Bill Covey

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1944

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

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor PBS-049980 10-in. 8/6/1940 Rhythm on the river Wingy Manone Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, clarinet, saxophone  
Victor PBS-049981 10-in. 8/6/1940 Ain't it a shame about Mame Wingy Manone Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, clarinet, saxophone  
Victor PBS-049982 10-in. 8/6/1940 Dinner for the duchess Wingy Manone Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, clarinet, saxophone  
Victor PBS-049983 10-in. 8/6/1940 When I get you alone tonight Wingy Manone Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, clarinet, saxophone  
Decca 71693 10-in. 1/19/1944 I'm in love with someone Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca 71694 10-in. 1/19/1944 Holiday for strings-1 Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca 71695 10-in. 1/19/1944 Two again Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca 71773 10-in. 2/16/1944 Ohio Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca 71774 10-in. 2/16/1944 The champ-1 Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca DLA 1264 10-in. 4/21/1938 Quaker City jazz Spud Murphy Orchestra instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca DLA 1265 10-in. 4/21/1938 Cherokee Spud Murphy Orchestra instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca DLA 1266 10-in. 4/21/1938 Trans-Continental Spud Murphy Orchestra instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca DLA 1267 10-in. 4/21/1938 Ecstacy Spud Murphy Orchestra instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca DLA 1268 10-in. 4/21/1938 Dancing with a debutante Spud Murphy Orchestra instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca DLA 1269 10-in. 4/21/1938 My little girl Spud Murphy Orchestra instrumentalist, tenor saxophone  
Decca L 3212 10-in. 10/7/1943 My first love Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca L 3213 10-in. 10/7/1943 That wonderful worrisome feeling Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca L 3214 10-in. 10/7/1943 Besame mucho (Kiss me much) Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca L 3215 10-in. 10/7/1943 King Porter stomp Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca L 3216 10-in. 10/7/1943 Star eyes Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca L 3217 10-in. 10/7/1943 They're either too young or too old Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca L 3246 10-in. 10/27/1943 Do you know? Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca L 3247 10-in. 10/27/1943 My ideal Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca L 3248 10-in. 10/27/1943 Sack house stomp Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  
Decca L 3249 10-in. 10/27/1943 When they ask about you Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra instrumentalist, alto saxophone  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Covey, Bill," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/202171.

Covey, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/202171.

"Covey, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/202171

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