Bill Rank
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| Birth name | Bill Rank |
| Born | 8 June 1904 |
| Origin |  Lafayette, Indiana |
| Died | 20 May 1979 |
| Genre(s) | Jazz |
| Instrument(s) | trombone |
| Associated acts | Jean Goldkette |
Bill Rank (8 June 1904–20 May 1979) was an American jazz trombonist born in Lafayette, Indiana, most notable for his work in the Jean Goldkette orchestra of the late 1920s alongside Bix Beiderbecke in small groups and with Paul Whiteman until 1938. He was a member of the WLW radio staff orchestra in Cincinnati from 1942 to 1947 and led a local Dixieland group called the Over The Hill Gang. Rank also recorded and performed with Dick Sudhalter.
[edit] Select discography
As bandleader
- Bix's Gang Lives (Fat Cat's Jazz)
With Bix Beiderbecke
- At the Jazz Band Ball (Okeh Records)
- Goose Pimples (Okeh Records)
- Jazz Me Blues (Okeh Records)
- Louisiana (Okeh Records)
- Margie (Okeh Records)
- Ol' Man River (Okeh Records)
- Rhythm King (Okeh Records)
- Royal Garden Blues (Okeh Records)
- Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down (Okeh Records)
- Somebody Stole My Gal (Okeh Records)
- Sorry (Okeh Records)
- Thou Swell (Okeh Records)
- Wa-Da-Da (Everybody's Doin' It Now) (Okeh Records)
