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Wild Bill Davis

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Aliases
Bill Davis
Bill Davis Trio
Wild Bill Davis and His Orchestra
Wild Bill Davis Organ with Strings
Wild Bill Davis Trio
Real name
William Strethen Davis
Born
November 24, 1918
Died
August 17, 1995
Country
United States
IPI
00007626101 1 work
00007626594 2 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Pianist, organist and arranger. He was a pioneer on the electric organ, and pianist and arranger for Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five during the height of their popularity.
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Covers by Wild Bill Davis

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 2002 Richard Davis
i 1962 Galt MacDermot and His Trio
i 2002 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
i   March 1953 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
  February 1959 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
i 1962 Renato Rascel e coro
i 1958 (unknown)
i 1993 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1984 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i   1960 Belle Baker PRF, Imperial Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Arthur Fields REC
i   1962 Francisco Alves com Radamés Gnattali e sua Orquestra REC,REL, Araci Cortes PRF
February 1959 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 1962 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
August 1951 Mabel Scott
i March 1965 Ma Rainey - Acc. by Her Georgia Jazz Band
i March 1965 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i   1956 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i   2002 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i 1964 King Oliver's Jazz Band, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1956 (unknown)
i March 1965 Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
i January 1976 Louis Armstrong and His Dixieland Seven
i 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1956 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i   January 1976 Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
August 1951 Sonny Boy Williamson [US2]
i   1960 Benny Goodman Sextet REL,REC
i   January 1976 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i   1958 Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan REC,REL, Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan and Cast PRF
i 1967 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
i   1993 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
1962 Crowel Glee Club, Andy Iona and His Islanders, (unknown)
i 2002 Dolores Gray
i   March 1965 Ray Charles and His Orchestra REL, Percy Mayfield REC
  February 1959 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
i March 1965 Don Gibson
i   1958 Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans REC,REL, Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans and Cast PRF
i March 1964 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
February 1959 Sleepy Hall and His Collegians [Red Nichols]
i 1964 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1993 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i   1958 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
i 1965 Harry James and His Orchestra
i 1967 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1960 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1993 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i April 1955 Victor Herbert
i January 1976 Victor Herbert
i 1960 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
i   1963 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   1984 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i 1967 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1960 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
i 1967 Claire Carleton
i   1958 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
i I Want a Little Girl Wild Bill Davis 1959 Unverified
i 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i April 1955 Count Basie and His Orchestra
February 1959 (unknown)
i 1993 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
February 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Nance
i March 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1958 Julie Andrews REL,PRF
i July 1955 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i 1965 Count Basie and His Orchestra
April 1955 Bailey's Lucky Seven
i March 1964 Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
i 2002 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i   1956 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i   1963 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
i March 1964 (unknown)
i March 1953 George Shearing Quintet
i March 1965 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
i 1967 Agostinho dos Santos
i   1962 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
i   1993 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i   January 1976 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i 1962 В. К. Трошин (Vladimir Troshin)
i 1963 Sergio De Karlo
i January 1976 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i   1963 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
i   1963 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
i 2002 King Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Frank DeVol
i   1956 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
i April 1955 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest and All Star Combo
i May 1953 Vic Damone with Orch. Dir. by Joe Reisman
i 1993 Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
i 1962 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sinatra
i 1962 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Al Hendrickson
i 1965 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i   1958 John Michael King REL,PRF
i   1965 Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i 1960 Hudson - DeLange Orchestra
i 1963 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1993 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1956 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
i 2002 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
i   1965 Jose Collins PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC,REL
February 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Norman Leyden
i 1956 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
i January 1976 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1966 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   May 1953 George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra REL, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman and The Palais Royal Orchestra PRF
i   1956 George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra REL, George Gershwin - Paul Whiteman and The Palais Royal Orchestra PRF
  April 1952 Joe Turner with Freddie Slack Trio REC, Joe Turner [US1] PRF
i 2002 Luiz Bonfá
i 1964 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i March 1965 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
i 1984 Gene Austin
i   1958 Julie Andrews, John Michael King REC, Julie Andrews and John Michael King PRF
i 1967 Benny Goodman Sextet
i   1984 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i 1965 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i   1963 Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i   March 1964 Shirley Scott with Stanley Turrentine REL, Stanley Turrentine REC
February 1959 Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Billy Eckstein
i   1966 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
i 1967 The Thelonious Monk Quintet
i 2002 Coleman Hawkins' Orchestra
i   1967 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i July 1955 Leroy Anderson and His "Pops" Concert Orchestra
i 1965 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i   1964 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i 1963 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i 1984 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i 1965 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
i 1956 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1963 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
i 1965 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i 1963 Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i 1962 Edith Piaf
i   1958 Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Robert Coote REC,REL, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews and Robert Coote PRF
February 1959 Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian
i April 1955 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1964 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i March 1965 Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra
i 1956 Ernestine Schumann-Heink
i March 1965 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i 1993 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
i January 1976 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i 1958 Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth and Rod McLennan
i April 1955 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
February 1959 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
i   1958 Julie Andrews REL, Julie Andrews and Cast PRF
i   1993 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   1958 Rex Harrison, Robert Coote, Philippa Bevans and Cast PRF, Rex Harrison, Robert Coote, Philippa Bevans REC,REL
i   1993 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL

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