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Lionel Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:57 pm Post subject: Billy Regis |
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It's hard to find much of a bio on this man. Odd when I think about it as his featured solo on "Cherry Pink" kept that very tune Number 1 on the charts for over ten weeks. Making it the top tune of the year in 1955.
Year that I was born. We tend to categorize "Cherry Pink" as a Big Band era type tune. Yet in fact it occured solidly during the birth of Rock & Roll. Lol it even beat out Bill Haley's "Rock Around The Clock"
And info on Regis is much appreciated. _________________ "Check me if I'm wrong Sandy but if I kill all the golfers they're gonna lock me up & throw away the key"!
Carl Spackler (aka Bill Murray, 1980). |
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kehaulani Heavyweight Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2003 Posts: 9144 Location: Hawai`i - Texas
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Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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First tune I learned on trumpet. Prez Prado & Orch. _________________ "If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn." Bird
"Well, even if I could play like Wynton, I wouldn't play like Wynton." Chet Baker
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TrpPro Heavyweight Member
Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 1471 Location: Riverview, FL
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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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When you get close to the end of this youtube (2:00) the short bio of Regis becomes fully readable. He clearly had some chops.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCfY9EGGCN8 |
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Robert P Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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I've encountered the same vacuum when looking for info on him, there's basically nothing. _________________ Getzen Eterna Severinsen
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GeorgeB Heavyweight Member
Joined: 20 Apr 2016 Posts: 1063 Location: New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:14 am Post subject: |
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kehaulani wrote: | First tune I learned on trumpet. Prez Prado & Orch. |
My little band had a regular Saturday night teen dance gig around 1955 and 1958, the time when Cherry Pink was popular and it became a staple for us.
The kids loved it. _________________ GeorgeB
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boh New Member
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Robert P Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 12:23 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for posting this - good find, never knew Billy Regis was a stage name. _________________ Getzen Eterna Severinsen
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spach Veteran Member
Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Posts: 424 Location: yazoo county, ms via northern calif. via central calif. via southern calif.
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Haven't been on TH for a while, but happened upon this thread while looking up info on Billy Regis. So, for the record, and for people interest in his bio, you can add that sometime during '57 or '58, he ran face first into a tree while snow skiing, and really smashed his chops. I don't know how long he was down, but he was my teacher at the time and I had to find a new teacher. After Billy I took lessons for about a year before my family moved out of the area from Bob DiVall. Anyway, I think all of us young trumpet guys did our best with Cherry Pink. I know it was fun to play, and we could really get into it. _________________ WayneG
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