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Bill Ramsey

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Aliases
William Ramsey III.
Real name
Williams McGreery Ramsey III
Born
April 17, 1931
Died
July 2, 2021
Country
Germany
Comments
Cincinnati, Ohio, born jazz and schlager singer, who after his military service (in 1953) stayed in Germany and became a German citizen in 1984. In the late 1950s and early 1960s very successful with German versions of international hits, Ramsey later turned (back) to Jazz, Blues and even sang operettas.
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
  1984 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
2002 Miles Davis, Oscar Brown Jr.
1985 Ella Johnson
June 30, 2006 Ella Johnson
  1985 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
February 1965 Roger Miller [US-OK]
  1994 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
2009 John Lee Hooker
January 1964 Tippie and The Clovers
Covered by (2 artists)
  March 1966 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
  1994 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire BRD
June 1961 Merv Griffin with Sid Bass Orchestra and Chorus
1971 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2002 Otis Redding
  1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
June 30, 2006 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
June 30, 2006 Quincy Jones
  March 1966 Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
June 30, 2006 McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Vocal Refrain by Donald Redman
1994 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
2005 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
1969 Joe South
Covered by Paola
March 1966 (unknown)
1980 Dolores Gray
June 30, 2006 Shirley Horn with Strings
June 30, 2006 Marvin Gaye
1984 Stevie Wonder
  1994 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain Ramona REC, William Gaxton & Ethel Merman PRF
  1980 Ivie Anderson PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ivie Anderson REL
  1985 Ann Cole with The Suburbans and Orchestra REL, Muddy Waters REC
1994 Harry James and His Orchestra
1994 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
1961 Hank Ballard and The Midnighters
1980 Stevie Wonder
1985 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
  1990 Peter Cookson - Orchestra conducted by Milton Rosenstock REC,REL, Peter Cookson PRF
March 1966 Aretha Franklin with The Ray Bryant Combo
  1994 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
1984 Michel Legrand, Steve Lawrence
1971 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, (unknown)
1984 Billy Joel
March 1966 Little Willie Littlefield
  2005 Lee Dixon & Betty Garde with Oklahoma Orchestra under Direction of Jay Blackton REL, Lee Dixon & Betty Garde PRF
  1978 Neil Sedaka REC, Lea Roberts REL
  June 30, 2006 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
1985 George Shearing Quintet, Ella Fitzgerald - Chorus and Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver
  1984 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
1978 Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
1961 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
Covered by Bob Lucks und Thomas Renner
1994 Erroll Garner Trio, Dakota Staton
2002 Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross
1980 Billy May and His Orchestra
  1994 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
1985 Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald
1984 Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF, Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC, John W. Bubbles PRF
1993 Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman, Edgar Ott & Stefan Sczodrok
  March 1966 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Jackie Paris REC, Teddi King accompanied by Beryl Booker REL
2002 The King Cole Trio
1994 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, The Coasters
  1985 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
2002 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
June 30, 2006 Charlie Calhoun and His Orchestra and Chorus
  1984 William O'Neal PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra REC
i 1980 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
June 1959 Barbara Evans with Mort Garson and His Orchestra and Chorus
Covered by (4 artists)
1980 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
1985 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
June 30, 2006 Memphis Slim and His House Rockers
  1994 Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
i 1980 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
March 1966 John Payne & Joan Merrill
2002 Alice Faye
  1994 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
March 1966 John D. Loudermilk
2002 John D. Loudermilk
1971 Kelly Gordon
1984 Michael Franks
2002 The Sunset Four Jubilee Singers
1984 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
January 1964 The Spiders [US1]
March 1966 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
June 30, 2006 Joe Williams [US1] with Red Holloway & His Blues All-Stars
March 1966 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
2002 Noel Harrison
1994 Lois Deppe & Russell Woodling's Jubilee Singers
1971 The Chiffons [US1], Billy Preston, Vicky Leandros Singers
June 30, 2006 Jerry Butler
1959 Sheb Wooley
Covered by (2 artists)
1966 The Beatles
March 1966 The Beatles

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