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Birth name
  
Hilmer J. Timbrell

Died
  
May 7, 1992

Role
  
Guitarist

Name
  
Tiny Timbrell

Instruments
  
Guitar


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Born
  
January 15, 1917 Canada (
1917-01-15
)

Origin
  
Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation(s)
  
Session musician, guitarist

Associated acts
  
Elvis Presley, Doris Day, Billy Vaughn, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Harry James, Ricky Nelson, Marty Robbins

Similar People
  
Elvis Presley, Buddy Harman, D J Fontana, Bob Moore, Gordon Stoker

Return To Sender , Elvis Presley , 1962 Vinyl


Hilmer J. Timbrell (January 15, 1917 – May 7, 1992) was a Canadian-born session musician and master guitarist.

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Hilmer J. "Tiny" Timbrell was born in Canada but moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue his career in music. For a time, he sold guitars at Fife & Nichols, a Hollywood musical instrument store located at the corner of Sunset & Vine inside Wallach's Music City.

A "first call" guitarist at Warner Brothers Studios, in the late 1940s Timbrell appeared in several motion pictures playing as part of a band. His reputation was such that he was hired to play guitar on recording sessions for singing stars such as Doris Day, Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Harry James, and pop and country music artists such as Ricky Nelson and Marty Robbins.

Perhaps most significantly in his career, Timbrell played rhythm guitar for Elvis Presley, first at Radio Recorders studios in Los Angeles for the making of the soundtrack for the film, Loving You and later on numerous other soundtracks for Presley films.

In 1943 Timbrell married Margaret Ellen Scott. They had two children: Gail and Jay. Gail married and had three children: Roger, Nancy, and Steven. Steven followed his grandfather into the entertainment industry. He works as a Local 1 stagehand in New York City.

In his later years, Tiny Timbrell worked as Los Angeles district sales representative for Chicago Musical Instrument Co, later named Norlin Music Corp., which at the time owned many instrument brands, including Gibson and Epiphone guitars.

Tiny Timbrell died in 1992 at the age of seventy-five.

Discography

With Harry James

  • Harry James And His Orchestra 1948-49 (Big Band Landmarks – Vol. X & XI, 1969)
  • References

    Tiny Timbrell Wikipedia