Billy Hill
b. 14 July 1899, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, d. 24 December 1940, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. A prolific composer and lyricist during the 30s, whose songs have a comfortable, country feeling about them. This is probably owing to Hill spending a good deal of his early life travelling the American west, playing violin and piano in bars and dance halls. He wrote one of his first songs, ‘Old Man Of The Mountain’, with composer Victor Young in 1932, but from then on, apart from an occasional collaboration with Peter De Rose and one or two others, he generally provided both music and lyrics himself. He had his first hit in 1933 with ‘The Last Round-Up’, which was recorded by many artists including Guy Lombardo, George Olsen, Don Bestor, Bing Crosby and Young. Among his many other songs in the 30s were ‘Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue?)’, ‘The Old Spinning Wheel’ (US number 1 for Ray Noble), ‘Oh Muki Muki Oh’, ‘Rain’, ‘Alone At A Table For Two’, ‘Down The Oregon Trail’, ‘Lights Out’ (US number 1 for Eddie Duchin), ‘Put On An Old Pair Of Shoes’, ‘Empty Saddles’ (sung by Crosby in the film Rhythm On The Range), ‘In The Chapel In The Moonlight’ (US number 1 for Shep Fields, and successfully revived by Dean Martin in 1967), and ‘The Glory Of Love’ (US number 1 for Benny Goodman). Two other Hill compositions to make it to the top of the US chart, ‘The Last Round-Up’ (Lombardo) and ‘Wagon Wheels’ (Paul Whiteman) were both featured in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934. Nothing substantial was forthcoming after 1940 when Hill produced ‘On A Little Street In Singapore’ and the Gene Autrey movie title song ‘The Call Of The Canyon’. The former was impressively revived in more recent times by the classy vocal quartet Manhattan Transfer.
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Discography
17 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Chase (feat. J Timms)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Dope Music on 25 Dec 2023
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
My Enemy (feat. J Timms)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Dope Music on 27 Aug 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Banjos & Glowsticks 2 (Original Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by Noize Machine Records Ltd on 8 Jun 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
No Brakes
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 1606298 Records DK on 5 Jan 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Banjos & Glowsticks 2 (Alternative Mix)
Miscellaneous - Released by NMR Soundz on 2 Sep 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rocky Mountain High
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Dope Music on 3 Mar 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Runaway Love
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 1606298 Records DK on 14 Feb 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
King of the Hill (feat. J Timms)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 1606298 Records DK on 24 Apr 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Blaze One
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 1606298 Records DK on 4 Nov 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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CHIEFBUILDING RECORDS, Billy Hill, Mic Kill
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by CHIEFBUILDING RECORDS on 19 Aug 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Level Up (feat. J Timms)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by 1606298 Records DK on 2 Jul 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Double Down
Country - Released by Billy Honkytonk Hill on 20 Oct 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Food for Thought
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released by Dope Music on 26 Feb 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo