Bill Stegmeyer

Bill Stegmeyer (October 8, 1916 – August 19, 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist and arranger. Stegmeyer attended Transylvania College from 1934 to 1936, and following his studies played with Austin Wylie (1937), Glenn Miller (1938), and Bob Crosby (1939–40). In the 1940s, he did arrangement work and played clarinet (and occasionally, saxophone) with Billy Butterfield, Yank Lawson, Bobby Hackett, Will Bradley, and Billie Holiday (1945–47). He arranged for WXYZ, a Detroit radio station, from 1948 to 1950, and following this arranged for Your Hit Parade (1950–58) and CBS (early 1960s). In the 1950s he also continued to play jazz, with Lawson, Butterfield, Bob Haggart, Jimmy McPartland, and Ruby Braff. He died of cancer at age 51 in 1968. His only recordings as a leader were five tunes for Signature Records in 1945 and some V-Discs.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 8, 1916 (Detroit), Died August 19, 1968

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1962

Roles Represented in DAHR: clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, leader

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 266 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	66794	10-in.	10/23/1939	The answer is love	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	66830	10-in.	11/6/1939	It's a whole new thing	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66831	10-in.	11/6/1939	Angry	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66832	10-in.	11/6/1939	Complainin'	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66939	10-in.	12/6/1939	Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66940	10-in.	12/6/1939	Pinch me	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66941	10-in.	12/6/1939	I wanna wrap you up	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	66942	10-in.	12/6/1939	The little red fox	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67095	10-in.	1/23/1940	I've got my eyes on you	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67096	10-in.	1/23/1940	Angel	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67097	10-in.	1/23/1940	Ooh! What you said	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67098	10-in.	1/23/1940	Gotta get home	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67187	10-in.	2/13/1940	Shake down the stars	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67188	10-in.	2/13/1940	You, you darlin'	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67189	10-in.	2/13/1940	With the wind and the rain in your hair	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67190	10-in.	2/13/1940	Reminiscing time	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67204	10-in.	2/19/1940	Up the chimney go my dreams	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67205	10-in.	2/19/1940	Run, rabbit, run	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67206	10-in.	2/19/1940	Leanin' on the old top rail	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67207	10-in.	2/19/1940	They ought to write a book about you	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67231	10-in.	2/27/1940	Tit willow	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67232	10-in.	2/27/1940	Ain't goin' nowhere	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67233	10-in.	2/27/1940	Sweet Genevieve	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67234	10-in.	2/27/1940	Where the blue of the night meets the gold of the day	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	67263	10-in.	3/4/1940	My! My!	Bob Crosby Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Stegmeyer, Bill," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209797.

Stegmeyer, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209797.

"Stegmeyer, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.