LC control no. | n 95049508 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Miller, Bill, 1915-2006 |
Variant(s) | Miller, Billy, 1915-2006 |
Birth date | 19150203 |
Death date | 20060711 |
Profession or occupation | Pianists Composers Arrangers (Musicians) |
Found in | The main event, "live" from Madison Square Garden, p1974: label (Bill Miller, conductor) Sinatra, F. Sinatra in Paris [SR] p1994: insert (Bill Miller, piano) Kinkle, R.D. The complete enc. of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950 (Miller, Bill; pianist, composer, arranger) Friedwald, W. Sinatra! the song is you, c1995: p. 36 (Bill Miller; b. Jan. 1915, Brooklyn; in 1935-36 sometimes listed as Billy Miller in group led by Joe Haymes; pianist) New York times WWW site, July 17, 2006 (Bill Miller; b. in Brooklyn; d. Tuesday [July 11, 2006], Montreal, aged 91; Frank Sinatra's pianist for nearly 50 years until the singer's last performance in 1995) Washington post WWW site, July 17, 2006 (in obituary published July 16: Bill Miller; b. Feb. 3, 1915, Brooklyn; d. July 11, Montreal, aged 91; pianist whose light touch set the mood for many of Frank Sinatra's most memorable songs) |
Not found in | Guinness enc. of popular music; Int. ww. mus., 8th ed.; New Grove dict. of jazz; Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed.; Int. ww in mus. Vol. 2, Pop. mus., 1st ed.; Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999; Reclams Jazzführer; ASCAP, 4th ed. |