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Billy Mure
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Name
Billy Mure
Role
Music composer
Died
September 25, 2013
Albums
Hawaiian Percussion, Supersonic Guitars In Hi-Fi
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Billy Mure (born Sebastian Mure; July 7, 1915 – September 25, 2013) was an American guitarist who recorded several albums in the 1950s and 1960s in a variety of styles, including surf, Hawaiian music, swing, pop, and lounge.
Mure was born in New York City and played violin at age 9, before making guitar his primary instrument. He played in bands while in the service during World War II and found work at radio station WNEW after the war until 1957. In addition to his solo recordings, he worked as a session musician, composer, and arranger. He wrote the popular instrumental "Toy Balloons". In 1959, he released the single "A String of Trumpets", credited to Billy Mure and the Trumpeteers; the song reached #64 on the Billboard Hot 100. Mure had been performing for the past seven years with his band (Top Hats) at Squid Lips in Sebastian, Florida.
Discography
Super-Sonic Guitars in Hi-Fi (RCA Victor, 1957)
Fireworks (RCA Victor, 1957)
Supersonics In Flight (RCA Victor, 1959)
Supersonic Guitars (MGM Records E3780 Mono, 1959)
Bandstand Record Hop (United Artists Records, 1959)
A String of Trumpets (Everest Records, 1960)
Teen Bossa Nova (MGM Records, 1963)
Around The World In Percussion (Strand Records, 1961)
Hawaiian Percussion (Strand Records, 1961)
Blue Hawaii (Premier Records, 1963)
Hawaiian Moods (Spin-O-Rama Records, 1965)
A few hits that he played on in the '50's and '60's as a studio guitar player:
Paul Anka — "Diana" (reached #1)
Frankie Laine — "Rawhide" (reached #6)
Perry Como — "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" (reached #1)
Ames Brothers — "Ragg Mopp" (reached #1)
Eddie Fisher — "Oh My Papa" (reached #1)
Eddie Fisher — "Anytime" (reached #2)
Don Rondo — "White Silver Sands" (reached #7)
Marty Robbins — "White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" (reached #1)
Bobby Darin — "Splish Splash" (reached #1)
Eydie Gorme — "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" (reached #7)
Rosemary Clooney — "Come on-a My House" (reached #1)
Connie Francis — "Among my Souvenirs" (reached #7)
Guy Mitchell — "Heartaches by the Number" (reached #1 on C&W listing)