William E. "Billy" May (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music, for The Green Hornet (1966), Batman (with Batgirl theme, 1967), and Naked City (1960) and collaborated on films, such as Pennies from Heaven (1981), and orchestrated Cocoon, and Cocoon: The Return among others.

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  • Edward William "Billy" May Jr. war ein US-amerikanischer Musiker, Komponist, Arrangeur und Bandleader.
  • William E. "Billy" May fue un compositor, arreglista y trompetista de nacionalidad estadounidense. Compuso música para la televisión, como por ejemplo la de The Green Hornet (1966), Batman (con el tema de Batgirl, 1967), y Naked City (1960), y para el cine, como sus colaboraciones en Pennies from Heaven (1981), Cocoon, y Cocoon: El regreso, entre otros títulos. May también escribió arreglos para primeros cantantes como Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Tony Sandler y Ralph Young, Nancy Wilson, Rosemary Clooney y Ella Mae Morse. Como trompetista, en la década de 1940, época de las big bands, May grabó canciones como "Measure for Measure", "Long Tall Mama", y "Boom Shot", con la Orquesta de Glenn Miller, y "The Wrong Idea", "Lumby", y "Wings Over Manhattan" con la formación de Charlie Barnet. Con su propia banda tuvo un single de éxito, "Charmaine", y lanzó el álbum Sorta-May.
  • William E. "Billy" May (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music, for The Green Hornet (1966), Batman (with Batgirl theme, 1967), and Naked City (1960) and collaborated on films, such as Pennies from Heaven (1981), and orchestrated Cocoon, and Cocoon: The Return among others. May also wrote arrangements for many top singers, including Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Jones, Bing Crosby, Sandler and Young, Nancy Wilson, Rosemary Clooney and Ella Mae Morse. As a trumpet player, during the 1940s big-band era, May recorded such songs as "Measure for Measure", "Long Tall Mama", and "Boom Shot", with Glenn Miller and His Orchestra, and "The Wrong Idea", "Lumby", and "Wings Over Manhattan" with Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra. With his own band, he had a hit single, "Charmaine" and released an album, Sorta-May.
  • William E. "Billy" May était compositeur et trompettiste américain né le Modèle:Date à Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie et décédé le Modèle:Date d'une crise cardiaque à San Juan Capistrano, Californie.
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  • Edward William "Billy" May Jr. war ein US-amerikanischer Musiker, Komponist, Arrangeur und Bandleader.
  • William E. "Billy" May fue un compositor, arreglista y trompetista de nacionalidad estadounidense. Compuso música para la televisión, como por ejemplo la de The Green Hornet (1966), Batman (con el tema de Batgirl, 1967), y Naked City (1960), y para el cine, como sus colaboraciones en Pennies from Heaven (1981), Cocoon, y Cocoon: El regreso, entre otros títulos.
  • William E. "Billy" May (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed film and television music, for The Green Hornet (1966), Batman (with Batgirl theme, 1967), and Naked City (1960) and collaborated on films, such as Pennies from Heaven (1981), and orchestrated Cocoon, and Cocoon: The Return among others.
  • William E. "Billy" May était compositeur et trompettiste américain né le Modèle:Date à Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie et décédé le Modèle:Date d'une crise cardiaque à San Juan Capistrano, Californie.
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