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Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music for The Green Hornet (1966), The Mod Squad (1968), Batman (with Batgirl theme, 1967), [1] and Naked City (1960).
10. Nov. 2021 · Billy May arranged for some of the best in the business, artists like Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, and Anita O’Day. Published on. November 10, 2021. By. Richard Havers. Billy...
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Vor 3 Tagen · Charles Rees on 11 May 2024 • ( Leave a comment ) The great arranger Bill Holman passed away at the age of 96 last Monday. A three-time Grammy Award winner nominated on sixteen occasions, he was at the forefront of West Coast Jazz in the fifties and helped to shape the sounds of famous big bands from Stan Kenton and Buddy Rich to Woody Herman ...
Edward William „Billy“ May Jr. (* 10. November 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; † 22. Januar 2004 in San Juan Capistrano, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Musiker, Komponist, Arrangeur und Bandleader .
26. Jan. 2004 · Jan. 26, 2004. Billy May, a prolific arranger best known for his work with Frank Sinatra, died on Thursday at his home in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., his wife, Doris, said. He was 87.
The last of the great arrangers who wrote regularly for Frank Sinatra, Billy May had several varied careers in and out of jazz. His first notable gig was as an arranger/trumpeter with Charlie Barnet (1938-1940), for whom he wrote the wah-wah-ing hit arrangement of Ray Noble's "Cherokee."
19. Dez. 2019 · December 19, 2019. Billy May: Bill's Bag. At the dawn of the 1950s, Billy May was the first arranger to update swing for Hollywood studio orchestras in the LP era. May's scores in 1951 were refreshingly free of classical overtones or a reliance on the blues. Instead, his brassy arrangements were jaunty, imaginative and witty.
