Billy Hillpot
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, arranger, banjo
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-37534 | 10-in. | 1/11/1927 | Ya gonna be home to-night (Oh yeh? Then I'll be over) | Smith Brothers | Male vocal duet, with banjo and piano (takes 3-5); with banjo (takes 1 and 2) | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |
| Victor | BVE-37535 | 10-in. | 1/11/1927 | Who do you love? | Smith Brothers | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-37585 | 10-in. | 2/1/1927 | Hoosier sweetheart (Say who) | Smith Brothers | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-40547 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | Rain | Jacques Renard Cocoanut Grove Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-40588 | 10-in. | 11/17/1927 | You came along | Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-41520 | 10-in. | 1/5/1928 | After my laughter came tears | Virginians | Orchestra, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-42411 | 10-in. | 2/6/1928 | Mary Ann | Billy Hillpot ; Jacques Renard Cocoanut Grove Orchestra ; Harold Lambert | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-Test-436 | 10-in. | 11/25/1929 | I may be wrong | Billy Hillpot | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-Test-437 | 10-in. | 11/25/1929 | Seeing sweetie home | Billy Hillpot | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
| OKeh | W400767 | 10-in. | 6/8/1928 | Because my baby don't mean "maybe" now! | Eddie Lang ; New Yorkers ; Joe Venuti | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| OKeh | W400768 | 10-in. | 6/8/1928 | Just like a melody out of the sky | Eddie Lang ; New Yorkers ; Joe Venuti | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E27908 | 10-in. | 7/28/1928 | When Polly walks through the hollyhocks | Ben Bernie ; Billy Hillpot ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take G) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E28131 | 10-in. | 8/22/1928 | Anything you say! | Cotton and Morpheus | Male vocal duet, with violin and guitar | arranger | |
| Brunswick | E28132 | 10-in. | 8/22/1928 | Mississippi mud | Cotton and Morpheus | Male vocal duet, with violin and guitar | arranger | |
| Brunswick | E28223 | 10-in. | 9/14/1928 | Roses of yesterday | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take G) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4231-E4232 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Hello! Swanee, hello! | Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20022-E20023 | 10-in. | 9/3/1926 | Why do ya roll those eyes? | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20807-E20809 | 10-in. | 11/24/1926 | If I’d only believed in you | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20810-E20812 | 10-in. | 11/24/1926 | I’m tellin’ the birds, tellin’ the bees how I love you | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20856-E20857 | 10-in. | 12/1/1926 | I’m tellin’ the birds, tellin’ the bees, how I love you | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20937-E20939 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | Lonely eyes | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E20940-E20942 | 10-in. | 12/13/1926 | Who’ll be the one? | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21041-E21043 | 10-in. | 12/23/1926 | “Je t’aime” means “I love you” | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21044-E21046 | 10-in. | 12/23/1926 | He’s the last word | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21336-E21338 | 10-in. | 1/27/1927 | I can't believe that you're in love with me | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21339-E21341 | 10-in. | 1/27/1927 | My little bunch of happiness | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21355-E21357 | 10-in. | 1/28/1927 | Ain’t she sweet? | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21459-E21461 | 10-in. | 2/9/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21524-E21526 | 10-in. | 2/17/1927 | It all depends on you | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21527-E21529 | 10-in. | 2/17/1927 | Underneath the weeping willow | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21865-E21867 | 10-in. | 3/14/1927 | Following you around | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E21867) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E21868-E21870 | 10-in. | 3/14/1927 | I’m in love again | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E21870) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22308-E22311 | 10-in. | 4/8/1927 | Rosy cheeks | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E22311) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22312-E22315 | 10-in. | 4/8/1927 | That little something | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E22315) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22336-E22338 | 10-in. | 4/11/1927 | You know I love you | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E22338) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E22339-E22341 | 10-in. | 4/11/1927 | One o' clock baby | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E22341) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24175-E24178 | 10-in. | 8/10/1927 | Highways are happy ways (When they lead the way to home) | Frank Black Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E24178) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24243-E24246 | 10-in. | 8/16/1927 | A night in June | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E24246) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24247-E24250 | 10-in. | 8/16/1927 | All by my ownsome | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E24250) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24366-E24368 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | A night in June | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24369-E24371 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | All by my ownsome | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24883-E24886 | 10-in. | 10/24/1927 | Lonely in a crowd | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E24886) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24887-E24890 | 10-in. | 10/24/1927 | Back where the daisies grow | Park Lane Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E24890) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25125-E25128 | 10-in. | 11/10/1927 | There must be somebody else | Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E25128) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25129-E25132 | 10-in. | 11/10/1927 | Carefree | Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (Take E25132) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25142-E25145 | 10-in. | 11/10/1927 | I told them all about you | Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E25145) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25154-E25157 | 10-in. | 11/11/1927 | My heart stood still | Harry Archer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal effects | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25394-E25396 | 10-in. | 12/2/1927 | I never dreamed | Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (take E25396) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25457-E25459 | 10-in. | 12/7/1927 | Mine—all mine | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E25459) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25629-E25631 | 10-in. | 12/15/1927 | On the Vagabond Trail | William Wirges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E25631) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25744-E25746 | 10-in. | 12/23/1927 | Let’s misbehave | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E25746) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25747-E25749 | 10-in. | 12/23/1927 | Changes | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E25749) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25919-E25921 | 10-in. | 1/9/1928 | On the Vagabond Trail | William Wirges Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26243-E26245 | 10-in. | 1/23/1928 | In the sing-song sycamore tree | Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (take E26245) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26478-E26480 | 10-in. | 2/14/1928 | There must be a silver lining | Casa Lopez Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (E26480) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26500-E26502 | 10-in. | 2/15/1928 | I just roll along havin' my ups and downs | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E26502) | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E27098-E27100 | 10-in. | 3/22/1928 | Borneo | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet; without vocal (take E27100) | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hillpot, Billy," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100914.
Hillpot, Billy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100914.
"Hillpot, Billy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Hillpot, Billy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004117251
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