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Bill Bailey
Hughie Cannon (arr. Luther Henderson; adapt. David Marshall)
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General Info
Year: 1902 / 1993
Duration: c. 3:05
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III
(Percussion detail desired)
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This rollicking and fun Canadian Brass arrangement by Luther Henderson of Bill Bailey will send audiences on their way in a happy mood.
- Program Note by Lake Oswego Millennium Concert Band
Cannon began performing with Barlow's Minstrels in the 1890s, as a singer, dancer, and piano player. He occasionally worked as a bar pianist in Jackson, Michigan, where he met local musician Willard "Bill" Bailey. Reportedly, on one occasion in 1902, Bailey was talking to Cannon about the state of his marriage to Sarah (née Siegrist). Cannon "was inspired to rattle off a ditty about Bailey’s irregular hours. Bailey thought the song was a scream, and he brought home a dashed-off copy of the song to show Sarah. Sarah couldn’t see the humor.... [but] accepted without comment the picture it drew of her as a wife." Cannon sold all rights to the song to a New York publisher. The tune is similar to an earlier song, "Ain't Dat a Shame" credited to Queen and Walter Wilson.
After publication the song quickly became a hit and then a standard, has been covered many times since by a wide range of singers, including Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey, Marion Montgomery, Aretha Franklin, and Bobby Darin. The song became an instant success following its first performance by John Queen.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Suncoast Concert Band (Sarasota, Fla.) (Robert Stoll, conductor) – 4 May 2017 (ACB 2017 Annual Convention (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.))
- Lake Oswego Millennium Concert Band (Dale Cleland, conductor) - 5 April 2013 (ACB’s 35th Annual Convention (San Ramon, Calif.))
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Bill Bailey (arr. Henderson; adapt. Marshall) (1902/1993)
- Bill Bailey (ad. Gelard) (1902)
- Bill Bailey’s Brass (arr. Balent) (1902/2004)
Resources
- Cannon, H.; Marshall, D.; Henderson, L.; Canadian Brass (1993). Bill Bailey [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Hughie Cannon." Accessed 31 March 2020
- Hughie Cannon, Wikipedia Accessed 31 March 2020