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William Ballard Doggett, widely known as Bill Doggett, was an American pianist and organist who specialized in jazz and rhythm & blues. He collaborated with the Ink Spots, Johnny Otis, Wynonie Harris, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Jordan, and was best known for his instrumental rock songs “Honky Tonk” and “Hippy Dippy.
Nov 13, 1996 · Explore Bill Doggett's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Bill Doggett on AllMusic.
May 25, 2019 · Honky Tonk (Parts 1 & 2) (Doggett-Shepherd-Scott-Butler) by Bill Doggett Though “Honky Tonk Part 2” (also posted individually in the 1956 collection ...more.
Nov 22, 1996 · Bill Doggett, a jazz and rhythm-and-blues pianist, organist and arranger best known for his 1950s hit “Honky Tonk,” has died. He was 80. Doggett, who recorded the perennial hit in 1956, died Nov....
Nov 20, 1996 · Bill Doggett, a pianist and organist who was best known for his 1956 blues hit ''Honky Tonk,'' died on Nov. 13 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. He was 80. Mr. Doggett, like...
Bill Doggett was one of the most important forces helping to usher in the dawn of Jazz Organ in the mid 1950s, along with his peer and mentor, Wild Bill Davis.
Bill Doggett was a rock-and-roll pioneer; his 1956 hit "Honky Tonk" has been hailed as the first rock instrumental. Raised on the streets of North Philadelphia and a graduate of Central High School, Bill Doggett had been making music from an early age, turning from the trumpet to the piano at age 13, and by 15 he was playing in the pit ...
