Bill Snyder
American pianist, bandleader and songwriter of the 1950s
United States • 1916-11-07 – 2011-05-11
Biography
William P. Snyder (November 7, 1916 – Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, May 11, 2011) was an American pianist, bandleader and songwriter of the 1950s. Snyder studied under Moriz Rosenthal in Paris and served in the Air Force during the Second World War. Snyder first had a massive hit with Lorenz Hart's "Bewitched" in 1950. The song reached the top position on the Cash Box list of "The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes." Through the 1950s, Snyder was America's most recorded light music pianist with nine gold and one platinum awards for his singles and albums.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
43 releases · 18 albums · active 1950–2017
- Performance · 63
- Other credits · 2
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Bill Snyder And His Orchestra
- The Musical Theatre
- Bill Snyder At The Piano With Orchestra
- Bill Snyder, His Magic Piano, And Orchestra
- Ray Anthony And His Orchestra
- The Sandpipers (2)
- Billy Watkins