A couple weeks ago I made a joke calling myself the original Big Beautiful Bill. I thought it was pretty funny all things considered these days. But then I started worrying. What about Billy Wilder? Or Bill Buckley? Or Bill Russell? Or Bill Parcels? Or maybe even Barnacle Bill The Sailor? What about all big beautiful Bills? Didn’t I owe them an apology? So I played a couple of hours of singers, musicians, arrangers, and composers named Bill. I thought they fit the bill perfectly.
SONG TITLE / Artist(s) / CD Or Album Title
- A LITTLE TEMPO PLEASE / Count Basie / “Basie At Birdland”
- ONE FOR MY BABY / Willie Nelson / “My Way”
- THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME / Billie Holiday / “Billie’s Best”
- AIN’T NO SUNSHINE / |Bill Withers / “Just As I Am”
- GRANDMA’S HANDS / Shirley Horn / “A Lazy Afternoon”
- DOWN IN THE DEPTHS / Tony Bennett /arr.: Bill Holman / “Here’s To The Ladies”
- STOMPING AT THE SAVOY / Stan Kenton /arr.: Bill Holman / / “Stomping At Newport”
- PURE IMAGINATION / Joanie Sommers / “Here, There, & Everywhere”
- I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE / (MYSTERY VOCLIST) / Billie Eilish /
- NEW YORK STATE OF MIND / Billy Joel / “The Essential Billy Joel”
- BILLY’S BLUES / Laura Nyro / “The First Songs”
- BILLY BOY / Oscar Peterson / “The London House Sessions”
- IN THE EVENING / Ella Fitzgerald w/ Bill Doggett / “These Are The Blues”
- LIVING WITHOUT YOU / Bill Henderson / “Live At The Vic”
- WON’T YOU COME HOME, BILL BAILEY / Sarah Vaughan / “Sassy Swings The Tivoli”
- WORK SONG / Billy Eckstine / “At Basin Street East”
- MAYBE / Lena Horne / “An Evening With Lena Horne”
- IT’S KIND OF LONESOME OUT TONIGHT / Anais Reno / “Lovesome Thing”
- THE RULES OF THE ROAD / Nat King Cole arr: Billy May / “The Billy May Sessions”
- BILL / Cleo Laine / “Cleo Laine At Carnegie Hall”
- LONELY TIME / Maynard Ferguson w/ Willie Maiden / “A Message From Birdland”
- EASY LIVING / Johnny Hartman w/ Dr. Billy Taylor / “The Bridges Of Madison County”
- THE BEST THING FOR YOU / Sandy Stewart & Bill Charlap / “Something To Remember”
- EMILY / Bill Evans w/ Stan Getz / “But Beautiful”
- BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH / Kenny Rankin w/ Bill Watrous / “Professional Dreamer”
- OUR REVELS ARE NOW OVER / Joseph Fiennes / Willam Shakespeare / “When Love Speaks”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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