| LC control no. | n 85072634 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | May, Billy |
| Variant(s) | May, E. William, 1916-2004 May, William E. May, Edward William, Jr. |
| See also | Corporate body: Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1916-11-10 |
| Death date | 2004-01-22 |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Place of death | San Juan Capistrano (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Arrangement (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Trumpet players Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Sinatra, F. Frank Sinatra [SR] 1985: container (arranged and conducted by Billy May) NUCMC data from Boston Univ. Lib. for Fitzgerald, E. Papers, 196- -1968? (Billy May; arrangements) Biog. dict. Amer. music, 1973 (May, E. William; b. 1916; composer; arranger for C. Barnet, F. Sinatra & others; music for TV shows) WW jazz, 1985 (May, 'Billy' William E.; trumpet/arr.; worked with Glenn Miller; Les Brown; orig. own band; free-lance arr.) WWA, 1974/75 (May, E. William (Billy); b. 1916; res.: Los Angeles, Calif.) New York times, Jan. 26, 2004 (Billy May, 87, musical arranger with Sinatra; d. Jan. 22, 2004, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; b. Edward William May Jr., Nov. 10, 1916, Pittsburgh) Oxford music online, July 1, 2015: Grove music online (May, Billy (May, William E.); born November 10, 1916, Pittsburgh, died January 22, 2004, San Juan Capistrano; American arranger, composer, and trumpeter) New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (archived article) (May, Billy (Edward William, Jr.); his given name has been published as William E., but in a questionnaire for this dictionary he gave Edward William, Jr.) |
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