Bill Davies

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, lyricist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-100885 10-in. 8/4/1936 Knock, knock, who's there? Ed Cuffee ; Roy Eldridge ; Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet lyricist  
Victor BS-102427 10-in. 8/7/1936 Knock, knock, who's there? Dolly Dawn and her Dawn Patrol Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble lyricist  
Victor D9VB-0502 10-in. 1/6/1949 Knock knock (who's there?) City Slickers ; Sir Frederick Gas ; I. W. Harper and the Four Fifths ; Spike Jones ; Dick Morgan ; Freddy Morgan ; George Rock ; Doodles Weaver Vocal ensemble, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Decca 66782 10-in. 10/18/1939 Speaking of heaven Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 66783 10-in. 10/18/1939 Make with the kisses Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 66784 10-in. 10/18/1939 Can't we be friends? Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 66969 10-in. 12/14/1939 If it wasn't for the moon Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 66970 10-in. 12/14/1939 Two little doodle bugs Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 66971 10-in. 12/14/1939 One cigarette for two Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 66972 10-in. 12/14/1939 How many times? Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 66973 10-in. 12/14/1939 Barnyard cakewalk Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 67191 10-in. 2/14/1940 'Way back in 1939 A.D. Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 67192 10-in. 2/14/1940 How can you pretend ? Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 67193 10-in. 2/14/1940 Easy does it Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 67194 10-in. 2/14/1940 Busy as a bee Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 67455 10-in. 4/2/1940 Thinking of you Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 67456 10-in. 4/2/1940 'Deed I do Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 67457 10-in. 4/2/1940 If I could be the dummy on your knee Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 67458 10-in. 4/2/1940 Slow freight Bobby Byrne Orchestra instrumentalist, piano  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Davies, Bill," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/115042.

Davies, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/115042.

"Davies, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/115042

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