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 51-75 of 266 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 67264 | 10-in. | 3/4/1940 | Moments in the moonlight | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67265 | 10-in. | 3/4/1940 | Say it | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67266 | 10-in. | 3/4/1940 | An angel in disguise | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67335 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | Fools rush in | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67336 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | From another world | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67337 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | Over the waves | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67338 | 10-in. | 3/18/1940 | Cecilia | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67399 | 10-in. | 3/26/1940 | Believing | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67400 | 10-in. | 3/26/1940 | This is the beginning of the end | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67401 | 10-in. | 3/26/1940 | Ja-da | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67402 | 10-in. | 3/26/1940 | Sweet Genevieve | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67403 | 10-in. | 3/26/1940 | Shortnin' bread | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67473 | 10-in. | 4/3/1940 | Embraceable you | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67474 | 10-in. | 4/3/1940 | I'm nobody's baby | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67475 | 10-in. | 4/3/1940 | Sympathy | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 67476 | 10-in. | 4/3/1940 | Speak easy | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 73312 | 1/28/1946 | Soft lights and sweet music | Bobby Hackett Orchestra | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | |||
| Decca | 72692 | 10-in. | 1/14/1945 | Jodie man | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 72693 | 10-in. | 1/14/1945 | I wonder-1 | Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | ||
| Decca | 73006 | 10-in. | 8/14/1945 | Don't explain | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 73007 | 8/14/1945 | Big stuff-1,3 | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, clarinet, alto saxophone | |||
| Decca | 73008 | 10-in. | 8/14/1945 | You better go now-2 | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 73009 | 10-in. | 8/14/1945 | What is this thing called love? | Billie Holiday | instrumentalist, alto saxophone | ||
| Decca | 73285 | 1/18/1946 | You won't be satisfied | Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, clarinet, alto saxophone | |||
| Decca | 73286 | 1/18/1946 | The frim fram sauce | Louis Armstrong ; Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, clarinet, alto saxophone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Stegmeyer, Bill," accessed July 7, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/209797.
Stegmeyer, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/209797.
"Stegmeyer, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 July 2024.
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