George's Bill Doggett
original 45. This is the record that I would play over
& over again
as a five year old. My mother, Madeline had to learn this w/
her band.
I would sneak the record away from my mom & play the hell out of
it
every night. It would drive my dad, Art crazy. Sitting on the floor
with
my record player I would rock in time to this till I feel asleep.
I guess
that was how I got some of my timing as a drummer later
(ha-ha).
Bill Doggett - Born William Ballard
Doggett Feb. 16, 1916 in Philadelphia.
Bill attended Central High
School & learned to play piano. He started his
first combo at the
age of fifteen. In 1942 Bill became the piano player &
arranger for
the Ink Spots. He also played with Louis Jordan's Tympany
Five
(1948-51) playing piano on the hip record: "Saturday Night Fish
Fry". Bill
also played piano for Ella Fitzgerald among others.
On
June 16, 1956 in New York at the age of 40, Bill recorded "Honky
Tonk"
Pt.1 & Pt.2 for the King Record label. It charted on
Billboard as #2 Pop
Single & the #1 Black Single in
1956.
In 1996, Bill passed away in New York.
another Bill Doggett picture....... later in life