Billy Strange

Aliases: The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar
Billy Strange His Guitar & Orch.
Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra
Billy Strange and The Telstars
Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass
Real name: William Everett Strange
Born: September 29, 1930
Died: February 22, 2012
Country: United States
IPI: 00029738357 7 works
00029739158 3 works
00335177073 4 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor
Member of: The Catalinas [US2]
The Hot Doggers
Family: Jeanne Black Wife

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Barracuda	Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra - Vocal Duet by Billy Strange and Speedy West	May 1955	The Jive Romeros
	i	Our Man Flint	The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar	1965	(16 artists)

Covers by Billy Strange

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	007 Theme	Billy Strange His Guitar & Orch.	June 1964	John Barry
i	16 Tons	Billy Strange	September 1963	Merle Travis
i	500 Miles	Billy Strange	January 1964	Fiddlin' John Carson, The Journeymen
i	Adiós	Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass	1966	Enrique Madriguera & His Rumba Orch.
i	A Few Dollars More	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	August 1967	Ennio Morricone e la sua orchestra e "I Cantori Moderni" di Alessandroni
i	Alfie	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	August 1967	Cilla Black
i	Allentown Jail	Billy Strange	1966	Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra
i	Allentown Jail	The Transients featuring Billy Strange	1963	Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orchestra
i	All I Really Want to Do	Billy Strange	1965	Bob Dylan
i	A Man Alone	The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar	1965	John Barry
i	A Man & a Woman	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	August 1967	Nicole Croisille – Pierre Barouh
i	Arkansas Traveler	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	(unknown)
i	Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe	Billy Strange	February 1968	Bing Crosby with Six Hits and a Miss and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC, Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
i	Ballad of Jed Clampett	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	Jerry Scoggins BRD, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys REC,REL
i	Battle of New Orleans	Billy Strange	September 1963	Arkansas Barefoot Boys
i	Bernie's Tune	Billy Strange	September 1964	Gerry Mulligan Quartet
i	Blowin' in the Wind	Billy Strange	September 1963	Bob Dylan REC, The Chad Mitchell Trio REL
i	Bonanza	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1969	David Rose and His Orchestra
i	Born Free	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	August 1967	Matt Monro - Arranged and conducted by John Barry
i	Can I Trust You	Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2]	October 1966	Orietta Berti
i	Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?	Billy Strange	May 1965	Herman's Hermits
i	Casino Royale	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	August 1967	Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
i	Cast Your Fate to the Wind	Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2]	October 1966	Vince Guaraldi Trio
i	Catch the Wind	Billy Strange	1965	Donovan
i	Charade	Billy Strange	January 1964	Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus
i	Chattanooga Choo Choo	Billy Strange	February 1968	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Tex Beneke and The Four Modernaires REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Benteke and the Modernaires and Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers BRD
i	Chug-A-Lug	Billy Strange	June 1966	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	C'mon and Swim	Billy Strange	September 1964	Bobby Freeman
i	Colours	Billy Strange	October 1965	Donovan
i	Come See About Me	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1965	The Supremes [US1]
i	Come Stay with Me	Billy Strange	May 1965	Marianne Faithfull
i	Cottonfields	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	Leadbelly
i	Cotton Fields	Billy Strange	September 1963	Leadbelly
i	Cripple Creek	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	(unknown)
i	Crying Time	Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass	1966	Buck Owens
i	Daddy Roll 'Em	Billy Strange	1966	Unverified
i	Daddy Roll 'Em	The Transients featuring Billy Strange	1963	Unverified
i	Dang Me	Billy Strange	June 1966	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	Dear Heart	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1965	Joanie Sommers with The Bobby Troup Sextet
i	Deep Purple	Billy Strange	January 1964	Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
i	Doesn't Anybody Know My Name	Billy Strange	1966	Rod McKuen
i	Dominique	Billy Strange	January 1964	Sœur Sourire
i	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	Billy Strange	1966	(unknown), Bob Dylan
i	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	The Transients featuring Billy Strange	1963	(unknown), Bob Dylan
i	Do-Wacka-Do	Billy Strange	June 1966	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	Do You Believe in Magic	Billy Strange	October 1965	The Lovin' Spoonful
i	Eight Days a Week	Billy Strange	May 1965	The Beatles
i	Engine, Engine #9	Billy Strange	1965	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	England Swings	Billy Strange	June 1966	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	Eve of Destruction	Billy Strange	October 1965	Barry McGuire
	Every Which-a-Way	Billy Strange	June 1966	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	Flint Hill Special	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
i	Flowers on the Wall	Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass	1966	The Statler Brothers
i	Georgy Girl	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	August 1967	The Seekers
i	Get Smart	The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar	1965	(unknown)
i	Goin' Out of My Head	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1965	Little Anthony and The Imperials
i	Goldfinger	Billy Strange	October 1964	Shirley Bassey REL, Anthony Newley REC
i	Goldfinger	The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar	1965	Shirley Bassey REL, Anthony Newley REC
i	Good, Bad & Ugly	Billy Strange	1975	Ennio Morricone
i	Gotta Travel On	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	(unknown)
i	Greenback Dollar	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	Hoyt Axton
i	Green, Green	Billy Strange	September 1963	The New Christy Minstrels - Under the direction of Randy Sparks
i	Green, Green	The Transients featuring Billy Strange	1963	The New Christy Minstrels - Under the direction of Randy Sparks
i	Gunsmoke	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1969	Ray Anthony REC, Tex Ritter with Orchestra conducted by Rex Koury REL
	Half a Photograph	Billy Strange	June 1953	Kay Starr with Orchestra conducted by Harold Mooney
i	Hang 'Em High	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1969	Dominic Frontiere
i	Hard Day's Night	Billy Strange	September 1964	The Beatles
i	Hey, Mr. Tamborine Man	Billy Strange	1965	Bob Dylan REC, The Brothers Four REL
i	High Chaparral	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1969	David Rose
i	High Noon	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1969	Tex Ritter BRD,REC,REL
i	House of the Rising Sun	Billy Strange	September 1964	Ashley and Foster
i	Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte	Billy Strange	1965	Al Martino - Orchestra under the direction of Pete King REL, Al Martino BRD
i	I Believe I'm Gonna Love You	Billy Strange	1975	Frank Sinatra
i	I Feel Fine	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1965	The Beatles
i	If I Had a Hammer	Billy Strange	September 1963	The Weavers
i	I Know a Place!	Billy Strange	May 1965	Petula Clark
i	I'm Telling You Now	Billy Strange	May 1965	Freddie & The Dreamers
i	In the Mood	Billy Strange	September 1964	Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
i	In the Summertime	Billy Strange	June 1966	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	I Spy	The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar	1965	Earle Hagen
i	It Ain't Me Babe	Billy Strange	October 1965	Bob Dylan
	It Happened Just That Way	Billy Strange	June 1966	Roger Miller [US-OK] REL,REC
i	It's Not Unusual	Billy Strange	May 1965	Tom Jones
i	Jaws	Billy Strange	1975	John Williams [US1]
i	Kansas City	Billy Strange	January 1964	Little Willie Littlefield, Eddy Mitchell
i	King of the Road	Billy Strange	June 1966	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	Last Train to Clarksville	Billy Strange	February 1968	The Monkees
i	Like a Rolling Stone	Billy Strange	October 1965	Bob Dylan
i	Limbo Rock	Billy Strange and The Telstars	1962	The Champs
i	Love Will Keep Us Together	Billy Strange	1975	Neil Sedaka
i	Magnificent Seven	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1969	Elmer Bernstein
i	Maria Elena	Billy Strange	January 1964	Hermanos Castilla
i	Memphis	Billy Strange	September 1964	Chuck Berry
i	Michelle	Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass	1966	The Beatles
i	Midnite Special	Billy Strange	February 1968	Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
i	Milord	Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2]	October 1966	Edith Piaf
i	More	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1965	Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero
i	Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter!	Billy Strange	May 1965	Tom Courtenay REL,BRD
i	My Old Kentucky Home	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	(unknown)
i	Nobody I Know	Billy Strange	September 1964	Peter and Gordon [GB]
i	Old Toy Trains	Billy Strange	February 1968	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	Paladin	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1965	Johnny Western
i	Peter Gunn	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1965	Ray Anthony and His Orchestra REL, Henry Mancini REC
i	Pretty Flamingo	Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2]	October 1966	Manfred Mann [band] REL, Gene Pitney REC
i	Red Wing	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	(unknown), (unknown)
i	Remember Me	Billy Strange	1965	Stuart Hamblen
i	Ruben's Train	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	Fiddlin' John Carson
	Sad Singin' and Slow Ridin'	Shirley Collie - Orchestra conducted by Billy Strange	November 7, 1960	Polly Possum & Joe Wolverton with The Dog Patch Boys
i	Satisfaction	Billy Strange	1965	The Rolling Stones
i	Saturday Night	Billy Strange	January 1964	The New Christy Minstrels - Under the direction of Randy Sparks
i	Seventh Son	Billy Strange	1965	Willie Mabon
i	Silhouettes	Billy Strange	May 1965	The Rays
i	Silver Threads and Golden Needles	Billy Strange	September 1963	Wanda Jackson
i	Sing Hallelujah	Billy Strange	1966	Mike Settle and The Settlers
i	Sing Hallelujah	The Transients featuring Billy Strange	1963	Mike Settle and The Settlers
i	Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from the motion picture Dr. Zhivago)	Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2]	October 1966	Maurice Jarre
i	Spanish Eyes	Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass	1966	Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i	Star Trek	Billy Strange	1975	Leonard Nimoy
i	Stranger in Your Town	Billy Strange	1966	The Shacklefords
i	Stranger in Your Town	The Transients featuring Billy Strange	1963	The Shacklefords
i	Stranger on the Shore	Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2]	October 1966	Mr. Acker Bilk with The Leon Young String Chorale
i	Strangers in the Night	Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2]	October 1966	Bert Kaempfert
i	Summer Nights	Billy Strange	October 1965	Marianne Faithfull
i	The Bells of Rhymney	Billy Strange	October 1965	Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry
i	The Game of Love	Billy Strange	May 1965	Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders
i	The Girl from Ipanema	Billy Strange	September 1964	Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF
i	The Great Escape March	Billy Strange	January 1964	Elmer Bernstein
i	The Hustle	Billy Strange	1975	Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
i	The James Bond Theme	Billy Strange His Guitar & Orch.	June 1964	The John Barry Seven and Orchestra
i	The James Bond Theme	The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar	1965	The John Barry Seven and Orchestra
i	The Jerk	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1965	The Larks
i	The Last Time	Billy Strange	May 1965	The Rolling Stones
i	Theme from The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar	1965	The Gallants - Arranged and conducted by H.B. Barnum REL, Jerry Goldsmith BRD
i	Theme from The Munsters	Billy Strange	October 1964	(unknown performer) BRD, Jack Marshall's Music REL
i	There I've Said It Again	Billy Strange	January 1964	Benny Carter and His Orchestra - Vocal by Roy Felton
i	The Rockford Files	Billy Strange	1975	Mike Post
i	These Boots Are Made for Walking	Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass	1966	Nancy Sinatra
i	The Shadow of Your Smile	Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass	1966	Johnny Mandel
i	The Spy Who Came In from the Cold	The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar	1965	Sol Kaplan
i	The Third Man Theme	Billy Strange	January 1964	Anton Karas
i	This Land Is Your Land	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	Woody Guthrie
i	This Train	Billy Strange	February 1968	Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet
i	Thunderball	Billy Strange	1965	John Barry & Tom Jones
i	Ticket to Ride	Billy Strange	May 1965	The Beatles
i	Tijuana Taxi	Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass	1966	Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass
i	Tired of Waiting	Billy Strange	May 1965	The Kinks
i	Tom Dooley	Billy Strange	September 1963	Grayson and Whitter
i	Trains & Boats & Planes	Billy Strange	1965	Burt Bacharach and His Orchestra & Chorus
i	Two-Ten, Six Eighteen	The Transients featuring Billy Strange	1963	Rod McKuen
i	Wabash Cannonball	Billy Strange	September 1963	(unknown), Hugh Cross
i	Walk, Don't Run, '64	Billy Strange	September 1964	Johnny Smith
i	Walk Right In	Billy Strange	September 1963	Cannon's Jug Stompers
i	Washington Square	Billy Strange	January 1964	The Village Stompers - Arranged, conducted and produced by Joe Sherman
i	What's New Pussycat	Billy Strange	1965	Tom Jones
i	What the World Needs Now Is Love	Billy Strange	1965	Jackie deShannon
	When Two Worlds Collide	Billy Strange	June 1966	Roger Miller [US-OK]
i	Wildwood Flower	Billy Strange	September 1963	(unknown), Carter Family
i	Wishin' & Hopin'	Billy Strange	September 1964	Dionne Warwick
i	Work Song	Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2]	October 1966	Nat Adderley
i	Wreck of the Old 97	Billy Strange	February 1968	Charles Lewis Stine, Henry Whitter
i	You Only Live Twice	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	August 1967	Nancy Sinatra
	You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)	Billy Strange	October 1954	Jack Toombs
	Yours Is a World I Can't Live In	Billy Strange	June 1966	Jaye P. Morgan
i	You've Got Your Troubles	Billy Strange	October 1965	The Fortunes
i	You Were on My Mind	Billy Strange	October 1965	Ian and Sylvia

Songs written by Billy Strange

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
A Little Less Conversation	Billy Strange, Mac Davis	Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires	March 7, 1968	Covered by (39 artists)
Charro	Billy Strange, Mac Davis	Elvis Presley	November 25, 1968	Covered by (4 artists)
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard	Billy Strange, Mac Davis	Elvis Presley	October 23, 1968	Covered by (10 artists)
Limbo Rock	Kal Mann, Billy Strange	The Champs	November 16, 1961	Covered by (47 artists)
Memories	Billy Strange, Mac Davis	Elvis Presley	June 1968	Covered by (31 artists)
Night Walker	Billy Strange	Jack Nitzsche	January 1965	Covered by Peter Orloff Sound Orchester
Ya Ya Wobble	Billy Strange, David Gates, Bob Bogle, Mel Taylor	The Ventures	November 1962	Covered by Patrick Logelin

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
12 String Guitar	Billy Strange	September 1963	GNP Crescendo [US]
Billy Strange Plays the Hits! The Big Sound of Billy Strange & His Guitar	Billy Strange	1965	GNP Crescendo [US]
Billy Strange & The Challengers	Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2]	October 1966	GNP Crescendo [US]
Blue Grass and Folk Blues... 5 String Banjo! - With 12 String Guitar! (and Dobro)	Don Parmley with Billy Strange	1964	GNP Crescendo [US]
Dyn-O-Mite Guitar	Billy Strange	1975	GNP Crescendo [US]
English Hits of '65 - The Big Sound of Billy Strange	Billy Strange	May 1965	GNP Crescendo [US]
Folk Rock Hits	Billy Strange	October 1965	GNP Crescendo [US]
Goldfinger	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1965	GNP Crescendo [US]
Great Western Themes	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	1969	GNP Crescendo [US]
In the Mexican Bag	Billy Strange with the Mexicana Brass	1966	GNP Crescendo [US]
James Bond Double Feature - You Only Live Twice and Casino Royale	Billy Strange His Guitar and Orchestra	August 1967	GNP Crescendo [US]
King of the Road - The Big Guitar of Billy Strange Plays Roger Miller Hits!	Billy Strange	June 1966	GNP Crescendo [US]
Limbo Rock - World's Longest Limbo Record!	Billy Strange and The Telstars	1962	Coliseum [US]
Mr. Guitar	Billy Strange	January 1964	GNP Crescendo [US]
Railroad Man	Billy Strange	February 1968	GNP Crescendo [US]
Strange Country	Billy Strange	1966	Tradition Everest
The Funky 12 String Guitar	The Transients featuring Billy Strange	1963	Horizon
The James Bond Theme - Walk, Don't Run, '64	Billy Strange	September 1964	GNP Crescendo [US]
The Secret Agent File	The Big Sound of Billy Strange and His Guitar	1965	GNP Crescendo [US]

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Goldfinger	Billy Strange	October 1964	GNP Crescendo [US]
Half a Photograph	Billy Strange	June 1953	Capitol Records
I Gotta Be Gittin' Home	Billy Strange	October 1954	Capitol Records
Sad Singin' and Slow Ridin'	Shirley Collie - Orchestra conducted by Billy Strange	November 7, 1960	Liberty
The James Bond Theme	Billy Strange His Guitar & Orch.	June 1964	GNP Crescendo [US]

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	The Popcorn Song	Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra	May 1955	Capitol Records

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#43252	flip	2012-02-24 17:57:09 UTC	processed	2012-02-24 19:16:25 UTC by hounddogman
#71917	Moebeus	2017-06-16 13:05:18 UTC	rejected	2017-07-12 18:18:02 UTC by Moebeus

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