(1916-02-16)February 16, 1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
November 13, 1996(1996-11-13) (aged 80) New York City, U.S.
Genres
Blues
swing
jazz
R&B
rock and roll
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Piano
organ
Years active
1930s–1996
Labels
King
Musical artist
William Ballard Doggett (February 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996)[1] was an American pianist and organist.[2] He began his career playing swing music before transitioning into rhythm and blues.[3] Best known for his instrumental compositions "Honky Tonk" and "Hippy Dippy", Doggett was a pioneer of rock and roll.[4] He worked with the Ink Spots, Johnny Otis, Wynonie Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Jordan.[1]
^ abDoc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 1996 - 1997". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 384. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^Harris, Craig. "Bill Doggett Biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 26, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
^Seymour, Gene (November 21, 1996). "From the archive: Blues musician Bill Doggett dies". Newsday. Archived from the original on August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
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performed by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong "Oops", a 1962 song by BillDoggett and His Combo "Oops", a 1966 song by Neil Christian "Oops!", a 1985 song...
was most popular from the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, with artists such as BillDoggett Combo, The Fireballs, The Shadows, The Ventures, Johnny and the Hurricanes...
Chet Atkins, Lowman Pauling of the Five Royales and Billy Butler of the BillDoggett band. Cropper and guitarist Charlie Freeman formed the Royal Spades,...
Dance Awhile with Doggett is an album by American organist BillDoggett released by the King label in 1958. AllMusic reviewer Myles Boisen stated "The...
Doggett Beat for Dancing Feet is an album by American organist BillDoggett released by the King label in 1957. AllMusic reviewer Bill Dhal stated "Doggett's...
with a big band and arranged and conducted by the American R&B organist BillDoggett. DownBeat magazine gave this album 3½ stars, commenting that the emphasis...
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first to form a jazz group with both organ and saxophone, first with BillDoggett and later Shirley Scott. For this and his "full bodied yet reedy tone...
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and joined the musical group of BillDoggett. Hatcher adopted the name Edwin Starr at the suggestion of Doggett's manager Don Briggs, and made his solo...
extra players) included Bill Jennings and Carl Hogan on guitar, renowned pianist-arrangers Wild Bill Davis and BillDoggett, "Shadow" Wilson and Chris...
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1950s and early 1960s as a sideman for Jimmy Smith, Freddie Roach and BillDoggett and was considered by his contemporary, Sonny Rollins, as "one of the...
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