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Francis Bay

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Aliases
The Bay Big Band
Don Catelli and The All Stars
Francis Bay and The Boone City Blowers
Francis Bay e la sua orchestra
Francis Bay et son orchestre
Francis Bay and His Juke-Box Combo
Francis Bay and His Orchestra
Francis Bay & His Orchestra with Strings
The Francis Bay Orchestra
John Evans and The Big Band
Personal name
Frans Bayetz
Born
December 1914
Died
April 25, 2005
Country
Belgium
IPI
00002381823 1 work
00002389998
Affiliation
SABAM
Comments
Trombonist, componist and band leader, who joined the BRT (Belgian radio and television) as arranger and conductor in 1956. He was the musical director of the Knokke Song Festival for many years and was involved in the Eurovision Song Contest as the conductor for nine entries between 1959 and 1979. He retired from the BRT in 1980.
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1961 Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tito Rodríguez
i 1958 Lou Gold with The Melody Man - Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
i 1958 Das Paul Kuhn Ensemble
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Miles Davis
i 1959 Gene Raymond
i 1962 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
i 1962 Irving Kaufman
i   (Francis Bay) 1961 Lisa Kirk PRF,REL, Dinah Shore - Orchestra under the direction of Harry Zimmerman REC
i 1960 Spanish Dance Orchestra
April 1957 (unknown)
i Anna Francis Bay and the Big Dance Band (Francis Bay) 1960 Unverified
i   (Francis Bay) March 1959 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
i April in Portugal The Bay Big Band Conducted By Francis Bay (Francis Bay) 1958 Unverified
i 1959 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
i   February 1960 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i As Time Goes By John Evans and The Big Band (Francis Bay) 1961 Unverified
i 1957 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i 1960 Erika Brüning u.d. Schöneberger Sängerknaben
i 1959 Orquesta Casino de la Playa - Canto por Miguelito Valdés
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Prince's Band
i   (Francis Bay) 1958 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Shirley Ross
i 1957 Friars Society Orchestra
1958 Louis Prima and His Orchestra, (unknown)
i   February 1960 Buddy Golden and His Michigan Wolverines - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman REC, Jack Haley and Zelma O'Neal PRF
i February 1960 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
1959 Libertad Lamarque con la orquesta de Chucho Zarzosa
i 1961 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i   1958 Elisabeth Welch and Chorus PRF, The Ambassadors [US2] REC, Arthur Gibbs and His Gang REL
i   1962 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Weston Vaughan REC,REL, Pit Musicians [What Price Glory] PRF
i   1959 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Four Modernaires REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Benteke and the Modernaires and Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers BRD
i Cherry Pink The Bay Big Band Conducted By Francis Bay (Francis Bay) 1958 Unverified
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
i 1957 Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy
1959 Domenico Modugno
April 1957 The Weavers, Vince Martin and The Tarriers
Covered by Will Tura
1957 The Weavers, Vince Martin and The Tarriers, (unknown)
i 1966 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Barney Bigard and Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Bob Crosby and Orchestra, Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Lucyann Polk and Michael Douglas
i 1961 Dick Farney com Eduardo Patané e Sua Orquestra de Cordas
i 1957 Broadway Bell-Hops
i Corazón de melón Francis Bay et son orchestre 1959 Unverified
i (Francis Bay) 1958 The Ambassadors [US2]
i   (Francis Bay) 1958 Jack Barker [US1] PRF, Jacques Renard and His Orchestra REC
1957 Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra and Chorus
1958 (unknown), Edric Connor and The Caribbeans, The Tarriers, Luc Davis avec Claude Bolling et son orchestre
February 1960 Dick Willebrandts en zijn orkest
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
i 1958 Tete Montoliu y su conjunto tropical
i 1961 (unknown)
i February 1960 Joe Green's Marimba Band
i (Francis Bay) 1958 Lupita Palomera con la Orq. Hnos Dominguez
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Cäcilie Carola, Emma Malkowsky & Kathi Herold
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Dizzy Gillespie and Cozy Cole - Slam Stewart - Remo Palmieri - Clyde Hart - Charlie Parker
i Guaglione The Bay Big Band Conducted By Francis Bay (Francis Bay) 1958 Unverified
i   1958 Charles King and Bessie Love BRD, Johnny Marvin REL, Charles King REC
i 1966 Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
1958 The Four Esquires - Arranged & conducted by Sid Bass, Ray Franky met Oscar Saintal en zijn orkest
i   (Francis Bay) March 1959 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i   February 1960 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bob Lawrence REL, Rex Weber PRF
i 1959 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Clare Hanlon and The Three Waring Girls and Chorus
i 1958 Ethel Merman
i   1966 Tony Martin with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC, Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest BRD
i   (Francis Bay) 1961 Cole Porter REC, Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REL, Lilo PRF
i Il silenzio The Francis Bay Orchestra 1973 Unverified
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Leonard
i February 1960 Dick Powell
i   1959 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC
i 1962 Freddy Ellis and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Seymour Richards
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Dick Powell & Alice Faye
i   1966 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i   (Francis Bay) 1961 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
i I've Heard That Song Before The Francis Bay Orchestra 1966 Unverified
i   1958 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1960 Dino Di Luca e Coro
i 1957 Earl Hines and His Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the Direction of Lucky Millinder, Count Basie and His Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Lester Young and His Sextet
listen on Internet Archive i (Francis Bay) 1961 Fritzi Scheff
i   (Francis Bay) March 1959 Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i (Francis Bay) 1961 New Mayfair Dance Orchestra [Ray Noble]
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Gerry Mulligan Quartet
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Jeanette MacDonald
i 1961 Trío Calaveras
Mama Mama Blues Francis Bay and His Orchestra 1958 Unverified
i Mambo Inn John Evans and The Big Band (Francis Bay) 1961 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i (Francis Bay) 1961 (unknown)
i Mambo No. 5 The Bay Big Band Conducted By Francis Bay (Francis Bay) 1958 Unverified
i Mangos The Bay Big Band Conducted By Francis Bay (Francis Bay) 1958 Unverified
i   (Francis Bay) 1961 Sterling Holloway - June Cochran PRF, The Knickerbockers [Ben Selvin] REC
i December 1958 Reg Owen and His Orchestra
i   1961 Conchita Bañuls PRF, Adolfo Utrera - Nilo Menéndez y E. Lecuona al piano REC,REL
i   1962 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
i   (Francis Bay) 1958 Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i   1962 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Mary Martin
i   1959 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i (Francis Bay) 1958 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Patti Page - With Vic Schoen & His Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1957 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   1959 Bing Crosby with Six Hits and a Miss and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
i 1959 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i   1962 Pola Negri BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frances Maddux REC
i 1961 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Pedro Berrios & Chorus
1956 Margaret Whiting with Orchestra and Chorus conducted by David Cavanaugh
i 1959 Perez Prado and His Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra (An Ellington Unit)
i October 1958 Perez Prado and His Orchestra
1957 Franca Raimondi & Vittorio Paltrinieri
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1961 Orquesta de Los Hermanos Domínguez
Por dos besos Francis Bay et son orchestre 1960 Unverified
1956 Doris Day with Frank DeVol & His Orch. REC, Eddy Howard REL, Doris Day BRD
Covered by (6 artists)
i 1959 Les Baxter and His Orchestra
i 1961 Hollywood Dance Orchestra [Adrian Schubert] - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
i Sabre Dance The Francis Bay Orchestra 1960 Unverified
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Charlie Parker Quintet
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i 1962 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bobby Goday
i 1957 Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra
i   (Francis Bay) 1961 Ethel Merman, Jack Klugman REL, Ethel Merman and Jack Klugman PRF
i   1959 Tamara PRF, Gertrude Niesen with orchestral acc dir. by Ray Sinatra REC
i   (Francis Bay) 1961 Patricia Morison PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Denny Dennis REC,REL
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1958 Sophie Tucker
i 1966 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i (Francis Bay) 1958 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i 1959 Prince's Band
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i Strictly Instrumental The Francis Bay Orchestra 1966 Unverified
i (Francis Bay) 1958 Artie Shaw and His Gramercy 5
i 1959 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1966 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   (Francis Bay) 1958 Frank Crumit REC,REL, Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  1972 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Georgie Auld and Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive i (Francis Bay) 1961 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i   1959 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
i (Francis Bay) 1958 Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra
i May 1958 The Champs
i   February 1960 Virginia Verrill BRD, Lennie Hayton and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Paul Barry REC,REL
i 1957 Prince's Band
i 1959 Perez Prado and His Orchestra
i February 1960 Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Rita Montaner
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Horace Silver Quintet
i February 1960 Tullio Carminati
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 Johnny Hodges and Orchestra
i 1959 (unknown), Renée Lebas accompagnée par Emil Stern et son orchestre
i (Francis Bay) March 1959 The Three Suns
i Un poquito de tu amor Francis Bay and His Orchestra 1961 Unverified
1958 (unknown)
Covered by (2 artists)
i Vivere Francis Bay (Francis Bay) 1960 Unverified
1958 Julius La Rosa with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
Weet je nog wel (die avond in de regen) Jo Leemans met de Hi-Fives - Orkest o.l.v. Francis Bay 1960 Unverified
i 1962 (unknown)
i 1958 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
i February 1960 Gene Austin
i (Francis Bay) 1961 Lee Morgan Sextet
i 1959 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
i 1958 Gene Austin
i   1958 Furman and Nash REC, Eddie Cantor PRF
i 1959 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
i February 1960 Frances Langford with Victor Young and His Orchestra
i 1962 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i 1958 Ona Munson and Jack Whiting
1958 Maria Theresia, 32. k. k. Inf.-Regt. - Kapellmeister Ottokar Pribik

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Allo cha cha cha Francis Bay et son orchestre 1959 Philips
All That Swing Francis Bay and His Orchestra 1957 Philips
Big Band Sound - Big Hits of Harry James, Ted Heath & Artie Shaw The Francis Bay Orchestra 1966 Boulevard [GB]
Big Sounds by The Bay Big Band The Bay Big Band (Francis Bay) March 1959 Omega Disk
Cha-Cha-Rock Francis Bay and His Orchestra 1962 Philips
Cool Percussion John Evans and The Big Band (Francis Bay) 1961 Directional Sound
Feest met Francis bal met Bay Orkest Francis Bay met het Salamander koor 1958 Philips
Golden Hour Remember When Vol. 3 Les Brown & Charlie Barnet's Greatest Hits The Francis Bay Orchestra 1972 Golden Hour
Hits of Basie and Ellington The Francis Bay Orchestra 1966 Saga Eros
Latin Brass John Evans and The Big Band (Francis Bay) 1961 Directional Sound
Latin Heat Francis Bay and His Orchestra 1959 Omega Disk
Potent Percussion Don Catelli and The All Stars (Francis Bay) 1961 Directional Sound
Rhythm Francis Bay e la sua orchestra 1959 Philips
Sentimental Swingers The Bay Big Band (Francis Bay) March 1959 Omega Disk
Swingin' High with The Bay Big Band The Bay Big Band (Francis Bay) March 1959 Omega Disk
Swingin' Night People Francis Bay & His Orchestra with Strings February 1960 Omega Disk
Swing Low Great Clarinet The Bay Big Band (Francis Bay) 1958 Omega Disk
That Latin Bay-Beat Francis Bay and His Orchestra 1961 Philips
The Bay Big Band Plays Duke Ellington The Bay Big Band (Francis Bay) March 1959 Omega Disk

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