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 101-125 of 266 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 81799 | 11/1/1951 | Snag it | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 81800 | 11/1/1951 | Willie the weeper | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 81866 | 11/14/1951 | High society | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 81867 | 11/14/1951 | Dippermouth blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82316 | 2/21/1952 | Krooked blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82317 | 2/21/1952 | Canal Street blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82318 | 2/21/1952 | Snake rag | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82415 | 3/5/1952 | Snake rag | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82416 | 3/5/1952 | Frog-I-More rag | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82417 | 3/5/1952 | South | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82418 | 3/5/1952 | The Sheik of Araby | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82859 | 5/13/1952 | Busybody | Roberta Lee | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 82860 | 5/13/1952 | Saturday rag | Roberta Lee | instrumentalist, clarinet, tenor saxophone | |||
Decca | 82931 | 6/10/1952 | Part 1: Our director (Harvard) ; Down the field (Yale) ; As the backs go tearing by (Dartmouth) ; Cannon song (Princeton) | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82932 | 6/10/1952 | Part 2: Washington and Lee swing ; Rambling wreck from Georgia Tech ; On, brave old Army team (West Point) ; Anchors aweigh (Annapolis) | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82933 | 6/11/1952 | Part 3: On, Wisconsin ; Go U Northwestern ; Notre Dame Victory march ; The Victors (Michigan) | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82934 | 6/11/1952 | Part 4: Illinois loyalty song (Univ. of Illinois) ; Iowa corn song (Univ. of Iowa) ; Hail Purdue ; Minnesota rouser (Univ. of Minnesota) | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82935 | 6/11/1952 | Part 7: Fight song ; (Michigan State) ; Indiana, our Indiana (Indiana University) ; Across the field (Ohio State) ; Fight for California (Univ. of California) | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82982 | 6/23/1952 | Part 5: Fight for L.S.U.! (Louisiana State Univ.) ; Yea Alabama! (Univ. of Alabama) ; Men of State (Mississippi State College) ; Roll on, Tulane | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82983 | 6/23/1952 | Part 6: Peruna (Southern Methodist Univ.) ; Aggie war hymn (Texas A & M) ; Horned frogs we are all for you (Texas Christian) ; The eyes of Texas are upon you (Univ. of Texas) | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 82984 | 6/23/1952 | Part 8: Fight on (Univ. of (Southern California) ; De.28327, 9-28327 ; By the Old Pacific (UCLA) ; Come join the band (Leland Stanford) | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 83494 | 10/15/1952 | Davenport blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 83495 | 10/15/1952 | Riverboat shuffle | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 83496 | 10/15/1952 | Basin Street blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet | |||
Decca | 83497 | 10/15/1952 | St. Louis blues | Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band | instrumentalist, clarinet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Stegmeyer, Bill," accessed April 17, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209797.
Stegmeyer, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209797.
"Stegmeyer, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 17 April 2024.
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