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	Billy May
		May worked with a number of singers, including Bing Crosby, and in radio, over the next few years, until he met Paul Weston, musical director of the new Capitol Records, and began ghost-arranging for him.
		May was a wild man during this period.
		May not only took painstaking care to transcribe and arrange each tune as faithfully as possible, but also had the good fortune to have his pick of the best session players in Hollywood, many of whom were Big Band veterans and shared his love for the material.
	www.spaceagepop.com /may.htm (1359 words)

	Jazz Music History Biography - Billy May
		May was soon contributing swinging arrangements described by the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz as “wailing, scooping saxophones voiced in thirds.” The best known of his arrangements for Barnet was for the hit recording of
		Billy May began arranging and conducting for a number of pop and jazz vocalists beginning with Nat King Cole in 1951.
		May was survived by his wife, Doris; daughters Cynthia May, Laureen Mitchell, Joannie Ransom and Sandra Gregory; and a brother, John.
	www.swingmusic.net /Big_Band_Jazz_History_Biography_Billy_May.html (1646 words)

	ITG News: Billy May
		Billy May was born in Pittsburgh, and played trumpet with Charlie Barnet's orchestra.
		While with the Barnet orchestra, May arranged the Ray Noble tune "Cherokee." His arrangement became Barnet's signature, and the recording was one of the biggest hits of the swing era.
		May later played with the Glenn Miller Orchestra where he arranged "Take the 'A' Train" and "Serenade in Blue." He later worked with Les Brown and Woody Herman; in the 1950s he worked with Frank Sinatra on the "Come Fly With Me" album.
	www.trumpetguild.org /news/news04/140billymay.htm (190 words)

	Billy May; big-band trumpeter, expert at mambos and swing - The Boston Globe
		WASHINGTON -- Billy May, the big-band trumpeter who became one of the top arrangers of the 1940s and 1950s with his instantly recognizable style, died Jan. 22 at his home in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., after a heart attack.
		May distinguished himself as an arranger and conductor on highly regarded collaborations with singers Frank Sinatra, Anita O'Day, and Ella Fitzgerald.
		May developed his musical trademark after hearing two saxophones perform the scooping sound in a small band.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/01/31/billy_may_big_band_trumpeter_expert_at_mambos_and_swing (479 words)

	Billy May \| Obituaries \| News \| Telegraph
		Billy May, who has died aged 87, was a trumpet player and bandleader; but he made his mark most notably as an arranger for crooners such as Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole when the newly-introduced long-playing record provided an ideal showcase for their talents.
		Emulating the relaxed style of the bandleader Jimmy Lunceford, May tempered the sharp brass attack of the Swing Era with sultry (some said "slurping") saxophones, while a string orchestra was often to be heard hovering discreetly in the background.
		Young Billy sat up all night, and, when the band played his music the next morning, they liked it enough for him to be invited to write more.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/02/05/db0502.xml (701 words)

	Nat King Cole The Billy May Sessions CD
		THE BILLY MAY SESSIONS features 40 tracks (5 previously unreleased) Nat King Cole recorded with arranger Billy May between 1951 and 1961.
		This two-CD set features a variety of tracks that Nat "King" Cole recorded with the arranger and bandleader Billy May throughout the 1950s and early '60s.
		Cole had been partnered with May by Cole's manager in 1951, after a previous successful pairing with the Stan Kenton's orchestra foundered.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1230714/a/Billy+May+Sessions.htm (458 words)

	Billy May - Verve Records
		The last of the great arrangers who wrote regularly for Frank Sinatra, Billy May had several varied careers in and out of jazz.
		May also did extensive scoring for television, film, and commercials.
		Although May was largely inactive in the '80s and '90s, he unexpectedly surfaced in 1996 with some typically bright big band charts for comic Stan Freberg's The United States of America, Vol.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /artist.aspx?ob=per&src=prd&aid=4064 (177 words)

	The UNofficial Billy Gilman Fan Web Site
		Billy too has a singing style in which every note is just right in bringing out the meaning of the song.
		Like Billy, she had a very smooth, silky voice and was excellent at putting energy and feeling into songs and keeping everything in total control.
		This all shows that Billy Gilman is a true artist, with excellent taste in music, who is able to understand what he likes about others singers and use this understanding in developing his own style.
	www.billygilmanfansite.com /reviews/ccusa-peterc.html (1766 words)

	BillyHeads.com > Billy Biography
		Billy Gilman was destined to be just where he is today.
		Billy had long sang in her living room for friends and family.
		Angela worked with Billy on his vocals and his stage presence, and soon delivered a tape to her friend Greg Piccolo, who was so impressed that he passed it on to Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel.
	www.billyheads.com /bio.php (1114 words)

	Obituary: Billy May / Band leader, arranger and composer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Billy May, a highly acclaimed band leader, composer and arranger who spun to popularity on the nation's jukeboxes, died of a heart attack Thursday at his home in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. He was 87.
		May's wife, Doris, said he arranged music for vocalist Keely Smith's "Keely Sings Sinatra" recording and performed concerts in England and Scotland shortly before his retirement in 1997.
		May is survived by daughters, Cynthia May, Laureen Mitchell, Joannie Ransom and Sandra Gregory; and a brother, John of Franklin Park.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04024/265226.stm (482 words)

	Billy May - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: The last of the great arrangers who wrote regularly for Frank Sinatra, Billy May had several varied careers in and out of jazz.
		May also did extensive scoring for television, film, and commercials.
		Although May was largely inactive in the '80s and '90s, he unexpectedly surfaced in 1996 with some typically bright big band charts for comic Stan Freberg's The United States of America, Vol.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/503/Billy-May/1005486.html (134 words)

	FMS: Feature [Arranger Extraordinaire Billy May Dead at 87]
		Billy May, the jazz arranger and big-band leader who also worked extensively in film and TV music for many years, died of a heart attack Thursday, January 22, at his home in San Juan Capistrano, California.
		May's arrangement of "Cherokee" for Charlie Barnet and his arrangements for Glenn Miller's band made him well-known in the big-band arena.
		May returned to TV in the fall of 1966 with The Green Hornet, including a clever orchestral takeoff on "The Flight of the Bumblebee" as the series theme, with a bravura performance by trumpet virtuoso Al Hirt.
	www.filmmusicsociety.org /news_events/features/2004/012404.html (662 words)

	Billy May: 1916-2004
		May was unafraid of digging into the fl big-band repertoire, professing an unabashed love for the music of Ellington and Jimmie Lunceford.
		May could always rely on having top-notch sidemen in his bands, among them clarinetist Matty Matlock, trumpeters Dick Cathcart and Conrad Gozzo, guitarist Howard Roberts, percussionist Julius Wechter (whose later Baja Marimba Band drew deeply from May's inspiration), bassist Chuck Berghofer, and trombonist Milt Bernhart (who ironically passed away the same day as May).
		Billy May is survived by his wife, Doris; daughters Cynthia May, Laureen Mitchell, Joannie Ransom and Sandra Gregory; and brother, John.
	www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1075600529 (647 words)

	Official Ticketmaster site. Billy May tickets, concerts and tour dates
		The last of the great arrangers who wrote regularly for Frank Sinatra, Billy May had several varied careers in and out of jazz.
		May also did extensive scoring for television, film, and commercials.
		Although May was largely inactive in the '80s and '90s, he unexpectedly surfaced in 1996 with some typically bright big band charts for comic Stan Freberg's The United States of America, Vol.
	www.ticketmaster.com /artist/737451?brand=none (492 words)

	BGEA: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
		See how God brought real love and forgiveness to a broken life.
		Watch Billy Graham preach in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1979.
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	Amazon.com: "Billy May": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Souç i "All I Need Is the Girl" (Jule Styne & Stephen Sondheim): Arranged by Billy May and conducted by Duke Ellington, the song from the 1959 Broadway hit Gypsy was recorded on December 11, 1967, for...
		Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Axel Stordahl Leonard Mach, Charles Griffard, Billy May (tpt); Jimmy Skiles,...
		Conrad Gozzo, who was later to achieve near legendary status as a lead trumpet player with Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Billy May, and Ray Anthony, among others.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Billy-May (483 words)

	Billy Joel Tickets : Billy Joel Concert Tickets @ BuySellTix
		Billy Joel's career started at the age of fourteen when he became a member of The Echoes.
		After some moderate success in local music scenes, Billy Joel signed a solo contract in 1970, and the rest is history.
		Buy Billy Joel concert tickets to turn your event into a moment to remember.
	www.buyselltix.com /concerts/billyJoel.php (347 words)

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		Hill Billy USA was established in Santa Barbara, California in 1996 as the US distributor for the Hill Billy Powered Golf Cart.
		In 2002 we moved to larger facilities in Ventura, California and began to offer service and repair on all types of golf cars and electric vehicles.
		Hill Billy USA offers a full range of products and services, including new and used golf cars, fleet sales, rentals, leasing, service, custom cars and a complete line of parts and accessories.
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	Billy Sheehan - bass player from Mr. Big, Niacin, Talas and DLR
		Billy will be doing clinics and workshops this July in Vancouver, New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire.
		Sign-up for my mailing list and receive all the latest news, concert dates, access to unreleased songs, plus much more!
		Feel free to e-mail me. I can't promise that I'll answer every letter, but I'll try my best:
	www.billysheehan.com (70 words)

	Rolling Stone : Billy May: A Tribute To Billy May : Music Reviews
		Rolling Stone : Billy May: A Tribute To Billy May : Music Reviews
		Give us your review of A Tribute To Billy May
		Home : artists : Billy May : reviews : A Tribute To Billy May
	www.rollingstone.com /artists/billymay/albums/album/6308782/a_tribute_to_billy_may (69 words)

	Billy May \| Albums \| MTV
		The last of the great arrangers who wrote regularly for Frank Sinatra, Billy May had several varied careers in and out of jazz.
		His arrangements for Sinatra, beginning with Come Fly With Me (1957) and ending with Trilogy (1979), are often in a walloping, brassy, even taunting swing mode, generating some of the...
		Let's Go to Town with Billy May and His Orchestra
	www.mtv.com /music/artist/may_billy/albums.jhtml (122 words)

	Northern Times: Billy May goes back to school
		Physical education teacher Billy May, of Lonemore, Dornoch, is now free to return to work following a disciplinary hearing in Brora on Friday which marked the culmination of a local authority investigation into the case.
		Mr May (61) declined to comment in detail this week because of the constraints of his teaching contract.
		Aberdeen-born Mr May, who was brought up in Dornoch, was suspended on 24th January from the post he has held for the past 10 years as a peripatetic primary school teacher covering 10 schools in East Sutherland.
	www.northern-times.co.uk /news/fullstory.php/aid/956/Billy_May_goes_back_to_school.html (744 words)

	The Broadway, Barking 01/05/06 - Billy Bragg Forums
		i was in the same seat as last time but i think billy may have been more stuck up this time.
		Can't remember when it was (8 years ago?) but Billy played mostly on his own and was on fire.
		Whilst Ian was toward teh back from A14 (I kindly swapped as I was splitting 2 blokes who had come together) you could see right across to Ian's 'den' and he was certainly 'into' the music.
	www.billybragg.co.uk /forums/index.php?showtopic=3561 (1670 words)

	American BigBands - Page 1b "M" Bands
		Billy is remembered today as one of our great arrangers, who had worked with such orchestras as Charlie Barnet (1938) and Glenn Miller (1939).
		McIntyre, a former Glenn Miller band reedman, had received both encouragement and financial backing from Miller, as well as some fine arrangements from Billy May. Among May's contributions to McIntyre were "Daisy Mae" which was similar in structure to his arrangement of the same song for Miller's orchestra and a song called "Friday".
		Billy formulated a technique that voiced the reeds section in thirds, creating what has be described as a 'slurping saxophone' sound.Among his band's successes were arrangements of 'All Of Me', 'Lulu's Back In Town', 'Charmaine', 'When My Sugar Walks Down The Street', 'Lean Baby' and 'Fat Man Boogie' - the last two written by Billy.
	www.nfo.net /usa/m1b.html (2645 words)

	Billy May Tribute
		Many people shared stories of Billy, including Frank Sinatra, Jr., who was most eloquent, remembering when he, as a young lad, first laid eyes on Billy May, and also related stories from his father's (Frank Sinatra, Sr.) past, as related to Billy May. Terrific.
		Clark Burroughs, who had performed with the Billy May Orchestra, favored the audience with his years-ago vocal techniques on a Billy May arrangement.
		sang with Billy's band; Peter Myers, arranger and friend/admirer of Billy May's; Ron Anthony, Mr.
	www.jazzprofessional.com /interviews/Billy%20May%20Tribute.htm (253 words)

	CD Baby: FRANK STALLONE: Frankie & Billy with the Billy May Orchestra
		Frankie & Billy with the Billy May Orchestra
		This is Big Band at it's best with legend Billy May his last album.Mr May had this to say about Frank.
		Frank Stallone and Billy May make us relive the magical moments once created by Sinatra and May. To sing along with Billy's arrangements must be an absolute ball!
	cdbaby.com /cd/frankstallone2 (844 words)

	NPR : Acclaimed Music Arranger Billy May Dies
		Morning Edition, January 27, 2004 ·; Billy May, a jazz trumpeter and composer best known for his critically acclaimed arrangements for Frank Sinatra, died last week at age 87.
		In the 1940s and '50s, May was one of the most sought-after arrangers for big-band music and American standards, working with stars such as Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole.
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	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1618705 (138 words)

	BILLY MAY Discography
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		BILLY MAY Cha-Cha Mambos (Late 50s US 12-track LP on the turquoise Capitol label, issued as part of the Arthur Murray dance series, front pasted picture sleeve.
		BILLY MAY It's Billy May Time (Early 60s UK 4-track 7" vinyl EP featuring Cool Water, Dixieland Band, Gone With The Wind & Driftwood, laminated flipback picture sleeve.
	eil.com /shop/ExtSearch.asp?DiscArtist=Billy-May (223 words)

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