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Billy Butterfield was born on January 14, 1917 in Middleton, Ohio and studied cornet as a child but switched to medicine before finding success as a trumpeter. Gaining attention with Bob Crosby in the late ‘30s, he went on to work with Artie Shaw, Les Brown and Benny Goodman in the Forties.

Between 1943 and 1947 he served in the Army and led his own orchestra. Signing with Capitol Records he recorded “Moonlight In Vermont” featuring Margaret Whiting.

He recorded two albums with Ray Conniff in the 1950s and later in the 1960s he recorded two albums with his own orchestra for Columbia Records. A member of the World’s Greatest Jazz Band led by Yank Lawson and Bob Haggart from the late 1960s until his death, he also freelanced as a guest star with many bands around the world.

Bandleader, jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist Billy Butterfield passed away on March 18, 1988.

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