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Billy Byers

real name William Mitchell Byers

Los Angeles, United States · 1927-05-01 – 1996-05-01

Billy Byers is credited on 1,971 releases across 449 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,971

Credits

449

Albums

8

Decades active

166

In collections

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Born 1 May 1927 in Los Angeles, California (USA), died 1 May 1996 in Malibu, California (USA)
American jazz trombonist and arranger who worked in the bands of Georgie Auld, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Charlie Ventura and Teddy Powell, among others. He toured Europe and Japan alongside Frank Sinatra in 1974. Byers had extensive credits arranging and conducting for film, and won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations for "City of Angels."

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Credited work

1,971 releases · 449 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 2,550
  • Other credits · 282
  • Production · 14

Studios: Paramount Recording Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · A&R Studios · Beltone Studios

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