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 151-175 of 266 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	84504	5/14/1953	Clarinet marmalade	Jimmy McPartland Orchestra	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	84652	6/4/1953	Royal garden blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	84653	6/4/1953	Tin roof blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	84654	6/4/1953	Struttin' with some barbecue	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	84683	6/10/1953	Fidgety feet	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	84684	6/10/1953	Angry	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	84685	6/10/1953	That's a plenty	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	84713	6/15/1953	Someday sweetheart	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	84714	6/15/1953	Sweet Lorraine	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	84736	6/22/1953	Memphis blues	Ray McKinley Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	84737	6/22/1953	Ol' shanks mare	Ray McKinley Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	84738	6/22/1953	Rhythm-a-tic	Ray McKinley Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	84739	6/22/1953	Long gone	Ray McKinley Orchestra	instrumentalist, alto saxophone
Decca	85371	10/13/1953	I'm coming Virginia-1	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	85372	10/13/1953	Mississippi mud-1	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	85373	10/13/1953	Crying for the Carolines	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	85458	11/3/1953	Moon over Miami-1	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	85459	11/3/1953	Alabamy bound-1	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	85460	11/3/1953	Georgia on my mind	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	85524	11/19/1953	Louisiana	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	85525	11/19/1953	Tennessee waltz-1	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	85890	2/23/1954	Heebie jeebies	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	85891	2/23/1954	Skit-dat-de-dat	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	86029	6/16/1954	Melancholy blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet
Decca	86030	3/16/1954	Potato head blues	Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band	instrumentalist, clarinet

(Results 151-175 of 266 records)

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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.