Wild Bill Moore

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Aliases: Bill Moore and His Band
Wild Bill Moore Quintet
Real name: William M. Moore
Born: June 13, 1918
Died: August 1, 1983
Country: United States
Comments: Early R&B, jump blues, soul jazz and mainstream jazz tenor saxophonist. Moore plays the saxophone solo on Marvin Gaye's Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology).

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		My Gal's a Jockey	Joe Turner with Bill Moore's Lucky Seven Band	June 1946	(2 artists)
		Rock and Roll	Wild Bill Moore	May 1949	Doles Dickens and His Quintet

Covers by Wild Bill Moore

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	i	Bubbles	Bill Moore and His Band	1947	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
	i	Caravan	Wild Bill Moore Quintet	1961	Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
	i	Down with It	Wild Bill Moore Quintet	1961	Bud Powell
	i	Sister Caroline	Wild Bill Moore Quintet	1961	Nat Adderley, Johnny Griffin, The Three Sounds

Songs written by Wild Bill Moore

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Bubbles	Wild Bill Moore	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Bill Moore and His Band

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Bottom Groove	Wild Bill Moore Quintet	1961	Jazzland

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	My Gal's a Jockey	Joe Turner with Bill Moore's Lucky Seven Band	June 1946	National Records [US1]
	Rock and Roll	Wild Bill Moore	May 1949	Modern Records
	Swingin for Pappy	Bill Moore and His Band	1947	Savoy Records