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

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