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Billy Martin

Origin Harlem, New York, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Biography

Martin was born and raised in Harlem, NY and came up to Montreal in 1960 to begin his professional career. The trumpeter was the leader of one of the hottest black bands in the city throughout the 60s, who made over a dozen records for London Records, in addition to several more for Trans-World and Onion Records (in the USA). Like most R&B acts, they would tour up and down the Eastern Seaboard. They often performed as a quintet, sometimes with backing female vocalists and musicians that included: Thomas Chapman (guitar), John Scott (sax), Rickey Day (vocals – previously of The Drifters), Joe Johnson (Hammond), and Quebec-born white drummer Gilles Béland. By the end of the 1960s, their sound, like that of many other long-running R&B groups, evolved towards a harder funk style. This was evident on their late 1960s albums Strawberry Soul and Doin’ Their Thing, and in particular, I Turn You On, released only in 1974 although perhaps recorded earlier than that. It’s unclear when Billy Martin’s music career ended.

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Billy's Dance Party

Billy's Dance Party (1962)

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Little Dutch Mill

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Come On

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This Love Of Mine

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Mashed Potatoe Time

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No Good

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Get Up

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I'm Gonna Sit In

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Someone to Watch Over Me

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I'm So Glad

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I Like Those Mashed Potatoes

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The Mellow Sax Of John Scott

The Mellow Sax Of John Scott (1963)

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A Certain Smile

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Till Then

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Autumn Leaves

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Moonglow

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Le Mur

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Till

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I Wish You Love

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Laura

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Stardust

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Body and Soul

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Round About Midnight

Round About Midnight (1964)

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All About My Girl

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Ebb Tide

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Satin Doll

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What's New

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Comin' Home Baby

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Good Luck

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Round about Midnight

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Three Minutes to Zero

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Summertime

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Moonlight in Vermont

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Music With Soul

Music With Soul (1965)

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Music to Watch Girls By

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Back at the Chicken Shack

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Exodus

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It's Not Unusual

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When My Dreamboat Comes Home

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When You're Smiling

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Shadow of Your Smile

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Mame

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What Now My Love

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Walk on the Wildside

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Knock On Wood (with Rickey Day)

Knock On Wood (with Rickey Day) (1967)

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Mr. Pityful

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Call Me

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When I Fall In Love

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Any Day

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Heartbreak

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Let the Good Times Roll

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Take the A Train

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Let Them Talk

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Knock On Wood

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Bye Bye Black Bird

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Doin' Their Thing

Doin' Their Thing (1969)

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Get Back

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The Strut

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Il Silenzio

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Walk on the Wildside

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Proud Mary

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Nothing but a Heartache

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Peaches & Cream

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Exodus

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Back at the Chicken Shack

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Music to Watch Girls By

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Strawberry Soul

Strawberry Soul (1970)

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Funky Feelin'

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One More Time

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Egg Roll

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Watermelon Man

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Phillie Dog

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It's Your Life

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Moon Ride

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Stax

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If You Care

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Prayer Meetin'

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I Turn You On (1974)

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Discography

Martin, Billy

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