Billy Meyers
Birth and Death Data: Born July 29, 1894, Died January 28, 1972
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, composer, lyricist, vocalist
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-28535 | 10-in. | 9/6/1923 | The house of David blues | Ross Gorman ; Virginians | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-28863 | 10-in. | 11/1/1923 | Blue grass blues | David H. Silverman Orchestra ; Dave Silverman | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | B-30109 | 10-in. | 5/15/1924 | Nobody's sweetheart | Charles Dornberger Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | B-30248 | 10-in. | 6/5/1924 | Nobody's sweetheart | Billy Murray ; Aileen Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Victor | B-32254 | 10-in. | 3/25/1925 | Oh! That sweet in suite sixteen | Charles Dornberger Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-33618 | 10-in. | 11/19/1925 | Everybody stomp! | Art Landry Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-36061 | 10-in. | 8/23/1926 | Nightmare | Savoy Bearcats | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BAVE-44410 | 10-in. | winter 1928 | Me encontré una herradura | Orquesta Adolfo Carabelli | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-46400 | 10-in. | 7/12/1928 | Nobody's sweetheart | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (scat) | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-48126 | 10-in. | 11/6/1928 | Nobody's sweetheart | Pets ; Jack Pettis | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-51694 | 10-in. | 5/9/1929 | Bugle call blues | Pets ; Jack Pettis | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BRC-71839 | 10-in. | 2/9/1932 | Bugle call rag | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-71922 | 10-in. | 3/8/1932 | Bugle call rag | Log Cabin Four | Vocal quartet, with guitar | songwriter | |
| Victor | CS-74878 | 12-in. | 12/21/1932 | Medley of Armstrong hits | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and trumpet solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | LBS-74879 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 12/21/1932 | Medley of Armstrong hits | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and trumpet solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-76243 | 10-in. | 6/1/1933 | Nobody's sweetheart | Georgia Washboard Stompers ; David Page | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-76251 | 10-in. | 6/1/1933 | Nobody's sweetheart | David Page ; Washboard Rhythm Kings | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-77977 | 10-in. | 9/21/1933 | Nobody's sweetheart now | Gene Austin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-92579 | 10-in. | 7/9/1935 | I'm nobody's sweetheart now | Paul Whiteman Orchestra ; Jack Teagarden | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-100501 | 10-in. | 4/27/1936 | Nobody's sweetheart | Benny Goodman Trio | Jazz/dance trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | PBVE-136 | 10-in. | 9/4/1925 | Everybody stomp | Glen Oswald Serenaders ; Glen Oswald | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-02460 | 10-in. | 11/5/1936 | Bugle call rag | Benny Goodman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-02706 | 10-in. | 10/19/1936 | Nobody's sweetheart | Vernon Geyer | Organ solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-037716 | 10-in. | 6/16/1939 | Bugle call rag | Art Hinett Threesome | Instrumental trio | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-048964 | 10-in. | 4/28/1940 | Bugle call rag | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-060331 | 10-in. | 1/16/1941 | Bugle call rag | Metronome All Star Band | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Victor | BRC-Test-478 | 10-in. | 11/16/1931 | Nobody's sweetheart | Palmer Brothers | Male vocal quartet, with trumpet | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 80919 | 10-in. | 3/30/1923 | Bugle call rag | Frank Westphal Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 81043 | 10-in. | 5/30/1923 | Blue grass blues | Chicago Blues Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 81044 | 10-in. | 5/30/1923 | House of David blues | Chicago Blues Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 81606 | 10-in. | 3/5/1924 | Nobody's sweetheart | Frank Westphal Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W141862 | 10-in. | 3/25/1926 | Spanish shawl | Blossom Seeley | Male vocal solo, with 2 pianos | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W142052 | 10-in. | 4/20/1926 | Peg leg stomp | Hal Kemp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W142950 | 10-in. | 11/22/1926 | Bugle call rag | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W143090 | 10-in. | 11/6/1926 | House of David blues | McMichen's Melody Men | Instrumental trio | composer | |
| Columbia | 145490 | 10-in. | 1/9/1928 | Bugle call rag | Washingtonians | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | 145494 | 10-in. | 1/10/1928 | I found a horseshoe | Night Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Columbia | 145526 | 10-in. | 1/13/1928 | What can a poor fellow do | Original Indiana Five | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W145859 | 10-in. | 3/30/1928 | Hum and strum (Do, do, do, that's what I do) | 14 Doctors of Syncopation ; Doc Cook | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
| Columbia | W146465 | 10-in. | 6/20/1928 | Nobody's sweetheart | Vic Meyers' Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W149123 | 10-in. | 10/9/1929 | Nobody's sweetheart | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | [W]149733 | 10-in. | 1/4/1930 | Nobody's sweetheart | Sammy Fain ; Hotel Pennsylvania Music [Lloyd Keating and his Music] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W151506 | 10-in. | 4/10/1931 | The nightmare | Clyde McCoy Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W151823 | 10-in. | 12/31/1930 | Bugle call rag | Chocolate Dandies | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W152477 | 10-in. | 8/22/1933 | Nobody's sweetheart | Drake Hotel Orchestra ; Clyde McCoy | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | C1114 | 10-in. | 10/28/1935 | Everybody stomp | Hoosier Hot Shots | Instrumental quartet, with vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 9050 | 10-in. | Apr. 1925 | Oh that sweet in Suite 16 | Atlanta Melody Artists ; Vic Meyers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-72484 | 10-in. | Apr. 1924 | Blue grass blues | Seminole Syncopators | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | W81775 | 10-in. | 11/3/1927 | What can a poor fellow do? | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | W82082 | 10-in. | 12/16/1927 | Nobody's sweetheart | McKenzie and Condon's Chicagoans | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| OKeh | W400963 | 10-in. | 6/28/1928 | Spanish shawl | The Three Jacks | Instrumental trio, with male vocal trio (Hawaiian) | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | 11865 | 10-in. | 11/13/1923 | Blue grass blues | Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 11861-11864 | 10-in. | 11/12/1923 | Blue grass blues | Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | 12722-12724 | 10-in. | 3/24/1924 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Margaret Young | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E27305 | 10-in. | 4/9/1928 | Hum and strum (Do, do, do, that's what I do) | Dick Robertson ; Ed Smalle | Male vocal duet, with violin and piano | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | XE31010 | 12-in. | 9/27/1929 | Brunswick brevities program H, part 1 | Hotsy Totsy Gang ; Irving Mills | Radio transcription disc : Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E32403 | 10-in. | 3/21/1930 | Railroad man | Hotsy Totsy Gang ; Irving Mills | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | composer | |
| Brunswick | E35881 | 10-in. | 12/23/1930 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Cab Calloway Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E36926 | 10-in. | 7/17/1931 | The House of David blues | Connie’s Inn Orchestra [Fletcher Henderson Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E37220 | 10-in. | 9/23/1931 | Bugle call rag | Cab Calloway Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | TE37231 | 10-in. | 9/25/1931 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Mills Brothers | Male vocal quartet, with guitar | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E37288 | 10-in. | 10/9/1931 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Mills Brothers | Male vocal quartet, with guitar | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E7168-E7169 | 10-in. | 2/25/1928 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E16688-E16691 | 10-in. | 10/14/1925 | Everybody stomp! | Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Brunswick | E17806-E17809 | 10-in. | 1/31/1926 | Spanish shawl | Wendell W. Hall | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E17817-E17819 | 10-in. | 2/1/1926 | Too bad | Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E21717-E21719 | 10-in. | 3/3/1927 | Bugle call rag | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | C4773 | 10-in. | 12/1/1929 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | C4774 | 10-in. | 12/1/1929 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | C4775 | 10-in. | 12/1/1929 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Marion Harris | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | Ch56-Ch58 | 10-in. | 2/22/1924 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | Ch171-Ch173 | 10-in. | 9/15/1924 | Land o’ Lingo blues | Isham Jones Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | C650-C651 | 10-in. | 9/17/1926 | Nightmare | Elgar's Creole Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | C1666-C1667 | 10-in. | 1/24/1928 | Nobody’s sweetheart | Louisiana Rhythm Kings | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | 1350W-1352W | 10-in. | 9/15/1925 | Everybody stomp! | Tennessee Tooters | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 4840 | 10-in. | 7/3/1916 | Bugle call rag | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Edison | 10641 | 10-in. | 10/19/1925 | Everybody stomp | Bud Lincoln Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Edison | 11294 | 10-in. | 11/11/1926 | The nightmare | Hotel Commodore Dance Orchestra ; Bernhard Levitow | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Gramophone | 0LA1884 | 10-in. | 7/7/1937 | Bugle call rag | Dicky Wells Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Meyers, Billy," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/101168.
Meyers, Billy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/101168.
"Meyers, Billy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Meyers, Billy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007070108
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