Billy Butterfield
Billy Butterfield was a trumpet sideman with all the great big bands at one… Read Full Bio ↴Billy Butterfield was a trumpet sideman with all the great big bands at one time or another. His smooth, clear tones were employed by Columbia Records in their session bands, in concert with the likes of Ray Conniff. His greatest fame came from a couple of albums he did as the featured performer with Ray Conniff (Conniff Meets Butterfield was one).
I met him one night while I lived in the West Palm Beach, Florida area. I was at the bar at a popular night spot in old Palm Beach called Chuck and Harold's. They featured a sidewalk-side eating area and a black and white checkered terrazzo floor that went past an elegant bar that led to an open-air dancing floor. Booths were arranged around the dancefloor and the richest of the rich drank their martinis and swooned to the music of a full orchestra. And there he was, Billy Butterfield, at the end of his career but still playing a number or two as the featured entertainer with the house orchestra. He thanked me for his drink, played "Rosalie", from the Conniff album and then sort of disappeared, as though he only a few of these songs left in him. But he was as great as Al Hirt, Bobby Hackett and Doc Severenson, all rolled into one. Catch him on Conniff Meets Butterfield, you won't be sorry.
I met him one night while I lived in the West Palm Beach, Florida area. I was at the bar at a popular night spot in old Palm Beach called Chuck and Harold's. They featured a sidewalk-side eating area and a black and white checkered terrazzo floor that went past an elegant bar that led to an open-air dancing floor. Booths were arranged around the dancefloor and the richest of the rich drank their martinis and swooned to the music of a full orchestra. And there he was, Billy Butterfield, at the end of his career but still playing a number or two as the featured entertainer with the house orchestra. He thanked me for his drink, played "Rosalie", from the Conniff album and then sort of disappeared, as though he only a few of these songs left in him. But he was as great as Al Hirt, Bobby Hackett and Doc Severenson, all rolled into one. Catch him on Conniff Meets Butterfield, you won't be sorry.
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Billy Butterfield Lyrics
Ain't Misbehavin No one to talk with All by myself No one to walk…
All The Things You Are You are the promised kiss of springtime That makes the lone…
Begin The Beguine When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound of…
Beyond The Blue Horizon Blue horizon Waits a beautiful day Goodbye to things that bo…
Bidin' My Time But I'm bidin' my time, Cause that's the kinda guy I'm While…
Blue Moon Blue moon you saw me standing alone Without a dream in…
Bugle Call Rag You're bound to fall for the bugle call; You're gonna brag…
But Not For Me Old man sunshine listen you Never tell me dreams come true J…
December December, It always happens in December I get a yearning fo…
Don't Blame Me Ever since the lucky night I found you I've hung around…
Embraceable You Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you! Embrace me, you irrepl…
Heartaches Heartaches Heartaches My loving you meant only heartaches Yo…
I My love must be a kind of blind love I can't…
I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
I Only Have Eyes For You My love must be a kind of blind love I can't…
I'll Remember April This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodby…
It Ain't Necessarily It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so De things da…
Jeepers Creepers I don't care what the weatherman says When the weatherman sa…
Laura Laura is the face in the misty lights. Footsteps that you…
Moonlight In Vermont Pennies in a stream Falling leaves of a sycamore Moonlight i…
More Than You Know Whether you are here or yonder, Whether you are false…
My Heart Stood Still I took one look at you That's all I meant to…
My Heart StoodStill Peg o'my heart I love you, don't let us part I love…
Night And Day Like the beat beat beat of the tom-tom When the jungle…
Oh Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Oh What A Beautiful Mornin There's a bright golden haze on the meadow, There's a bright…
Oh! Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Peg O' My Heart Peg o'my heart I love you, don't let us part I love…
Prelude To A Kiss If you hear A song in blue Like a flower crying For the…
Something To Remember You By Oh, give me something to remember you by When you are…
Sophisticated Lady Sophisticated lady tryin' to change my ways Just because you…
Sorry Sorry can't you see that I'm sorry? All my life I'll…
South Of The Border A time for us some day there'll be When chains are…
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
That Old Feeling Old black magic has me in its spell Old black magic…
The Song Is You I hear music when I look at you, A beautiful theme…
Time On My Hands When the day fades away into twilight The moon is my…
When I Grow Too Old To Dream We have been gay, going our way Life has been beautiful,…
You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby You must have been a beautiful baby, You must have…
You'll Never Know You'll never know just how much I miss you You'll never…