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Collector's Checklists
BILLY MAY CDs
by Music Librarian Christopher Popa
Acrobat (E) ACQCD7036, The BM Collection 1939-60, 2012 4-CDs Barnet, Miller •
Aero Space RACD 1013, Best of Billy May •
Aero Space RACD 1014, Best Of Billy May: Vol II •
Atco 7 90484-2, Bobby Darin & Johnny Mercer: Two Of A Kind: With BM . . . , 1990 •
Bear Family (G) 15 927 GK – see under “Various Artists”
Bear Family (G) BCD 16342 KL – see under “Various Artists”
Bear Family (G) BCD 16717 KL – see under “Various Artists”
Big Band Archive 111, Charles Turner: cond by Sinatra; arr by BM / Irv Cottler •
Blue Moon (Sp) BMCD 891, Horn A-Plenty: Al Hirt: Arr and Cond by . . . , 2017 •
Bb 63859-2, fancy meeting you here: Crosby-Clooney, 2001 •
Cap CDP 21090 2 – see under “Various Artists”
Cap CDP 8 38089 2 2 – see under “Various Artists”
Cap CDP 7 48468 2, F Sinatra: Come Dance With Me!: with BM and his orch, 1987 •
Cap CDP 8 53409 2 – see under “Various Artists”
Cap CDP 94701 2 – see under “Various Artists”
Cap 98896 2 – see under “Various Artists
Cap (E) 35206 2 Billy May’s Big Fat Brass / Bill’s Bag, 2001 •
Cap (E) 56730 2, The Girls and Boys on Broadway / The Sweetest Swingin’ Sounds •
Cap (E) 98836 2, BM’s Naughty Operetta / BM plays for Fancy Dancin’, 1999 •
Cap (E) 538416 2, Andrews Sisters: The Dancing 20’s / Fresh and Fancy Free •
Cap / EMI (E) 21092 2 – see under “Various Artists”
Cap / EMI (E) 98883 2 6 – see under “Various Artists”
Cap J CDP 7 89545 2 1, Nat King Cole: The Billy May Sessions, 1991 2-CDs •
CEMA Spec Markets CDL-57447 – see under “Various Artists”
Collectables COL-CD-2916, Sorta-May / Jimmie Lunceford In Hi-Fi, 2007 2-CDs •
Collectables COL-CD-6324 – see under “Various Artists”
Collectors’ Choice Music CCM-135-2, Two Classic . . . : A Band Is Born! / B B Bash! •
Collectors’ Choice Music CCM2108, arr and cond by Billy May: El Senor Bing, 2010 •
Creative World STD-1051, Sorta-May / Sorta-Dixie, 1996 •
DRG 91515 – see under “Louis Armstrong”
Essential Media Group, Harp With A Beat: Verlye Mills with Billy May •
Fresh Sound Records (Sp) FSR 2222 – see under “Georgie Auld”
Harkit Records HRKCD8222, The Green Hornet: Orig TV Soundtrack, 2006 •
Harkit Records HRKCD8350, Orig TV Soundtrack: The Green Hornet, 2010 •
Hindsight HCD-281, The Billy May Big Band In Concert: Mayhem!, 2003 •
Hindsight (J) R28J-3117, The Uncollected P Lee: . . . D Barbour and B May Bands •
Intersound (G) ISCD 129 – see under “Les Brown”
Jasmine (E) JASBOX 32-4 – see under “Various Artists”
Jasmine (E) JASCD 323, K Smith: Cherokeely Swings: With Billy May And His Orch •
Jasmine (E) JASCD 395, Let’s Go To Town with BM & His Orch, 2002 2-CDs •
Jasmine (E) JASCD 399, BM & His Orch: The Studio Recordings 1951 – 1953, 2003 •
Montpellier (E) MONTCD 011 – see under “Ray Anthony”
Montpellier (E) MONTCD 108 – see under “Various Artists”
Mosaic MD9-188 – see under “Various Artists”
Music Boutique CD-R, Meet A Happy Guy: Guy Pastor •
Music Boutique CD-R, Polynesian Fantasy: the out islanders, 2017 Barnet, Rey •
Music Boutique CD-R, 20 Golden Pieces of Billy May, 2017 •
Omnivore OVCD-216, B Darin & J Mercer: Two Of A Kind: With BM And His O, 2017 •
RCA (Sp) 42129 2 – see under “Charlie Barnet”
R Dig 067B – see under “Various Artists”
R Dig 153B – see under “Various Artists”
Reprise 46013-2 – see under “Various Artists”
Ryko RCD 10744, BM’s Orig Motion Pic Score: “Johnny Cool,” 1999 •
Sepia (E) 1221, Merman …her Greatest!: Arr And Conducted By Billy May, 2013 •
Sepia (E) 1327 – see under “Various Artists”
Simbra Records 2002, Frank Stallone with the Billy May Orchestra, 2002 •
Smithsonian RD 108 – see under “Various Artists”
Sony Music Distribution A3K 57836 – see under “Various Artists”
Soundcraft SC-5003, BM & His Orch: Live From The Hollywood Palladium, 1999 •
Time-Life R700-01 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-02 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-03 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-04 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-05 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-06 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-07 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-08 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-09 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-10 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-11 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-12 – see under “Tributes”
Time-Life R700-13 – see under “Tributes”
Town Hall CD-33 - see under "Tributes"
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