Artist: Billy May

Billy May
Aliases
Billy May & His Orchestra
Billy May's Rico Mambo Orchestra
Real name
William E. May
Born
October 10, 1916
Died
January 22, 2004
Country
United States
Comments
Arranger, composer.
See also

Performances

Covers

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1 (When I Dance With You) I Get Ideas Peggy Lee with Orchestra Conducted by Billy May June 1951 Tony Martin with Henri René & His Orchestra - Agustin Magaldi
2 Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts
3 Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts
4 Ace in the Hole Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers
5 After You Jeri Southern with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Fred Astaire
6 All of You Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Don Ameche
7 All the Way Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Frank Sinatra
8 Alright, Okay, You Win Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Ella Johnson
9 An Occasional Man Billy May & His Orchestra with Ella Mae Morse 1955 Gloria DeHaven
10 Angel Eyes Nat "King" Cole and Billy May And His Orchestra 1953 Herb Jeffries With Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
11 Aren't You Glad You're You The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
12 As Time Goes By Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 Frances Williams
13 At the Jazz Band Ball Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1960
14 Autumn Leaves Billy May 1958 Yves Montand
15 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Al Hirt With Orchestra Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1962 Eva Taylor
16 Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Eva Taylor
17 Bewitched Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Vivienne Segal
18 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered Guy Pastor, Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1960 Vivienne Segal
19 Blues in the Night Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 William Gillespie
20 Bob White Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
21 Cocktails for Two Billy May & His Orchestra 1953 Carl Brisson
22 Cocktails for Two Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Carl Brisson
23 Dardanella Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1960
24 Day In - Day Out Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
25 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me Al Hirt With Orchestra Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1962 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Al Hibbler - Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
26 Don't Be That Way Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Chick Webb and His Orchestra
27 Dream a Little Dream of Me Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
28 East of the Rockies Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Andrews Sisters
29 East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 The Princeton University Triangle Club
30 Easy to Love Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 James Stewart
31 Falling in Love With Love Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Muriel Angelus
32 Falling in Love With Love Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Muriel Angelus
33 Get Out of Town Jeri Southern with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Tamara
34 Get Out of Town Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Tamara
35 Happy Talk The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Juanita Hall
36 Have You Met Miss Jones? Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall
37 Have You Met Miss Jones? Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall
38 Heart and Soul Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
39 Hernando's Hideaway Billy May's Rico Mambo Orchestra 1954 Carol Haney and John Raitt
40 I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Clarence Williams and his Orchestra
41 I Apologize Billy Eckstine Arr. & Cond. by Billy May 1960 Bing Crosby
42 I Can't Get Started Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Bob Hope
43 I Can't Get Started Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Bob Hope
44 I Can't Give You Anything but Love The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Aida Ward and Willard McLean
45 I Concentrate on You Jeri Southern with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Douglas McPhail
46 I Could Write a Book Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Gene Kelly & Leila Ernst
47 I Get a Kick Out of You Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 William Gaxton & Ethel Merman
48 I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans Billy May & His Orchestra 1951 Clifton Webb
49 I Hear a Rhapsody Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 Al Donahue & His Orchestra
50 I Love You Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Wilbur Evans
51 I Love You Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 Wilbur Evans
52 I Never Knew Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Lou Gold & His Orchestra
53 I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody (Like I'm Loving You) Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Henry Burr and John Meyer
54 I Want to Be Happy The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Carl Fenton and His Orchestra
55 I Wish I Didn't Love You So Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Betty Hutton
56 I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You) Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Nick Lucas
57 I'll Never Smile Again Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Percy Faith
58 I'll Take Romance Al Hirt With Orchestra Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1962 Grace Moore
59 I'm Beginning to See the Light Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 Harry James and His Orchestra
60 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Fats Waller and His Rhythm
61 I've Got Five Dollars Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Jack Whiting & Ann Sothern
62 I've Got You Under My Skin Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Virginia Bruce
63 If I Had My Druthers Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Peter Palmer, Mark Breaux, Ralph Linn, Jack Matthew, Robert McClure, Geroge Reeder
64 In the Dark Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Lil Green
65 Indiana Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Conway's Band
66 Invitation Billy May 1958 The MGM Studio Orchestra
67 It Never Entered My Mind Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Shirley Ross
68 It's All Right With Me Jeri Southern with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Peter Cookson
69 It's De-Lovely Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Ethel Merman & Bob Hope
70 It's You or No One Frank D'Rone with Billy May and His Orchestra 1960 Doris Day
71 Johnny One Note Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Wynn Murray
72 Just One of Those Things Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 June Knight & Charles Walters
73 Just for a Thrill Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orchestra
74 Little Girl Blue Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Gloria Grafton
75 Little Girl Blue Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Gloria Grafton
76 Lonesome Polecat Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Matt Mattox
77 Looking at You Jeri Southern with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Ensemble
78 Love Is Just Around the Corner Billy May & His Orchestra 1952 Bing Crosby
79 Love Walked In Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Kenny Baker
80 Love for Sale Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend
81 Lover Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Jeanette MacDonald
82 Lullaby of the Leaves Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Ben Selvin and His Orchestra
83 Memories of You Al Hirt With Orchestra Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1962 Minto Cato
84 Mississippi Mud Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys
85 Misty Guy Pastor, Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1960
86 Moonlight Becomes You Billy May 1958 Bing Crosby
87 Moonlight Becomes You Guy Pastor, Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1960 Bing Crosby
88 Muskrat Ramble Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1960 Phil Harris and His Dixieland Syncapators - Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
89 My Babe Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Little Walter and His Jukes - Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet
90 My Cutey's Due at Two to Two Today Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Billy Jones and Ernest Hare
91 My Foolish Heart Guy Pastor, Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1960 Martha Mears
92 My Funny Valentine Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Mitzi Green
93 My Melancholy Baby Frank D'Rone with Billy May and His Orchestra 1960 William Frawley
94 Night and Day Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Fred Astaire
95 Oh! Look at Me Now! Frank D'Rone with Billy May and His Orchestra 1960 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
96 Ole Buttermilk Sky The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961
97 On The Atcheson, Topeka and the Santa Fe The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Bing Crosby with Six Hits and a Miss and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
98 On the Sunny Side of the Street Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Harry Richman
99 On the Sunny Side of the Street The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Harry Richman
100 S'posin' Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Bob Haring & His Orchestra
101 Secret Love Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 Doris Day
102 Since I Fell for You Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra
103 Smack Dab in the Middle Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Charlie Calhoun
104 Spring Is Here Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Dennis King & Vivienne Segal
105 Stormy Weather Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
106 Sweet and Lovely Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra
107 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Al Hirt With Orchestra Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1962 Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
108 Swinging on a Star The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Bing Crosby with Williams Brothers
109 Ten Cents a Dance Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Ruth Etting
110 That Old Black Magic Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
111 That Old Feeling Al Hirt With Orchestra Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1962 Virginia Verrill
112 The Continental Billy May 1958
113 The Curse of an Aching Heart Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Will Oakland
114 The Song Is You Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Tullio Carminati
115 Till There Was You Al Hirt With Orchestra Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1962 Barbara Cook & Robert Preston
116 To keep My Love Alive Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Vivienne Segal
117 Tonight You Belong to Me Peggy Lee with Orchestra Conducted by Billy May June 1951 Irving Kaufman
118 Two Sleepy People Frank D'Rone with Billy May and His Orchestra 1960 Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye
119 Vaya Con Dios Mel Tormé with Billy May November 1959 Anita O'Day
120 Walkin' My Baby Back Home Nat "King" Cole and Billy May And His Orchestra 1952 Broadway Syncopators
121 Warm All Over Frank D'Rone with Billy May and His Orchestra 1960 Jo Sullivan
122 Watch What Happens Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Tony Bennett - Georges Blaness
123 We'll Be Together Again Frank D'Rone with Billy May and His Orchestra 1960 Frankie Laine and Carl Fischer's Orchestra
124 What Is This Thing Called Love? Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Elsie Carlisle
125 When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Billy May & His Orchestra 1951 McKenzie's Candy Kids
126 When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 McKenzie's Candy Kids
127 When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano Billy May & His Orchestra 1952 The Ink Spots
128 Why Shouldn't I? Jeri Southern with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Margaret Adams
129 Willow Weep For Me Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Ted FioRito & His Orchestra
130 With Every Breath I Take Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 Bing Crosby
131 You Go to My Head Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra
132 You Make Me Feel So Young The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Carol Stewart and Del Porter
133 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Frank D'Rone with Billy May and His Orchestra 1960 Don Ameche & Janet Blair
134 You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Don Ameche & Janet Blair
135 You'll Never Know Guy Pastor, Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1960 Alice Faye
136 You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Nat "King" Cole
137 You're the Top Jeri Southern with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 William Gaxton & Ethel Merman

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 After the Ball Frank D'Rone with Billy May and His Orchestra 1960 Mercury
2 Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers and Hart Anita O'Day and Billy May 1960 Verve
3 Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May Anita O'Day With Billy May & His Orchestra 1959 Verve
4 Billy May's Big Fat Brass Billy May 1958 Capitol Records
5 Bing & Satchmo Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1960 MGM
6 Horn A-Plenty Al Hirt With Orchestra Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1962 RCA Victor
7 Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter Jeri Southern with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Capitol Records
8 Meet a Happy Guy Guy Pastor, Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1960 Capitol Records
9 The Morse Code Ella Mae Morse With Orchestra Conducted by Billy May 1957 Capitol Records
10 Nancy-Naturally Nancy Wilson, Arranged and Conducted by Billy May December 1966 Capitol Records
11 Once More With Feeling Billy Eckstine Arranged and Conducted By Billy May 1960 Roulette
12 Politely! Keely Smith with Billy May and His Orchestra 1959 Capitol Records
13 Swing Along With Me Frank Sinatra, Billy May and His Orchestra 1961 Reprise Records
14 Two of a Kind Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer With Billy May and His Orchestra February 1961 Atco Records
15 Voices in Fun The Four Freshmen Arranged and Conducted by Billy May 1961 Capitol Records
16 ¡Olé Tormé! - Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May Mel Tormé with Billy May November 1959 Verve

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Birmingham Billy May & His Orchestra 1955 Capitol Records
2 Cocktails for Two Billy May & His Orchestra 1953 Capitol Records
3 Gin and Tonic Billy May & His Orchestra 1952 Capitol Records
4 Hernando's Hideaway Billy May's Rico Mambo Orchestra 1954 Capitol Records
5 Honest and Truly Billy May & His Orchestra 1952 Capitol Records
6 I Apologize Billy Eckstine Arr. & Cond. by Billy May 1960 Roulette
7 Walkin' My Baby Back Home Nat "King" Cole and Billy May And His Orchestra 1952 Capitol Records
8 (When I Dance With You) I Get Ideas Peggy Lee with Orchestra Conducted by Billy May June 1951 Capitol Records
9 When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Billy May & His Orchestra 1951 Capitol Records

Performances also appear on

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Return to Paradise Nat "King" Cole 1953 Capitol Records

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