30. It Happened in Monterey ?:?? (1962)
  31. Lemon Twist ?:?? (1962)
  32. Say It Isn’t So ?:?? (1962)
  33. The March of the Toys ?:?? (1962)
  34. Makin’ Whoopee! ?:?? (1962)
  35. The Man With the Golden Arm ?:?? (1962)
  36. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise ?:?? (1962)
  37. I’ll Never Say ‘Never Again’ Again ?:?? (1962)
  38. The Lizard 2:38 (1963)
  39. Window Washer 2:37 (1963)
  40. Dare's Affair 2:40 (1963)
  41. Borrow A Knife 1:47 (1963)
  42. Johnny Cool Theme 2:19 (1963)
  43. Morning In Balboa 2:14 (1963)
  44. Nice Quiet Saloon 2:35 (1963)
  45. Green Tables Blues 3:16 (1963)
  46. The Coolest Pad 3:18 (1963)
  47. Juan Coolisto 2:19 (1963)
  48. Bee Boom 2:14 (1963)
  49. The Ballad Of Johnny Cool 2:58 (1963)
  50. A Vision of Sugar Plums (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies) ?:?? (1963)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. (Stay Up "Stan") The All Night Record Man 2:41 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (Aug 1939)
  2. Cherokee 3:27 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (Aug 1939)
  3. Delilah ?:?? Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Dec 1941)
  4. What Does It Take 2:47 Nat King Cole (Apr 1952)
  5. Walkin’ My Baby Back Home 2:40 Nat King Cole (1952)
  6. Open Up the Doghouse (Two Cats Are Comin’ in) 2:27 Nat King Cole & Dean Martin (Dec 1954)
  7. Long, Long Ago 2:19 Dean Martin & Nat King Cole (Dec 1954)
  8. How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me? 2:44 Frank Sinatra (1954)
  9. I’m Hurtin’ 2:50 Nat King Cole (1954)
  10. Purple 4:21 Frank Sinatra (01 Jan 1956)
  11. Angel Eyes 3:15 Nat King Cole (1956)
  12. Send for Me 2:38 Nat King Cole (06 Jun 1957)
  13. Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You 4:37 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  14. If I Should Lose You 2:41 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  15. Medley: As Long as I Live / Let's Live Again 3:56 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  16. The Folks Who Live on the Hill 4:33 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  17. Starlight Souvenirs 3:29 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  18. What Is There to Say 2:47 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  19. Black Satin 2:39 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  20. You Don't Know What Love Is 2:59 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  21. One Morning in May 2:34 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  22. Moon Song 2:41 The George Shearing Quintet (Aug 1957)
  23. Come Fly With Me 3:18 Frank Sinatra (06 Jan 1958)

Conducted

  1. What Does It Take 2:47 Nat King Cole (Apr 1952)
  2. Walkin’ My Baby Back Home 2:40 Nat King Cole (1952)
  3. Lover, Come Back to Me 2:27 Nat King Cole (1953)
  4. Open Up the Doghouse (Two Cats Are Comin’ in) 2:27 Nat King Cole & Dean Martin (Dec 1954)
  5. Long, Long Ago 2:19 Dean Martin & Nat King Cole (Dec 1954)
  6. I’m Hurtin’ 2:50 Nat King Cole (1954)
  7. Angel Eyes 3:15 Nat King Cole (1956)
  8. Send for Me 2:38 Nat King Cole (06 Jun 1957)
  9. Come Fly With Me 3:18 Frank Sinatra (06 Jan 1958)
  10. Brazil 3:03 Frank Sinatra (06 Jan 1958)

Instruments

  1. Cherokee 3:27 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (Aug 1939) trumpet
  2. (Stay Up "Stan") The All Night Record Man 2:41 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (Aug 1939) trumpet
  3. I Don't Want to Cry Anymore ?:?? Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (1940) trumpet
  4. And So Do I 3:05 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (1940) trumpet
  5. Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga 2:53 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (1940) trumpet
  6. It's the Last Time I'll Fall in Love 3:02 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (1940) trumpet
  7. Pompton Turnpike ?:?? Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (1940) trumpet
  8. Song of the Volga Boatmen ?:?? Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Feb 1941) trumpet
  9. Chattanooga Choo Choo (from the 20th Century‐Fox film “Sun Valley Serenade”) 3:04 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Jun 1941) trumpet
  10. I Know Why (from the 20th Century‐Fox film “Sun Valley Serenade”) ?:?? Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Jun 1941) trumpet
  11. Delilah ?:?? Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Dec 1941) trumpet
  12. Elmer’s Tune ?:?? Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Dec 1941) trumpet
  13. American Patrol ?:?? Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (1942) trumpet
  14. Cassanova's Lament 2:57 The Capitol Jazzmen (1944) trumpet
  15. In My Solitude 2:58 The Capitol Jazzmen (1944) trumpet
  16. I'm Sorry, I Made You Cry 2:54 The Capitol Jazzmen (1944) trumpet
  17. What More Can a Woman Do 2:46 Peggy Lee (1945) trumpet

Credited as (23)

  1. Billy May
  2. Billy May & Les Baxter
  3. Billy May & Milton Raskin
  4. Mel Tormé & Billy May
  5. Al Caiola & Billy May
  6. Billy May / Alessandro Cicognini
  7. A. Livingston & B. May
  8. George Shearing / Billy May
  9. Al Hirt With Orchestra Arranged and Conducted By Billy May
  10. George Shearing & Billy May
  11. The Four Preps with Orchestra conducted by Billy May
  12. Anita O’Day & Billy May
  13. Billy May & Alan Livingston
  14. Billy May, Glen Gray
  15. Anita O’Day with Billy May
  16. Danny Kaye / Billy May
  17. Billy May & Leroy Holmes
  18. Billy May / Barry Forgie
  19. Ella Fitzgerald with Billy May and Benny Carter
  20. "Tennessee" Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Billy May
  21. "Tennessee" Ernie Ford with Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Billy May
  22. George Shearing, Billy May
  23. Ella Fitzgerald & Billy May

Works (24)

Arranged

  1. Green Chri$tma$
  2. All of Me

Wrote

  1. Holiday Cheer
  2. Ooh, Kickeroonie
  3. I Taut I Taw a Puddy Tat
  4. Yosemite Sam

Composed

  1. Brushed Off
  2. Purple
  3. Lookin' Fly
  4. Long Tall Mama
  5. Chicago
  6. Naked City (Somewhere in the Night)
  7. Green Hornet
  8. Hi-Fi
  9. Fat Man Boogie
  10. Mayhem
  11. Gopher
  12. Goomba boomba
  13. Five Bottles Mambo
  14. Jungla
  15. My Lean Baby
  16. Lean Baby
  17. Bo mambo

Orchestrated

  1. I Can Dream, Can’t I

Links (15)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13897253n
  2. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=83653
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119188880
  4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104862
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85072634
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85072634
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xh069w
  8. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1177393
  9. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/billy_may

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/254886

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000769388

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561877/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/112757306

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713273

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/30883