Name: By Arrangement - A Collection Of Recordings Featuring Billy May's Arrangements For Big Bands And Vocalists 1939-1952 [ORIGINAL RECORDINGS REMASTERED] 2CD SET
Brand: Bertus
SKU: 532204
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Performer Notes

Personnel: Billy May (vocals, trumpet); Tex Beneke (vocals, reeds, saxophone); Marion Hutton, The Starlighters (vocals); Bobby Hackett (guitar, trumpet, cornet); Hayden Causey, Dave Barbour, Sam Drugan, Ulysses Livingston, Bill Conway, George Van Eps, Bus Etri, Clark Yocum, Jack Lathrop, Al Hendrickson, Allan Reuss, Alvino Rey, Nappy Lamare, Perry Botkin, Barney Kessel, Vincent Terri, Carmen Mastren (guitar); Sam Freed, Cy Bernard, Jack Gootkin, John DeVoogdt, Gerald Joyce, Max Sobolewsky, Benjamin Simon, Al Friede, Julius Toldi, Peter Ellis, Lawrence Kurdjie, Jack Sewell, Sam Caplan, Walter Edelstein (strings); Joseph Krechter, Wayne E. Songer, Del Porter (ocarina); Bob Keene (clarinet, trumpet); Willie Schwartz (reeds, saxophone); Heine Beau, Teddy Lee, Fred Falensby, Eddie Rosa, Jules Jacobs, Corky Corcoran, Vern Yocum, Ronnie Perry , George Davis, Cliff Jackson & His Crazy Cats, Ernie Caceres, Arthur Fleming, Lloyd W. Hildebrand, Gene Cipriano, Jules Kinsler, Hal McIntyre, Bob Lawson, Bill Ainsworth, Herbie Haymer, Tino Barzie, Johnny White , Jack Dumont, Dick Clark , Matty Matlock, Willie Smith, Benny Carter , Gordon Green, Al Klink, Arthur "Skeets" Herfurt, Steve "Supe" White, Les Robinson (reeds); Deane Kincaide (saxophone, trombone); Bob Poland, Stewart Bruner, Jack Mayhew, Johnny Hayes, Gene Kinsey, Bob Dawes, Morton B. "Morty" Friedman, Dick Rollins, Conn Humphries, Charlie Derenoe, Don McCook, Leo White, Freddy Guera, Kurt Bloom, Harry Lawson , Herbie Steward, Joe Kretcher, Bud Estes, Murray Williams, Al Cohn, Peanuts Hucko, Hank Freeman, Jack Ferrier, Vince Carbone, Charlie Barnet (saxophone); Joe Ferrante , Manny Klein, Uan Rasey, Alec Fila, Clarence Willard, Conrad Gozzo , Louis Mucci, Lyman Vunk, Leonard Mach, Ralph Clark, Eddie Ehlert, Irvin Shulkin, Sam Skolnick, Chuck Peterson, Frank Beach, Paul Geil, Joe Triscari, Jake Gerheim, Whitey Thomas, Irwin Berken, George Esposito, Harry James, James Campbell , Robert Goodrich, Jack Steele, Alfred Ramsey, James Troutman, Roger Ellick, Buddy Yeager, Billy Robbins, George Seaberg, Charles Griffard, Dale McMickle, Donald Anderson, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Anthony, Ray Linn, John McClanian Best Jr., Stan Fishelson, Bernie Privin, Bobby Nichols, Charles Green, Charlie Teagarden (trumpet); Milt Bernhart, Ted Vesely, Carl Loeffler, Vic Hamann, Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash , Harry Brainard, Joe Yukl, David Robbins , Ford Leary, James Skiles, Larry Hall , Ben Hall , Don Ruppersberg, Elmer "Moe" Schneider, Peter Beilman, Jesse Heath, Warren Smith , Harry Betts, Glenn McGaha Miller, Frank D'Annolfo, Howard Gibeling, Charles Preble, Elmer Smithers, Dick Gould, Eddie Kusby, Paul Tanner, John Haliburton, Dave Bowman , Bob Swift, Jim Harwood , Johnny Mandel, Juan Tizol, Murray McEachern, Sam Levine , Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson , Bill Robertson, Jimmy Priddy (trombone); Chummy MacGregor, Paul "Scooby" Smith, Danny Hurd, Art Wagner, Rocky "Cole" Coluccio, Jimmy Rowles, Arnold Ross, Bill Miller , Mel Powell, Buddy Cole, Charlie LaVere (piano); Ray Toland, Ray Michaels, Moe Purtill, Don Lamond, Johnny Cyr, Remo Belli, Raymond Thomas Hagen, Ralph Tilken, Jimmy Pratt, Lou Singer, Alvin Stoller, Milt Holland, Nick Fatool, Ray McKinley, Sam Weiss, John Cyr, Cliff Leeman (drums).
Liner Note Author: Brian Belton.
Directors: Bobby Burnett; Harry James; Alvino Rey; Tex Beneke; Billy May; Bob Crosby; Bob Keene.
Arranger: Billy May.