Will Bradley
Wilbur Schwichtenberg (July 12, 1912 – July 15, 1989), known professionally as Will Bradley, was an American trombonist and bandleader during the 1930s and 1940s. He performed swing, dance music, and boogie-woogie songs, many of them written or co-written by Don Raye. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 12, 1912 (New Jersey), Died July 15, 1989 (Flemington)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1955
Roles Represented in DAHR: trombone
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-011669 | 10-in. | 8/6/1937 | Till the clock strikes three | Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BS-011670 | 10-in. | 8/6/1937 | Make a wish | Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BS-011671 | 10-in. | 8/6/1937 | My campfire dreams | Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | BS-011672 | 10-in. | 8/6/1937 | So many memories | Stuart Allen ; Richard Himber ; Ritz-Carlton Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0274 | 10-in. | 4/21/1947 | Just a bum | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0275 | 10-in. | 4/21/1947 | Louise | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0276 | 10-in. | 4/21/1947 | Place Pigalle | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0277 | 10-in. | 4/21/1947 | Weeping Willie | Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0278 | 10-in. | 4/22/1947 | Quai de bercy | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0279 | 10-in. | 4/22/1947 | Quai de bercy | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0280 | 10-in. | 4/22/1947 | Vingt ans | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0281 | 10-in. | 4/22/1947 | Vingt ans | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0878 | 10-in. | 5/19/1947 | A Bercelone | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0879 | 10-in. | 5/19/1947 | You're in my dreams | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0880 | 10-in. | 5/19/1947 | Valentine | Maurice Chevalier ; Henri René Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D7FB-0881 | 10-in. | 5/19/1947 | Valentine | Maurice Chevalier | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D9VB-2828 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Untitled | Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D9VB-2829 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Some enchanted evening | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D9VB-2857 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Oh, what a beautiful mornin' | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D9VB-2858 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | What's the use of wond'rin' | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D9AB-2859 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Leave it to love | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Victor | D9AB-2860 | 10-in. | 12/29/1949 | Farewell, Amanda | Harry Prime ; Ralph Flanagan Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trombone | |
| Atlantic | 238 | 10-in. | 5/25/1949 | It's raining | Ruth Brown ; Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Atlantic | 239 | 10-in. | 5/25/1949 | So long | Ruth Brown ; Eddie Condon Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Atlantic | 439 | 10-in. | 6/13/1950 | I'm nobody's baby | Dorothy Ann "Dottie" Dillard ; Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Atlantic | 440 | 10-in. | 6/13/1950 | June night | Dorothy Ann "Dottie" Dillard ; Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 39696 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | Let's swing it | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 39697 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | You're so darn charming | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 39698 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | My very good friend the milkman | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 39699 | 10-in. | 7/11/1935 | Double trouble | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 60029 | 10-in. | 10/8/1935 | Top hat, white tie and tails | Boswell Sisters | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 60030 | 10-in. | 10/8/1935 | Cheek to cheek | Boswell Sisters | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 60194 | 10-in. | 12/4/1935 | When a great love comes along | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 60195 | 10-in. | 12/4/1935 | Yankee Doodle never went to | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 60196 | 10-in. | 12/4/1935 | No other one | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 60197 | 10-in. | 12/4/1935 | A little bit independent | Babs and her Brothers | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 60463 | 10-in. | 2/12/1936 | Let yourself go | Boswell Sisters | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 60464 | 10-in. | 2/12/1936 | I'm putting all my eggs in one basket | Boswell Sisters | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 72756 | 10-in. | 3/5/1945 | Little Jazz boogie | Roy Eldridge Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 72757 | 10-in. | 3/5/1945 | Embraceable you | Roy Eldridge Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 73818 | 3/19/1947 | A Sunday kind of love | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 73819 | 3/19/1947 | That's my desire | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 73820 | 3/19/1947 | Oh, lady be good | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 74000 | 7/11/1947 | You're breakin' in a new heart | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 74013 | 7/22/1947 | Don't you think I oughta know? | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 74014 | 7/22/1947 | You're breakin' in a new heart | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 75227 | 9/6/1949 | That lucky old sun | Louis Armstrong ; Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 75228 | 9/6/1949 | Blueberry hill-1 | Louis Armstrong ; Gordon Jenkins and his Chorus and Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 75868 | 2/17/1950 | That's a plenty | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 75869 | 2/17/1950 | If you can't get a drum with a boom-1 | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 75870 | 2/17/1950 | Rose room | Bob Crosby Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 75871 | 2/17/1950 | When my sugar walks down the street-2 | Bob Crosby's Bob Cats | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76434 | 5/31/1950 | I love the guy | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76435 | 5/31/1950 | Just say I love her | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76669 | 7/19/1950 | Don't worry 'bout me | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76670 | 7/9/1950 | Blue again | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76671 | 7/19/1950 | It's a long way to Tipperary | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76672 | 7/19/1950 | Show me the way to go home | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76759 | 8/28/1950 | T.D.'s boogie woogie | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76760 | 8/28/1950 | Indian love call | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76761 | 8/29/1950 | Rainbow gal | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76762 | 8/29/1950 | Only a moment ago | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76763 | 8/29/1950 | Opus two | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76764 | 8/29/1950 | My moonlight Madonna | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76845 | 9/14/1950 | Jingle bells | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76846 | 9/14/1950 | Where or when | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 76847 | 9/14/1950 | Blue again | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 81328 | 8/1/1951 | The kissing bug boogie | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 81329 | 8/1/1951 | (I wouldn't be where I am) If you hadn't gone away | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 81330 | 8/1/1951 | Coral reef | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 81451 | 8/24/1951 | Shine on harvest moon | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 81452 | 8/24/1951 | Introduction to a waltz | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 81453 | 8/25/1951 | The dipsy doodle | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 81454 | 8/25/1951 | Flagwaver | Jerry Gray Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 82042 | 12/27/1951 | You're the only one I love | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 82043 | 12/27/1951 | Don't be that way | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 82255 | 2/6/1952 | Sahara's aide | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 82256 | 2/6/1952 | Always | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 82257 | 2/6/1952 | Cherokee | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 83644 | 11/14/1952 | Lake Placid | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 83645 | 11/14/1952 | Uncle Jim | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 83646 | 11/14/1952 | Waltzing on a cloud | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 83647 | 11/15/1952 | In Veradero-1 | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 83648 | 11/15/1952 | Falling in love all over again | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 83649 | 11/15/1952 | It's a happy holiday | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 83650 | 11/15/1952 | Two for a nickel, three for a dime | Neal Hefti Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 84736 | 6/22/1953 | Memphis blues | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 84737 | 6/22/1953 | Ol' shanks mare | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 84738 | 6/22/1953 | Rhythm-a-tic | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 84739 | 6/22/1953 | Long gone | Ray McKinley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 84799 | 7/2/1953 | These foolish things | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 84800 | 7/2/1953 | In the still of the night | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 84801 | 7/2/1953 | That old black magic | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 84802 | 7/2/1953 | I'll be seeing you | Artie Shaw Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 88435 | 8/1/1955 | Soldier boy | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 88436 | 8/1/1955 | A satisfied mind | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 88456 | 8/5/1955 | My one and only love | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 88457 | 8/5/1955 | The impatient years | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 88458 | 8/5/1955 | But not like mine | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 88459 | 8/5/1955 | The tender trap | Ella Fitzgerald | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Signature | SRC 108 | 10-in. | 2/12/1945 | Sugar | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 109 | 10-in. | 2/12/1945 | Sensation rag | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 281 | 10-in. | 1946 | Etude Brutus | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 289 | 10-in. | 1946 | If I'm lucky | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 290 | 10-in. | 1946 | Sooner or later | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 291 | 10-in. | 1946 | Turn the knob on the left to the right | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 417 | 10-in. | 1947 | If there is someone lovelier | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 418 | 10-in. | 1947 | Celery stalks at midnight | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 419 | 10-in. | 1947 | Easy ride | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 514 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Lonely moments | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 515 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Bop 'n' boogie | Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 564 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | What is this thing called love? | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 565 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | Hi ho trailus boot whip | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 566 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | I told ya I love ya | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | SRC 567 | 10-in. | approximately 1947 | It's different when it happens to you | Anita O'Day | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Decca | 12SRC101 | 12-in. | 2/12/1945 | Davenport blues | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone | ||
| Signature | BOB-5 | 6/7/1944 | Oh, lady be good | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Signature | BOB-6 | 6/7/1944 | Noteworthy blues | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Signature | BT-101 | 6/7/1944 | I've found a new baby | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Signature | BT-102 | 6/7/1944 | Jazz me blues | Yank Lawson and his Jazz Band | instrumentalist, trombone | |||
| Decca | 12SRC100 | 12-in. | 2/12/1945 | Lady be good | Yank Lawson Orchestra | instrumentalist, trombone |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bradley, Will," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/305344.
Bradley, Will. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/305344.
"Bradley, Will." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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