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Danny Davis chose McElhiney to arrange for and help establish the sound of his "Nashville Brass".
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Bill McElhiney
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"Bill McElhiney and his Orchestra" released an album in 1963 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 4135) entitled Bluegrass Banjo with Strings. The album featured Bob Johnson on the banjo and included the traditional standard "Down Yonder," which became a minor hit after being released as a single (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 13156). McElhiney teamed with Karl Garvin to provide the signature trumpets so prominent in this song.
In addition to the above four songs, McElhiney also made the musical arrangement for the song "Talk Back Trembling Lips" which became a #7 Billboard hit for Johnny Tillotson in 1963-1964, although Ernest Ashworth sang the song originally in 1963.
lieutenant was not Tillotson"s highest ranking single recording though, as "Poetry In Motion" was his biggest hit, in 1960, on Cadence Records. "Talk Back Trembling Lips" was released on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Records as single # K13181.
McElhiney did not arrange Ernest Ashworth"s version. The song was written by composer John Doctorate. Loudermilk, who was from Durham, North Carolina.
Bill McElhiney succumbed to Alzheimer"s disease on February 9, 2002 in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi.
