Billy Higgins

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer, songwriter, vocalist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-88996 10-in. 6/24/1935 There'll be some changes made Fats Waller and his Rhythm Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-014025 10-in. 9/11/1937 There'll be some changes made Ocie Stockard ; The Wanderers Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist  
Victor BS-060317 10-in. 1/13/1941 There'll be some changes made Marilyn Duke ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo lyricist  
Victor BS-062749 10-in. 3/10/1941 There'll be some changes made Una Mae Carlisle ; Les Young Orchestra Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance sextet lyricist  
Columbia 81199 10-in. 9/6/1923 Georgia blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio songwriter  
Columbia 140193 10-in. 12/17/1924 Early every morn' (I want my lovin') Maggie Jones Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with trombone and piano lyricist  
Columbia W140416 10-in. 3/6/1925 There'll be some changes made "Doc" Straine ; Edith Wilson Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano lyricist  
OKeh S-71329 10-in. March 1923 I'm through with you (As I can be) Esther Bigeou ; Clarence Williams Female vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist  
OKeh S-72553 10-in. May 1924 Georgia blues Arkansaw Travellers ; Sam Lanin Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-72915 10-in. 10/17/1924 Early in the morning Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Virginia Liston Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet songwriter  
OKeh S-72934 10-in. Oct. 1924 Give it to me good Virginia Liston ; Clarence Williams Female vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist  
OKeh S-72996 10-in. 11/25/1924 Papa, Mama's all alone blues Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Margaret Johnson Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet lyricist  
OKeh S-73322 10-in. Apr. 1925 You ain't talkin' to me Butterbeans & Susie ; Eddie Heywood Female-male vocal duet, with piano composer, lyricist  
OKeh W81037 10-in. 6/21/1927 There'll be some changes made Eddie Lang ; Red McKenzie ; Music Box ; Joe Venuti Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
OKeh W81314 10-in. 9/3/1927 There'll be some changes made Sophie Tucker Female vocal solo, with piano lyricist  
Brunswick B7-B10 10-in. 7/18/1924 There’ll be some changes made Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 12946-12947 10-in. 4/22/1924 I don’t want nobody that don’t want me Viola McCoy Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet songwriter  
Brunswick 13366-13369 10-in. 6/24/1924 There’ll be some changes made Marion Harris Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick E1574-E1576 10-in. 10/31/1925 How can I miss you when you're gone Billy Higgins ; Alberta Perkins Female-male vocal duet, with clarinet and piano vocalist  
Brunswick E1577-E1579 10-in. 10/31/1925 You can't proposition me Billy Higgins ; Alberta Perkins Female-male vocal duet, with clarinet and piano vocalist  
Brunswick C1885 10-in. 4/6/1928 There’ll be some changes made Chicago Rhythm Kings Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  
Brunswick DAL452 10-in. 10/24/1929 There’ ll be some changes made Eddie Fennell ; Hotel Tyler Orchestra ; Sugar Lou Morgan Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Higgins, Billy," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/115178.

Higgins, Billy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/115178.

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

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