Billy Williamson
William Famous Williamson (February 9, 1925 – March 22, 1996) was the American steel guitar player for Bill Haley and His Saddlemen, and its successor group Bill Haley & His Comets, from 1949 to 1963. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 9, 1925 (Conshohocken), Died March 22, 1996
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1959
Roles Represented in DAHR: steel guitar, vocalist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | D9AB-1828 | 10-in. | 7/14/1949 | Tennesse polka | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9AB-1829 | 10-in. | 7/14/1949 | Wedding bells | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9AB-1830 | 10-in. | 7/14/1949 | Country boy | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9AB-1831 | 10-in. | 7/14/1949 | Hadacol boogie | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9AB-2141 | 10-in. | 8/11/1949 | Mind your own business | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9AB-2142 | 10-in. | 8/11/1949 | Why don't you haul off and love me | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] ; Jesse Rogers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-2143 | 10-in. | 8/11/1949 | I wasted a nickel | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] ; Jesse Rogers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9AB-2553 | 10-in. | 11/23/1949 | Cry-baby heart | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] ; Jesse Rogers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9AB-2554 | 10-in. | 11/23/1949 | (I won't go huntin', Jake) but I'll go chasin' women | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] ; Jesse Rogers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9AB-2580 | 10-in. | 11/23/1949 | Plain old lovin' | '49ers [Jesse Rogers] | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Atlantic | 522 | 10-in. | 10/31/1950 | I'm gonna dry ev'ry tear with a kiss | Bill Haley ; Saddle Men (Music group) ; Billy Williamson | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Atlantic | 523 | 10-in. | 10/31/1950 | Why do I cry over you? | Bill Haley ; Saddle Men (Music group) | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 86163 | 4/12/1954 | (We're gonna) Rock around the clock | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 86164 | 4/12/1954 | Thirteen women (and only one man in town) | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 86380 | 6/7/1954 | Shake, rattle and roll | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 86381 | 6/7/1954 | A.B.C. boogie | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 86809 | 9/21/1954 | Happy baby | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 86810 | 9/21/1954 | Dim, dim the lights (I want some atmosphere)-1 | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 87325 | 1/5/1955 | Birth of the boogie-1 | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 87326 | 1/5/1955 | Mambo rock | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 87921 | 5/10/1955 | Two hound dogs | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 87922 | 5/10/1955 | Razzle dazzle | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 88690 | 9/22/1955 | R-O-C-K | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 88691 | 9/22/1955 | Rock-a-beatin' boogie | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 88692 | 9/23/1955 | The Saints rock 'n' roll | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 88693 | 9/23/1955 | Burn that candle | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 88995 | 12/12/1955 | See you later, alligator | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 88996 | 12/12/1955 | The paper boy (on Main Street, U.S.A.) | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89594 | 3/23/1956 | Goofin' around | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 89595 | 3/23/1956 | Rudy's rock | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89596 | 3/23/1956 | Hide and seek-1 | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89597 | 3/23/1956 | Hey then, there now | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89598 | 3/23/1956 | Tonight's the night | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 89599 | 3/23/1956 | Hook, line and sinker | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89611 | 3/27/1956 | Blue comet blues | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89612 | 3/27/1956 | Calling all comets | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89613 | 3/27/1956 | Choo choo ch'boogie | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89614 | 3/30/1956 | A rockin' little tune | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89615 | 3/30/1956 | Hot dog buddy buddy | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 89616 | 3/30/1956 | Rockin' through the rye | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 100316 | 7/12/1956 | Teenager's mother | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 100317 | 7/12/1956 | Rip it up-1 ; Rip it up-2 | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 100702 | 10/4/1956 | Don't knock the rock | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 100703 | 10/4/1956 | Forty cups of coffee | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102039 | 3/22/1957 | Miss you | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102040 | 3/22/1957 | (You hit the wrong note) Billy goat | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102041 | 3/22/1957 | Rockin' rollin' rover | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102042 | 3/25/1957 | Please don't talk about me when I'm gone | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102043 | 3/25/1957 | You can't stop me from dreaming | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102044 | 3/25/1957 | I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102045 | 3/25/1957 | Rock Lomond | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102046 | 3/29/1957 | Is it true what they say about Dixie? | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102047 | 3/29/1957 | Carolina in the morning | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102048 | 3/29/1957 | The dipsy doodle | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102049 | 3/29/1957 | Ain't misbehavin' (I'm savin' my love for you) | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102050 | 3/29/1957 | The beak 'speaks' | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102160 | 4/3/1957 | Moon over Miami | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102161 | 4/3/1957 | One sweet letter from you | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102162 | 4/3/1957 | (I' ll be with you in) Apple blossom time | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102163 | 4/3/1957 | Somebody else is taking my place | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102888 | 7/15/1957 | How many? | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102889 | 7/15/1957 | Move it on over | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 102890 | 7/15/1957 | Rock the joint | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103635 | 11/8/1957 | Me rock-a-hula | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103636 | 11/8/1957 | Rockin' Rita | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103637 | 11/8/1957 | Jamaica D.J. | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 103652 | 11/12/1957 | Piccadilly rock | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103653 | 11/12/1957 | Pretty alouette | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103654 | 11/12/1957 | Rockin' rollin' schnitzlebank | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103677 | 11/15/1957 | Rockin' Matilda (Waltzing Matilda) | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103678 | 11/15/1957 | Vive le rock and roll | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103725 | 11/19/1957 | It's a sin | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103726 | 11/19/1957 | Mary, Mary Lou | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103727 | 11/19/1957 | El rocko | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103728 | 11/19/1957 | Come rock with me | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103733 | 11/21/1957 | Oriental rock | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 103734 | 11/21/1957 | Wooden shoe rock | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 104284 | 2/6/1958 | The walking beat | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 104285 | 2/6/1958 | Skinny Minnie | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 104286 | 2/6/1958 | Sway with me | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 104287 | 2/7/1958 | Lean jean | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 104288 | 2/7/1958 | Don't nobody move | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105063 | 6/3/1958 | Joey's song (stereo) ; Joey's song (mono) | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105064 | 6/3/1958 | Chiquita Linda (Un poquito de tu amor) | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105118 | 6/9/1958 | Dinah | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105119 | 6/9/1958 | Ida, sweet as apple cider | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105120 | 6/12/1958 | Whoa Mabel! | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105121 | 6/12/1958 | Marie | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105126 | 6/12/1958 | Eloise | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105127 | 6/12/1958 | Corrine, Corrina-1 ; Corrine, Corrina-2 | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105174 | 6/18/1958 | B.B. Betty | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 105175 | 6/18/1958 | Sweet Sue, just you | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 105176 | 6/18/1958 | Charmaine | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 106322 | 1/7/1959 | The dragon rock | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 106323 | 1/7/1959 | A.B.C. rock-1 | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 106324 | 1/7/1959 | The cat walk (Instrumental) | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 106416 | 1/29/1959 | I got a woman | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 106417 | 1/29/1959 | (Now and then) There's a fool such as I | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 106418 | 1/29/1959 | Be by me | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 106419 | 1/29/1959 | Where did you go last night? | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 107440 | 4/27/1959 | Caldonia-1 | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 107441 | 4/27/1959 | Shaky (instr. ) | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 107643 | 6/19/1959 | Ooh! Look-a-there, ain't she pretty-1 | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 107644 | 6/19/1959 | (Thanks for the) Summer souvenir | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 108122 | 9/17/1959 | Puerto Rican peddler | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 108123 | 9/17/1959 | (Put another nickel in the jukebox) Music, music, music! | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 108124 | 9/23/1959 | Skokiaan | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 108125 | 9/23/1959 | Drowsy waters | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 108126 | 9/24/1959 | Two shadows | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 108127 | 9/24/1959 | In a little Spanish town ('Twas on a night like this) | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 108128 | 9/24/1959 | Strictly instrumental | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 108129 | 9/24/1959 | Mack the knife | Comets ; Bill Haley | instrumentalist, steel guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williamson, Billy," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/211111.
Williamson, Billy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/211111.
"Williamson, Billy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Williamson, Billy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98025416
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