Billy Hill

Billy Hill

Musician · US · 1899–1940

western music

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Groups

  • Boston Symphony Orchestraviolin

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Country

US

Born

1899-07-14

Died

1940-12-24

Instruments

piano

Identifiers & aliases

Also known as: George Brown, George “Funky” Brown, William J. Hill, William Joseph Hill

Disambiguation

US songwriter

ISNI

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Description

American songwriter and lyricist

Extract from Wikipedia

William Joseph Hill was an American songwriter, violinist, and pianist who found fame writing Western songs such as "They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree", "The Last Round-Up", "Wagon Wheels", and "Empty Saddles". Hill's most popular song was "The Glory of Love", recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936 and by Peggy Lee, Otis Redding, Paul McCartney, and others.

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