Billy Ford

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William "Billy" Ford († 1984 ) was an American musician ( trumpet , vocals ), songwriter and band leader in the field of rhythm & blues and swing .

Ford, who was from Newark, New Jersey , began his career with Pancho Diggs. The song he wrote I'll Live True to You became a hit with Trevor Beacon in 1942. In 1944 he played with Tiny Bradshaw , in order to found his own band the following year, with which the first recordings were made in New York ( Drinking My Blues Away ). In 1946 he played with Cootie Williams before putting together his orchestra Billy Ford & His Musical V-8's , with whom he recorded for Columbia Records in 1949 ( The Major and the Minor / Boom-A-Ran-Da ). In his orchestra played u. a. Charli Persip . In 1951 he recorded with the singer Joan Shaw; in a team with singer Lillie Bryant as Billie & Lillie . By the end of the 1950s, Billy Ford made further recordings with his R&B band The Thunderbirds and singer Freddie Pinkard ( The Monster ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Barbara J. Kukla: Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50
  2. ^ Imamu Amiri Baraka: Digging: the Afro-American soul of American classical music
  3. ^ Billboard April 20, 1946
  4. ^ Charles Delaunay : Hot discographie encyclopédique 1952. Volume 3 (El-He) . Paris, Éditions Jazz Disques, 1952.
  5. ↑ Barbara J. Kukla: Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50
  6. ↑ Information from vocalgroupharmony
personal data
SURNAME Ford, Billy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ford, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 1984