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Bill Coleman

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Aliases
Bill Coleman et son orchestre
Bill Coleman + Four
Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars
Real name
William Johnson Coleman
Born
August 4, 1904
Died
August 24, 1981
Country
United States
Comments
Jazz trumpet player and occasional vocalist. Coleman moved to France in 1948 in part to escape racial segregation, and most of his recordings were made after his move.
Member of
The Capitol International Jazzmen Trumpet (1945-1946)
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Covers by Bill Coleman

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i After You've Gone Stephane Grappelli/Bill Coleman (Stéphane Grappelli, Bill Coleman) 1976 Unverified
i 1976 Lou Gold with The Melody Man – Vocal Chorus, Murray Amster
i All the Things You Are Stephane Grappelli Quintet featuring Bill Coleman (Stéphane Grappelli, Bill Coleman) 1973 Unverified
i   1957 Evelyn Hoey PRF, Marion Chase REL
i   1957 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
1956 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i   1954 Edith Wilson PRF, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1973 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i 1957 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i 1976 The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
1956 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
i 1961 Jean Renard - Jacques Denjean et son orchestre
i   1980 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC,REL, Ben Bernie, Peggy Chamberlain, June O'Dea PRF
i   1969 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
1974 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
i 1961 Frankie Vaughan
i Fly Me to the Moon Stephane Grappelli/Bill Coleman (Stéphane Grappelli, Bill Coleman) 1976 Unverified
i 1969 M.J. O'Connell
i 1954 Bing Crosby
i   1969 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i 1969 Marion Harris
i 1973 Alvino Rey and His Orchestra
i 1956 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i 1969 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i   1976 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i   1969 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
i 1957 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i 1976 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1980 Dick Powell & Alice Faye
1946 Ladd's Black Aces (Original Memphis Five)
Let My People Go Bill Coleman 1968 Unverified
i 1949 Billie Holiday
1956 George Shearing Quintet, Ella Fitzgerald - Chorus and Orchestra directed by Sy Oliver
i Lullaby of Birdland Stephane Grappelli/Bill Coleman (Stéphane Grappelli, Bill Coleman) 1976 Unverified
i 1961 Ronnie Height
i 1976 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
1974 Tuskegee Institute Singers
1974 Haydn Quartet with Orchestra
i 1954 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1954 Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i 1961 Brenda Lee
i 1954 Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds
i 1969 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i 1980 Gene Austin
1974 (unknown)
i 1969 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i 1976 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
1954 (unknown), (unknown), Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five
i 1957 (unknown), (unknown)
i 1949 Prince's Band
i 1956 Prince's Band
i 1976 Prince's Band
Summertime Stephane Grappelli / Bill Coleman Unverified
i Summertime Stephane Grappelli/Bill Coleman (Stéphane Grappelli, Bill Coleman) 1976 Unverified
i Sweet Georgia Brown Stephane Grappelli/Bill Coleman (Stéphane Grappelli, Bill Coleman) 1976 Unverified
1974 Standard Quartette
i 1954 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
The Sheik of Araby Bill Coleman 2006 Missing information
i Three Little Words Stephane Grappelli/Bill Coleman (Stéphane Grappelli, Bill Coleman) 1976 Unverified
i   1973 The Trumpets of Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Harry Edison REC, Dizzy Gillespie REL
i 1946 Margaret Young
1974 (unknown)
i   1976 Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
i 1956 Gene Austin
i 1980 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes