Bill Doggett

Aliases: Bill Doggert's Music
Bill Doggett and His Combo
Bill Doggett and His Orchestra
Bill Doggett His Organ and Combo
Real name: William Ballard Doggett
Born: February 16, 1916
Died: November 13, 1996
Country: United States
IPI: 00008370010 5 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Jazz and R&B pianist and organist

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	He May Be Your Man	Helen Humes with Bill Doggett Octet	September 1945	(3 artists)
	Lotsa Poppa	Jimmy Rushing - Orch. directed by Bill Doggett	1950	Charlie Musselwhite
i	Hey Lock	Eddie Davis acc. by Bill Doggett	1954	(10 artists)
i	Quaker City	Bill Doggett	June 1955	(2 artists)
i	Honky Tonk (Part 1)	Bill Doggett	July 1956	(90 artists)
i	Hot Ginger	Bill Doggett	September 1957	Jay Geils
i	Hold It	Bill Doggett	September 1958	(11 artists)
i	Rainbow Riot (Part 1)	Bill Doggett	November 1958	(3 artists)
i	(Let's Do) The Hully Gully Twist	Bill Doggett	November 1960	King Curtis

Covers by Bill Doggett

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	Be-Baba-Leba	Helen Humes with Bill Doggett Octet	September 1945	Jimmy Lunceford and His Orchestra - Vocal Tina Dixon REC,BRD, Flennoy Trio - Vocal Tina Dixon REL Covered by Estelle Edson with Oscar Pettiford & All Stars
	Blue Prelude	Helen Humes with Bill Doggett Octet	September 1945	Casa Loma Orchestra, Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers
	Every Now and Then	Helen Humes with Bill Doggett Octet	September 1945	Ramona and Her Gang
	Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Dolores Brown and The Auditones with Bill Doggert's Music	September 1947	Helen Morgan, Tess Gardella and Norma Terris PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
	Near You	Dolores Brown and The Auditones with Bill Doggert's Music	September 1947	Francis Craig and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Lamm
i	And the Angels Sing	Bill Doggett	January 1954	Ziggy Elman & His Orchestra
i	The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)	Bill Doggett	March 1954	Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
i	Sweet Lorraine	Bill Doggett	June 1954	The Radiolites [Ben Selvin]
	What Will I Tell My Heart	Val Martinez with The Bill Doggett Orchestra	June 1954	Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
i	Bewitched	Eddie Davis acc. by Bill Doggett	1954	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Vivienne Segal PRF
i	Blues in My Heart	Eddie Davis acc. by Bill Doggett	1954	King Carter and His Royal Orchestra (Mills' Blue Rhythm Band)
i	My Blue Heaven	Eddie Davis acc. by Bill Doggett	1954	"Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i	I'll Be Around	Bill Doggett	1955	Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	Bill Doggett His Organ and Combo	1955	Jimmy Boyd accompanied by Norman Luboff
i	Jingle Bells	Bill Doggett His Organ and Combo	1955	Edison Male Quartette
i	My Reverie	Bill Doggett	1955	Germaine Alexandre
i	Silent Night	Bill Doggett His Organ and Combo	1955	Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber
i	The Christmas Song	Bill Doggett His Organ and Combo	1955	Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i	The Nearness of You	Bill Doggett	1955	Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i	White Christmas	Bill Doggett His Organ and Combo	1955	Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Winter Wonderland	Bill Doggett His Organ and Combo	1955	Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i	You Don't Know What Love Is	Bill Doggett	1955	Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i	A Cottage for Sale	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	The Revelers [US1]
i	As Time Goes By	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i	As You Desire Me	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	Donald Novis
i	Dedicated to You	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
i	Don't Blame Me	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
i	Dream	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	The Pied Pipers - With Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i	Fools Rush In	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Marion Mann
i	I Hadn't Anyone Till You	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
i	Sweet and Lovely	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i	This Love of Mine	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra and The Pied Pipers
i	Yesterdays	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
	Honky Tonk	Bill Doggett	December 1956	Bill Doggett, Little Tommy Brown with Clifford Scott Orchestra
i	C Jam Blues	Bill Doggett	1956	Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i	Perdido	Bill Doggett	1956	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Satin Doll	Bill Doggett	1956	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Sophisticated Lady	Bill Doggett	1956	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Ram-Bunk-Shush	Bill Doggett	January 1957	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra
i	Caravan	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i	Diane	Bill Doggett	April 1957	James Melton
i	Dinah	Bill Doggett	April 1957	The Revelers [US1] REC,REL, Eddie Cantor PRF
i	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Don't You Know I Care	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Patti Palmer REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler REL
i	Estrellita	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Carmen García Cornejo con piano por Miguel Lerdo de Tejada
i	I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
i	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	I'm Just a Lucky So and So	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
i	Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Gene Austin
i	Laura	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Alfred Newman
i	Marcheta	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Olive Kline–Elsie Baker
i	Nancy	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i	Prelude to a Kiss	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Ramona	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Dolores Del Rio BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Solitude	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	Tangerine	Bill Doggett	April 1957	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i	Soft	Bill Doggett	September 1957	Tiny Bradshaw
i	Blue Christmas	Bill Doggett	November 1958	Doye O'Dell
i	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Bill Doggett	November 1958	Bing Crosby
i	Joy to the World	Bill Doggett	November 1958	(unknown), (unknown)
i	Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Bill Doggett	November 1958	Gene Autry and The Pinafores with Orchestral Acc.
i	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Bill Doggett	November 1958	Harry Reser and His Orchestra
i	What Child Is This	Bill Doggett	November 1958	(unknown)
i	Am I Blue	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL
i	Blue and Sentimental	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Blue Champagne	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly
i	Blue Lou	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i	Blue Moon	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Shirley Ross
i	Blue Room	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Eva Puck and Sam White
i	Blue Skies	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i	Blue Velvet	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Arthur Prysock with Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver REL, Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orchestra REC
i	Chelsea Bridge	Bill Doggett	1958	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i	Flying Home	Bill Doggett	1958	Benny Goodman Sextet REL,REC
i	How Could You	Bill Doggett	1958	Unverified
i	In a Sentimental Mood	Bill Doggett	1958	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i	In the Blue of Evening	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i	My Blue Heaven	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i	Passion Flower	Bill Doggett	1958	Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
i	Poor Butterfly	Bill Doggett	1958	Elizabeth Spencer
i	Stella by Starlight	Bill Doggett	1958	Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i	Under a Blanket of Blue	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
i	We'll Be Together Again	Bill Doggett	1958	The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i	You'll Never Know	Bill Doggett	1958	Alice Faye
i	Accent on Youth	Bill Doggett	1960	Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett
i	Angel Eyes	Bill Doggett	1960	Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i	A Sinner Kissed an Angel	Bill Doggett	1960	Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
i	A Sunday Kind of Love	Bill Doggett	1960	Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
i	For All We Know	Bill Doggett	1960	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i	Good-Bye	Bill Doggett	1960	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i	If I Should Lose You	Bill Doggett	1960	Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
i	Imagination	Bill Doggett	1960	Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
i	I'm Yours	Bill Doggett	1960	Ruth Etting
i	My Foolish Heart	Bill Doggett	1960	Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	My Romance	Bill Doggett	1960	Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i	Trav'lin' Light	Bill Doggett	1960	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
	Open the Door Richard!	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1961	Unverified
i	The Waltz You Saved for Me	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1961	Unverified
i	You Can't Sit Down	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1961	Unverified
	After You've Gone	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Campbell and Burr
	Broadway	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Count Basie and His Orchestra
	Hallelujah I Love Him So	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Ray Charles
	I Can't Face the Music	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
	I'll Always Be in Love with You	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Morton Downey REC,REL, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians BRD
	Laughing on the Outside	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Lou Bring & Orchestra - Vocal by Teddy Walters REL, Dinah Shore REC
	No Moon at All	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	The King Cole Trio
	Runnin' Wild	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
	Show Me the Way to Go Out of This World Cause That's Where Everything Is	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
	You Can Depend on Me	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i	Canadian Sunset	Bill Doggett	1962	Unverified
i	'Deed I Do	Bill Doggett	1962	Unverified
i	I Cover the Waterfront	Bill Doggett	1962	Unverified
i	Born to Lose	Bill Doggett and His Combo	January 1963	Ted Daffan's Texans
i	Careless Love	Bill Doggett and His Combo	January 1963	(unknown)
i	Don't Explain	Bill Doggett and His Combo	January 1963	Billie Holiday
i	St. Louis Blues	Bill Doggett and His Combo	January 1963	Prince's Band
i	The Man That Got Away	Bill Doggett and His Combo	January 1963	Judy Garland REC,BRD, Jeri Southern with Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke REL
i	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	Bill Doggett and His Combo	January 1963	Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
i	Fingertips	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1963	Little Stevie Wonder
i	If You Need Me	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1963	Wilson Pickett REC, Solomon Burke REL
i	Memphis	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1963	Chuck Berry
i	One Fine Day	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1963	The Chiffons [US1]
i	The Love of My Man	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1963	Theola Kilgore
i	Without Love	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1963	Clyde McPhatter
	But Beautiful	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	Bing Crosby
	Detour Ahead	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Mary Ann McCall
	Driftin' Blues	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
	Girl Talk	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
	Good Morning Blues	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	Leadbelly
	Gotta Travel On	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	(unknown), The Weavers
	I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
	Ill Wind	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
	There Will Never Be Another You	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	John Payne & Joan Merrill
	Who Can I Turn To? (When Nobody Needs Me)	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
i	For Once in My Life	Bill Doggett	April 1969	Connie Haines REC, Jean DuShon REL
i	Twenty Five Miles	Bill Doggett	April 1969	Wilson Pickett, Edwin Starr
i	Mister Pitiful	Bill Doggett	1969	Otis Redding
i	Everyday I Have The Blues	Bill Doggett	1977	Unverified
i	Green Onions	Bill Doggett	1977	Unverified
	I've Been Loving You Too Long	Bill Doggett - vocal by Toni Williams (Bill Doggett)	1977	Unverified
i	Guess Who	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1978	Unverified
i	It Could Happen to You	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1978	Unverified
i	Please Send Me Someone to Love	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1978	Unverified
i	Time on My Hands	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1978	Unverified
i	When Your Lover Has Gone	Bill Doggett	1978	Unverified
i	Where Are You?	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1978	Unverified

Songs written by Bill Doggett

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Honky Tonk, Pt One & Two	Bill Doggett, Shep Shepherd, Clifford Scott, Billy Butler [US2]	Bill Doggett	June 16, 1956	Covered by (90 artists)
Hot Ginger	Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott	Bill Doggett	May 9, 1957	Covered by Jay Geils
(Let's Do) The Hully Gully Twist	Bill Doggett, Billy Butler [US2]	Bill Doggett	November 1960	Covered by King Curtis
Quaker City	Bill Doggett	Bill Doggett	March 23, 1955	Covered by (2 artists)
Shout, Sister, Shout!	Bill Doggett, Lucky Millinder	Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra with Rosetta Tharpe	September 5, 1941	Covered by (4 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
12 Songs of Christmas	Bill Doggett	November 1958	King [US]
All-Time Christmas Favorites	Bill Doggett His Organ and Combo	1955	King [US]
A Salute to Ellington	Bill Doggett	April 1957	King [US]
As You Desire Me	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	November 1956	King [US]
Candle Glow	Bill Doggett	1958	King [US]
Dame Dreaming	Bill Doggett	April 1957	King [US]
Dance Awhile with Doggett	Bill Doggett	1958	King [US]
Della Reese Live	Della Reese with Bill Doggett, Shelly Manne, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Bobby Bryant	1966	ABC-Paramount
Fingertips	Bill Doggett and His Combo	1963	Columbia [US]
For Reminiscent Lovers	Bill Doggett	1960	King [US]
Goodies from Eddie Davis	Eddie Davis acc. by Bill Doggett	1954	Roost [Royal Roost]
Honky Tonk Popcorn	Bill Doggett	1969	King [US]
Moondust	Bill Doggett	1955	King [US]
Prelude to the Blues	Bill Doggett and His Combo	January 1963	Columbia [US]
Rhythm Is My Business	Ella Fitzgerald with Bill Doggett	August 1962	Verve Records
Swingin' Easy with Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	Bill Doggett and His Orchestra	1958	King [US]

EPs

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	A Salute to Ellington - Volume 3	Bill Doggett	1956	King [US]

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Dolores Brown and The Auditones with Bill Doggert's Music	September 1947	Sterling Records
Eventide	Bill Doggett	January 1954	King [US]
Every Now and Then	Helen Humes with Bill Doggett Octet	September 1945	Philo Recordings
He May Be Your Man	Helen Humes with Bill Doggett Octet	September 1945	Philo Recordings
Hold It	Bill Doggett	September 1958	King [US]
Honky Tonk	Bill Doggett	December 1956	King [US]
Honky Tonk (Part 1)	Bill Doggett	July 1956	King [US]
It's a Dream	Bill Doggett	March 1954	King [US]
(Let's Do) The Hully Gully Twist	Bill Doggett	November 1960	Warner Bros. Records
Near You	Dolores Brown and The Auditones with Bill Doggert's Music	September 1947	Sterling Records
Old Fool	Val Martinez with The Bill Doggett Orchestra	June 1954	King [US]
Quaker City	Bill Doggett	June 1955	King [US]
Rainbow Riot	Bill Doggett	November 1958	King [US]
Ram-Bunk-Shush	Bill Doggett	January 1957	King [US]
Soft	Bill Doggett	September 1957	King [US]
Sweet Lorraine	Bill Doggett	June 1954	King [US]
Twenty Five Miles	Bill Doggett	April 1969	King [US]