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Bill Black's Combo

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Aliases
Bill Black
The Bill Black Combo
Bill Black Combo featuring Bob Tucker
Country
United States
Comments
In the early 1960s Bill Black became seriously ill and was not able to travel. In 1963 Bob Tucker joined Bill Black's Combo as guitar and bass player and road manager. After Bill Black's death in 1965, Bob Tucker took over as leader of the group.
Members
Bill Black Bass (1959-1965)
Bobby Emmons Piano & keyboard (1960-1963)
Ace Cannon Sax (1959-1961)
Jerry Arnold
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Covers by Bill Black's Combo

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   December 1959 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
i December 1959 Emmett Miller
i December 1959 Tab Smith - His Velvet Tenor and Orchestra
i   December 1959 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
i December 1959 Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
i February 1960 Dave Gardner
i May 1960 (unknown)
i May 1960 Wayne King and His Orchestra
i September 1960 Elvis Presley
i October 1960 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
i October 1960 Bo Diddley
i October 1960 André Claveau avec Jo Boyer et son orchestre
i October 1960 Bill Doggett
i October 1960 Ivory Joe Hunter
i   October 1960 Kurt Gerron PRF, Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL
i October 1960 Sergio De Karlo
i October 1960 Bill Justis and His Orchestra
i October 1960 Marty Robbins
i October 1960 The Champs
i October 1960 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i November 1960 Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
i February 1961 The Jewels [US1]
i   May 1961 Hoagy Carmichael and Orchestra REC, Hoagy Carmichael BRD
i November 1961 Fats Domino
i December 1961 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
i   December 1961 Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers REC,REL, Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra BRD
i December 1961 Chuck Berry
i December 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
i December 1961 Al Collins & Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 Rev. F. W. McGee
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 Stuart Hamblen
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 Tuskegee Institute Singers
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 Standard Quartette
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 Stuart Hamblen
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 Harry Macdonough and the Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i 1961 (unknown)
i May 19, 1962 Eddie Riff with Orchestra
i May 19, 1962 Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps
i May 19, 1962 Duane Eddy, His 'Twangy' Guitar and The Rebels
i May 19, 1962 Bo-Diddley
i May 19, 1962 Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet, Little Walter and His Jukes
i May 19, 1962 Jimmy McCracklin and His Band
i May 19, 1962 Fireballs
i May 19, 1962 Ray Charles
i May 19, 1962 The Spiders [US1]
i May 19, 1962 The Royals
i July 1962 Todd Rhodes Orchestra
i November 1962 Joe Reisman and His Orchestra
i December 1962 Fats Domino
i December 1962 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i December 1962 Don Gibson
i December 1962 Steve Porter
i December 1962 Gene Ammons and His Sextet
i December 1962 The African Dance Band of the Cold Storage Commission of Southern Rhodesia
i December 1962 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i December 1962 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i December 1962 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i 1963 Tex Owens
i 1963 Bob and Randall Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes
i 1963 Alvino Rey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bill Schallen and Skeets Herfurt
i 1963 Cantantes de la Orquesta Típica Mexicana
i 1963 Vernon Dalhart
i   1963 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
i 1963 Gene Autry & Smiley Burnett
i 1963 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i   1963 Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
i 1964 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i 1964 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
i 1964 Red Foley with The Cumberland Valley Boys
i   1964 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
i 1964 Chuck Berry and His Combo
i 1964 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i 1964 Chuck Berry
i 1964 John Greer and The Rhythm Rockers
i 1964 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
i 1964 Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
i 1964 Tousan
i 1964 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i 1964 Chuck Berry
1964 Chuck Berry and His Combo
i 1964 Chuck Berry
i 1964 Red Foley
i 1964 Chuck Berry
i 1964 Francis Craig and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Lamm
i 1964 Art Mooney and His Orchestra
i   1964 Ray Anthony and His Orchestra REL, Henry Mancini REC
i 1964 Chuck Berry
i 1964 Chuck Berry and His Combo
i 1964 Chuck Berry
i 1964 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i 1964 Carl Ravell (The Singing Maestro) and His Orchestra
i 1964 Prince's Band
i 1964 Mr. Acker Bilk with The Leon Young String Chorale
i 1964 Chuck Berry
i 1964 "Pine Top" Smith
i 1964 Chuck Berry and His Combo
i 1964 Count Basie and His Orchestra, Harry James and His Orchestra
i 1964 Isham Jones Orchestra
i 1964 Louisiana Five
i 1965 Buster Brown
i From Here to Eternity Bill Black's Combo 1965 Unverified
i 1965 Roy Brown with Bob Ogden & Orch.
i 1965 The Beatles
i 1965 Billy Brown
i 1965 Fritz Kreisler - Piano Accompaniment Carl Lamson
i 1965 Little Willie Littlefield
i 1965 Johnny Horton
i 1965 Don Gibson
1965 Sam Lanin's Orchestra
i 1965 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
i   1965 Bing Crosby with The Robert Mitchell Boys Choir BRD, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1965 Ernest Ashworth
i   1965 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
i   1965 Teresa Brewer - With Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC, Jack Swanson & Dotty Travis REL
i 1965 Marty Robbins with Ray Conniff
i 1965 Arthur Alexander
i May 1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i May 1966 Harold Dorman
i June 1966 Buck Owens
i June 1966 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
i   June 1966 Ken Marvin REC, Curley Williams and The Georgia Peach Pickers REL
i June 1966 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i June 1966 Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two
i June 1966 Buck Owens
i June 1966 Buck Owens
i June 1966 Buck Owens
i 1966 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
i 1966 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i 1966 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i 1966 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i   May 1967 Jack Denny and His Orchestra - Vocal by Sonny Schuyler REC, Bing Crosby BRD
i May 1967 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i May 1967 Billy Grammer
i   May 1967 Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
i May 1967 Roger Miller [US-OK]
i May 1967 Bob Moore and His Orch.
i May 1967 Milt Herth Trio
i   May 1967 Lottie Gilson PRF, Dan Quinn REC,REL
i May 1967 Dick Thomas
i   May 1967 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i May 1967 The Village Stompers - Arranged, conducted and produced by Joe Sherman
i 1967 Benešova dechová hudba
i   1967 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i 1967 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
i 1967 Leona Williams and Her Dixie Band
i   May 1968 Marty Robbins REL, Gordon Lightfoot REC
i May 1968 Bobby Bland
i July 1968 Jimmy Reed
i July 1968 Big Bill, "Lightnin'" Hopkins
i July 1968 Wilson Pickett
i July 1968 Rufus Thomas
i July 1968 Stevie Wonder
i July 1968 1910 Fruitgum Co.
i July 1968 King Curtis
i The Horse Bill Black's Combo July 1968 Unverified
i November 1968 Jimmy Reed
i 1968 Procol Harum
i 1968 Dyke and The Blazers
i 1968 (unknown), The Weavers
i 1968 Shirley & Lee
i 1968 The Association
i 1968 Bobbie Gentry
i 1968 Sam & Dave
i 1968 Sonny & Chér
i 1968 The Box Tops
i 1968 David Rose and His Orchestra
i 1968 The Surfaris [US1]
i 1969 Lowell Fulson
i   1969 Barry McGuire REC, The Mama's and The Papa's REL
i 1969 Pinetop and Lindberg, Robert Johnson, Elmo James
i 1969 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
i   1969 Connie Haines REC, Jean DuShon REL
i 1969 Joe South
i 1969 The Beatles
i 1969 Muddy Waters and His Guitar
i 1969 The Beatles
i 1969 Howlin' Wolf
i 1969 Jewel Akens
i March 1970 Jerry Butler
i March 1970 The Grass Roots
i March 1970 Jackie De Shannon
i March 1970 B.J. Thomas
i March 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears
i March 1970 The Sweet Inspirations
i 1970 (unknown)
i   1970 Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra REC, Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REL
i 1970 B.J. Thomas
i 1970 Southern Tones
i 1970 Simon and Garfunkel
i 1970 Bob Dylan
i   1970 The Beatles REC, Aretha Franklin REL
i 1970 Tony Joe White
i 1970 Nat King Cole with Music conducted by Belford Hendricks
i 1970 Frankie Avalon - Orch. & Chor. directed by Peter De Angelis
i 1970 Hoyt Axton with The Sherwood Singers
i July 30, 1971 Bread
i July 30, 1971 B.J. Thomas
i July 30, 1971 Edwin Hawkins' Singers
i July 30, 1971 Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
i July 30, 1971 Dawn
i July 1971 Running Bear & Goldstein
i April 1972 Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Jack Dumont, Alto Sax
i 1973 Elton John
i 1974 Leadbelly
i 1974 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i Listen to the Music Bill Black's Combo 1974 Unverified
i 1974 Layng Martine
i 1974 Dick Curless
i August 1975 David Houston [US1]
i September 1976 Randy Randolph
i 1977 Dykes' Magic City Trio
i 1977 Rhythm Steppers
i   1977 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i 1977 Buster Carter & Preston Young
i 1977 Charlie Jackson
i   1978 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys PRF, Elton Britt and The Skytoppers REL
i 1978 Kenny Rogers
i 1978 Waylon Jennings
i 1978 Duane Eddy and His 'Twangy' Guitar
i 1978 Osborne Brothers
i 1981 The Bim Bam Boos
i 1981 Patsy Cline with The Jordanaires

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
All-Timers Bill Black's Combo June 1966 Hi
Award Winners Bill Black's Combo 1978 Hi
Basic Black Bill Black's Combo 1970 Columbia [US]
Bill Black Combo Goes West The Bill Black Combo 1963 Hi
Bill Black's Beat Goes On Bill Black's Combo 1968 Hi
Bill Black's Combo Goes Big Band Bill Black's Combo 1964 Hi
Bill Black's Combo Plays the Blues Bill Black's Combo 1964 Hi
Bill Black's Combo Plays Tunes by Chuck Berry Bill Black's Combo 1964 Hi
Black Lace Bill Black's Combo 1967 Hi
Black with Sugar Bill Black's Combo 1969 Columbia [US]
Cookin' Bill Black's Combo 1981 51 West
It's Honky Tonk Time Bill Black's Combo 1977 Hi
King of the Road Bill Black's Combo May 1967 Hi
Let's Twist Her Bill Black's Combo December 1961 Hi
More Bill Black Magic Bill Black's Combo 1970 Hi
More Solid & Raunchy Bill Black's Combo 1965 Hi
Movin' Bill Black's Combo May 19, 1962 Hi
Mr. Beat Bill Black's Combo 1965 Hi
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Bill Black's Combo March 1970 Columbia [US]
Rock and Roll Forever Bill Black's Combo 1973 Mega
Saxy Jazz Bill Black's Combo May 1960 Hi
Smokie Bill Black's Combo December 1959 Hi
Solid and Raunchy Bill Black's Combo October 1960 Hi
Solid & Country Bill Black Combo featuring Bob Tucker 1974 Hi
Soulin' the Blues Bill Black's Combo 1969 Hi
That Wonderful Feeling Bill Black's Combo 1961 Hi
The Memphis Scene Bill Black's Combo July 30, 1971 Mega
The Untouchable Sound The Bill Black Combo December 1962 Hi
Turn On Your Love Light Bill Black's Combo July 1968 Hi