Bill Finegan
William James Finegan (3 April 1917 – 4 June 2008) was an American jazz bandleader, pianist, arranger, and composer. He was an arranger in the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the late 1930s and early 1940s. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born April 3rd, 1917 (Newark), Died June 4th, 2008 (Bridgeport)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1953
Roles Represented in DAHR: arranger
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-035732 | 10-in. | 4/10/1939 | Little brown jug | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
Victor | BS-058885 | 10-in. | 1/17/1941 | Song of the Volga boatman | Glenn Miller Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | arranger | |
Decca | 82421 | 3/10/1952 | Keel row-1 | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 6807 | 6/11/1952 | They didn't believe me-1 | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 6808 | 6/11/1952 | Cheek to cheek | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 6810 | 6/13/1952 | The bells of St. Mary's | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 6811 | 6/13/1952 | Two beats on a bat | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 6812 | 6/13/1952 | Chasing shadows | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 6816 | 6/12/1952 | I'm getting sentimental over you | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7301 | 8/14/1953 | Liza Jane | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7302 | 8/14/1953 | The blue room | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7303 | 8/14/1953 | Cheek to cheek | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7304 | 8/15/1953 | You're the cause of it all | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7305 | 8/15/1953 | Lovely weather for ducks | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger | |||
Decca | L 7306 | 8/15/1953 | Island queen | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | arranger |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Finegan, Bill," accessed April 17, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/203235.
Finegan, Bill. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 17, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/203235.
"Finegan, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 17 April 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92061025
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q862093
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54332374/
MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/63dd1778-7fb0-4c57-9ac9-4c5b472b6db8
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