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Byron Gay
Byron Gay is credited on 450 releases across 130 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
450
Pressings credited
130
Albums
8
Decades active
28
In collections
Biography
Byron Sturges Gay (August 28, 1886 – December 22, 1945) was an American songwriter. One of his best-known songs "Four or Five Times" (co–written with Marco H. Hellman) has been recorded by numerous artists including King Oliver, Sidney Bechet, Lionel Hampton, Bob Wills, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee and more. Byron also worked with the composer Richard A. Whiting, together they wrote such songs as "Horses" and "Fire", both popular dance and comedy songs.
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Credited work
450 releases · 130 albums · active 1950–2020
- Performance · 460
- Other credits · 3
Studios: Sheraton Palace Hotel, San Francisco · Capitol Studios · Tonstudio Da Camera · CBD
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Jump For Joy
1958
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
1975
Jam Session
30 By Ella
1968
Small Combos 1937-1940
1990
The Best Of Woody Herman
1975
Sentimental Journey
1973
America's Most Danceable Music
1958
Alive & Lickin'
2001
Jazz History 10 LPs
1980
The Complete Lionel Hampton 1937-1941
1976
Woodchopper's Ball
1955
The New Benny Goodman Sextet
1954
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Pee Wee Hunt And His Orchestra
- Woody Herman And His Orchestra
- Jimmie Noone
- Sidney Bechet
- The Commanders
- Benny Goodman Sextet
- Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen
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