Will Hudson (songwriter)

Will Hudson
Birth name	Arthur Murray Hainer
Born	March 8, 1908 Grimsby, Ontario
Died	July 16, 1981 (aged 73) Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Genres	Popular music
Occupation(s)	Composer, arranger
Years active	mid-1930s to mid-1950

Will Hudson (né Arthur Murray Hainer; 8 March 1908 Grimsby, Ontario – 16 July 1981 Isle of Palms, South Carolina) was a Canadian-born American composer, arranger, and big band leader who flourished from the mid-1930s through the mid-1950s.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]} He co-wrote his two biggest hits "Moonglow" and "Organ Grinder's Swing" in 1934 and 1936, respectively. Hudson's scores were recorded by McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1931), Erskine Tate (1931), Cab Calloway (1932), Fletcher Henderson (1933, 1934), Jimmy Lunceford (1933, 1934), Ina Ray Hutton (1934, 1936), the Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1935),^{[15][16][17][18]} Earl Hines, Don Redman, and Ray Noble.^[19]

Career

Pre-World War II Career

Arthur Murray Hainer grew-up in Detroit and graduated June 1926 from the city's Southeastern High School. Hainer put together his first big band in Detroit in the early 1930s. As a possible impetus for adopting stage surname, "Hudson," in the early 1930s, he, in 1928, had been a clerk for the Hudson's department store in Detroit on Woodward Avenue. That year (1928), he was listed as living with his parents in Windsor, Ontario — across the border from Detroit.

Immigration documents

According to a Manifest by the U.S. Department of Labor, Hainer had moved from Canada to the United States November 14, 1909, and remained in the U.S. until July 14, 1928, before moving back to Canada, to reside at 152 Dougal, Windsor, Canada. He lived at 1805 West Grand (Detroit or Windsor?). The Manifest indicates that he moved out of Detroit November 7, 1929.^[20]

At some point in during the early 1930s, Hudson became a staff arranger for Irving Mills, writing stock arrangements. Mills — notable in various roles in the development of swing and jazz — was as much a promoter of songwriters, arrangers, and big bands as he was a publisher. Mills was known to have included his name as co-author of works that he did not write, but published. This was a common method of including music promoters in royalties.

Selected discography

McKinney's Cotton Pickers

• "I'd Love It" (© 1930)

By Don Redman & Will Hudson (w&m)

Recorded November 5, 1929, New York City

57066-2 (matrix): Victor V-38133-B)

• "Then Someone's In Love" ("Alguien esta Enamorado")

waltz by Max Prival (music) and Lew Pollack (words)

Arranged by Will Hudson

Frank Martin (vocalist)

Recorded in New York City, January 31, 1930

(matrix 58547-1: Victor Records V-38142-B)

Cab Calloway

• "Hot Water"

Will Hudson (w&m)

Recorded in December 7, 1932, New York City

12696-A (matrix): Banner 32647

OCLC 78518408

Fletcher Henderson

• "Wild Party" (©1934) and
• "Hocus Pocus" (released 1934; music ©1935)

Recorded March 6, 1934, New York City

Bluebird B-10247-B

Jimmy Lunceford

• "Jazznochracy" (©1934),
• "Organ Grinder's Swing" (©1936)
• "Remember When?" (w&m co-written with Eddie DeLange & Irving Mills; ©1934)

Mills Blue Rhythm Band

• "Ride, Red, Ride" (© 1930)

(audio on YouTube)

Lucky Millinder & Irving Mills (w&m)

Arranged by Will Hudson

CO-17759 (matrix): Columbia 3087-D

OCLC 27098230

Ina Ray Hutton

• "Wild Party"

Recorded September 13, 1934, New York City

Vocalion / Brunswick BR 15915-1

• "You're Not The Kind of Girl For Me"

Will Hudson & Irving Mills (w&m)

Ralph Burns Quintet

• "Cherokee"^[21]

Recorded October 11, 1938, New York City

Ray Noble (music)

Arranged by Will Hudson

B-23575 (matrix): Brunswick BR 8247

Ralph Burns (piano); Serge Chaloff (bari sax); Chuck Wayne (electric guitar); Artie Bernstein (bass); Don Lamond (drums)

Note: Noble had switched from Victor to Brunswick in February 1938 and recorded "Cherokee;" The arrangement by Will Hudson is one of his best

Benny Meroff (de) (1901–1973)

• "Midnight in Manhattan"

Hudson-DeLange Orchestra

Between 1936 and 1938

Hudson was a dance-band arranger, and co-leader with Eddie DeLange of the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra. By 1937, Hudson had composed 50 hits, including:

• "Moonglow" (words Eddie DeLange; ©1934),
• "Sophisticated Swing" (©1936),
• "Mr. Ghost Goes to Town" (©1937)
• "Jazznocracy" (©1934)
• "Devil's Kitchen" (©1935)
• "You're Not the Kind" (co-composed with Irving Mills; ©1936)
• "Witch Doctor" (©1935)
• "White Heat" (©1934)
• "Popcorn Man" (1936), co-composed with Louis Klein (1888–1945) & William "Bill" Livingston (1911–1989)
• "Tormented" (©1936)
• "Monopoly Swing" (©1936), and the band's theme song
• "Love Song of a Half-Wit" (1936)
• "Eight Bars In Search of a Melody" (©1936)
• "Hobo on Park Avenue" (©1936).^[22][23][24]

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Many of Hudson's compositions were published by Mills Music.

The Hudson-Delange broadcast on Bandstand and recorded for Brunswick and Decca.

Singers with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra

• Ruth Gaylor sang and recorded with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra in 1936 and
• Mitchell Ayres (né Meyer Agress; 1910–1969) in 1937, others included
• Georgia Gibbs (formerly Fredda Gibson; née Frieda Lipschitz; 1919–2006)
• Nan Wynn

Singers with the Will Hudson Orchestra

Hudson led his own band from 1939 to about 1941. Singers included:

• Kay Kenny
• Elisse Cooper (née Mabel Elisse Cooper; 1914–19620), who, in 1944 married saxophonist Joseph Gabriel "Gabe" Gelinas (1910–1049)
• Jayne Dover (née Jane Rappaport), while signing with Van Alexander Orchestra, the she married Martin Melcher, who had been doing publicity for the band; Melcher later married two other singers, Patty Andrews and Doris Day^[25]
• Ruth Gaylor

Post 1940 career

• When the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra was at the height of its popularity, around 1940, Hudson had to withdraw for health reasons.^[26]
• Hudson joined ASCAP in 1934.
• In 1941, Hudson began focusing on arranging, full-time.

World War II

• Hudson enlisted in the U.S. Army March 6, 1943 (SSN 090 03 4600), and served in the U.S. Army Air Force. He became the arranger for the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. Hudson was discharged September 23, 1945.

Post-World War II

Juilliard

• In 1948, Hudson enrolled at Juilliard, studying orchestration and composition with Wallingford Riegger, Henry Brant, and Vincent Persichetti — and earned a diploma in 1952 and post-grad diploma in 1953. He also studied composition privately.
• His popular-music compositions include "Moonglow" (words Eddie DeLange; ©1934), "Tormented" (©1936), "Sophisticated Swing" (©1936), "Mr. Ghost Goes to Town" (©1937), "Devil's Kitchen" (©1935), "You're Not the Kind" (co-composed with Irving Mills; ©1936); and "Witch Doctor" (©1935).^[22][23]

Selected works that have endured over time

Popular songs

• "Tormented" (©1936),
• "With All My Heart and Soul" (©1934),
• "You're My Desire" (words, Hudson & Irving Mills, music Hudson; ©1937),
• "World Without You" (w&m Maria Kramer & Hudson; ©1940)
• "Start Jumpin'"
• "Three at a Table For Two"
• "Hi Ya Mr. Chips,"
• "Peekin' at The Deacon"
• "On The Verge"

Popular songs recorded by Cab Calloway

• "Hot Water" (12696-A: Banner 32647 – 1932; OCLC 78518408)
• "Hotcha Razz-Ma-Tazz"
• "Just an Error in the News"
• "The Man From Harlem"
• "Moonglow"
• "Moonlight Rhapsody" (©1935),

Jazz compositions

• "Cowboy in Manhattan" (©1935),
• "Devil's Kitchen (©1935),"

IMDb Mini Biography By: Hup234!

Selected TV and filmography

"Moonglow"

2015: Legend

2013: 42

2011: Mildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series; Part 2)

2009: Amelia

2007: American Masters (TV Series documentary) (Les Paul: "Chasing Sound")

2007: Midnight Son (short)

2006: The Holiday

2006: Idlewild

2005: Carly Simon: A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 (Video)

2004: The Aviator

2004: Melinda and Melinda

2000: Center Stage

1999: Ben & Gunnar (sv) (TV movie) (uncredited)

1998: Frank Lloyd Wright (documentary)

1997: Private Parts

1995: Casino

1991: My Girl

1990: Alice

1990: Havana

1989: The Fabulous Baker Boys

1988: Stealing Home

1987: September

1986: Picnic (TV movie)

1984: Speed (documentary short)

1975: Inserts

1962: Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) (1 episode)

- Episode #14.29 (uncredited)

1961: The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (1 episode)

- "It's a Good Life"

1958: Jazz Party (TV Series)

- Episode #1.19

1958: Timex All-Star Jazz Show (TV Series)

- Episode dated 30 April 1958 (uncredited)

1956: Your Hit Parade (TV Series) (2 episodes)

- Episode dated 9 June 1956

- Episode dated 2 June 1956

1956: The Benny Goodman Story^{[lower-alpha 1]}

1955: Picnic (uncredited)^{[lower-alpha 1]}

1941: Hi Gang! (uncredited)

1935: Fighting Stock (uncredited)

"You're Not the Kind of Boy for a Girl Like Me"

1955: Show Time at the Apollo (TV Series) (1 episode; "All Star Review")

1956: Basin Street Revue (uncredited)

"The Man From Harlem"

1989: Bloodhounds of Broadway

"Cowboy in Manhattan"

1936: Emil Coleman and His Orchestra (short) (uncredited)

"Jazznochracy"

1936: Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra (short) (uncredited)

"Organ Grinder's Swing"

1997: One Night Stand

1985: That's Dancing!

1963: The Lawrence Welk Show (TV Series) (1 episode; episode #8.46)

1938: Sin-copation (short) (uncredited)

1937: Calling All Stars

1937: Swing, Hutton, Swing (short) (uncredited)

1937: Organ Grinder's Swing (short)

1935: The Littlest Rebel^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Name change

Biographical sources for Will Hudson (né Arthur Murray Hainer; 8 March 1908 Grimsby, Ontario – 16 July 1981 Isle of Palms, South Carolina) often incorrectly state that he was born in Barstow, California. He changed is name sometime between 1931 and 1933 — after his marriage to Eleanor Radtke (born 1912) in Detroit on August 15, 1931, and before his compositions were copyrighted under his new name. (see citation for Naturalization Petition)^[3]

Collaborators

Hudson DeLange Orchestra

Eddie DeLange, co-led with Hudson the Hudson DeLange Orchestra and wrote the lyrics to several songs composed by Hudson

Sidemen

Trumpets:

• James O'Connell
• Stephen J. Lipkins (1917–2011)
• Ralph Hollenbeck
• Jimmy Blake
• Joe Bauer
• Rudy Novak
• Charles Mitchell
• Marty Marsala (né Marty Mario Salvatore; 1909–1975), briefly with Hudson-DeLange, September 1937

Trombones:

• Edward Kolyer
• Jack Andrews

Woodwinds:

• George Bohn, clarinet, alto sax
• Gus Bivona (1915–1996), clarinet with Hudson-DeLange and Hudson Orchestras
• Pete Brendel, alto & bari sax
• Hugh Hibbert, clarinet, alto sax
• Ted Duane, clarinet, tenor sax
• Charles Brosen, clarinet, tenor sax
• George Siravo (1916–2000), clarinet, saxophone

Piano:

• Mark Hyams (1914–2007), brother of vibraphonist Marjorie Hyams, and husband of L'ana Webster (née Alleman; 1912–1997), saxophonist and bandleader who was once married to jazz guitarist Jimmy Webster (né James Donart Webster; 1908–1978)

Guitar:

• Buss Etri (né Anthony Etri; 1918–1941), with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra, did a recording session with Charlie Barnett's band on August 14, 1941, in Hollywood, exactly 1 week before his death
• Clifford Rausch (1911–1979), guitar

Bass:

• Edward ("Doc") Goldberg, with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra

Drums:

• Billy Exner
• Nat Polen, with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra
• Ed O'Hara

Vocalists:

• Ruth Gaylor (née Ruth Bernstein; 1918–1972), sang and recorded with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra in 1936, also sang with Will Hudson's Orchestra; later with Hal McIntyre and Bunny Berigan; married a physician in the early 1940s, Frederick Samuel Dick, MD
• Mitchell Ayres (né Meyer Agress; 1910–1969) in 1937, others included
• Mitchell Parish, lyricist

• "Midnight at the Onyx", Parish (©1937) (words), Hudson (music and arrangement)
• "Mr. Ghost Goes to Town," Parish (©1937) (words), Hudson (music and arrangement)

• Georgia Gibbs (formerly Fredda Gibson; née Frieda Lipschitz; 1919–2006)
• Nan Wynn

Will Hudson Orchestra

Sidemen

Trumpets:

• Will Hutton
• Ernie Mathias (né William Ernest Mathias; 1909–1976)

Trombones:

• Walter Burleson (né Walter Eugene Burleson; 1907–2004)

Woodwinds:

• George Siravo (1916–2000), clarinet, alto sax
• Bob Dukoff, tenor sax
• George Berg, tenor sax

Guitar

• Tommy Morgan

Bass

• Marty Blitz (né Monroe Blitz; 1918–1985)

Vocalists with the Hudson Orchestra, led by Hudson from 1939 to about 1941:

• Kay Kenny
• Elisse Cooper (née Mabel Elisse Cooper; 1914–19620, who, in 1944 married saxophonist Joseph Gabriel "Gabe" Gelinas (1910–1949)
• Jayne Dover (née Jane Rappaport), while signing with Van Alexander Orchestra, she married Martin Melcher, who had been doing publicity for the band; Melcher later married two other singers, Patty Andrews and Doris Day^[25]
• Ruth Gaylor (née Ruth Bernstein; 1918–1972)

Partial sources

The Big Bands, by George T. Simon, Schirmer Trade Books (1981; 2012)

The Big Band Almanac, by Leo Walker

Selected copyrights

Original copyrights

• "Jazznochracy"

By Will Hudson

© February 20, 1934; EP40861

Exclusive Publications, Inc.

• "Moonglow"

Will Hudson

Eddie DeLange

Irving Mills

© May 10, 1934; EP42400

Exclusive Publications, Inc.

• "Glen Island Special"

By Eddie DeLange

Will Hudson (arranger; for orchestra)

© February 5, 1940; EP82794

Leo Feist, Inc.

Renewals

• "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"

Otto Harbach (words)

Jerome Kern (music)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © June 18, 1946; EP7200

Will Hudson (A)

June 27, 1973; R554685

• "Who?"

Otto Harbach (words)

Oscar Hammerstein II (music)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © June 18, 1946; EP7201

Will Hudson (A)

June 27, 1973; R554685

• "Where or When?"

Lorenz Hart (words)

Richard Rogers (music)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © June 28, 1946; EP7205

Chappell & Company, Inc.

(PWH Will Hudson)

June 29, 1973; R554850

• "In The Still of the Night"

Cole Porter (w&m)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © June 28, 1946; EP7206

Chappell & Company, Inc.

(PWH Will Hudson)

June 29, 1973; R554851

• "I've Got You Under My Skin"

Cole Porter (w&m)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © June 28, 1946; EP7208

Chappell & Company, Inc.

(PWH Will Hudson)

June 29, 1973; R554852

• "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To"

Cole Porter (w&m)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © June 28, 1946; EP7209

Chappell & Company, Inc.

(PWH Will Hudson)

June 29, 1973; R554853

• "The Bells of St. Mary's"

Douglas Furber (words)

A. Emmett Adams (music)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © June 28, 1946; EP7750

Chappell & Company, Inc.

(PWH Will Hudson)

June 29, 1973; R554854

• "Love Walked In"

George Gershwin (music)

Ira Gershwin (words)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © June 28, 1946; EP7751

Gershwin Publishing Corporation

(PWH Will Hudson)

June 29, 1973; R554855

• "Carioca"

Gus Kahn (words)

Edward Eliscu (words)

Vincent Youmans (music)

Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © June 28, 1946; EP7202

Will Hudson (A)

July 6, 1973; R554968

• "A Cat's Ninth Life"

Freddie Slack (music)

Will Hudson (arranger; for orchestra)

Arrangement © July 3, 1946; EP5383

Will Hudson

Robbins Music Corporation (PWH)

July 5, 1973; R554983

• "Falling in Love With Love"

Lorenz Hart (words)

Richard Rogers (music)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © July 11, 1946; EP7436

(PWH Will Hudson)

Chappell & Company, Inc.

July 12, 1973; R555224

• "Roses of Picardy"

Frederic Weatherly (words)

Haydn Wood (music)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © July 12, 1946; EP4135

(PWH Will Hudson)

Chappell & Company, Inc.

July 12, 1973; R555225

• "Summertime"

DuBose Heyward (words)

George Gershwin (music)

NM: Will Hudson (arranger; for small orchestra)

Arrangement © July 13, 1946; EP7324

(PWH Will Hudson)

Chappell & Company, Inc.

July 12, 1973; R555479

• "Little Jazz"

Buster Harding (music)

Roy Eldridge (music)

Special arrangement by Will Hudson

Arrangement © June 24, 1946; EP7067

Buster Harding, Roy Eldridge (A)

& Life Music, Inc.

(PWH Will Hudson)

July 23, 1973; R555840

• "Mysterioso"

Artie Shaw

John Carleton

Arrangement by Will Hudson

Arrangement © June 24, 1946; EP7068

Artie Shaw, John Carleton (A)

(PWH Will Hudson)

July 23, 1973; R555841

• "Hop, Skip and Jump"

Artie Shaw

John Carleton

Arrangement by Will Hudson

Arrangement © June 24, 1946; EP7069

Artie Shaw, John Carleton (A)

(PWH Will Hudson)

July 23, 1973; R555842

• "Jumpin' On The Merry-Go-Round"

Ray Conniff (music)

Special arrangement by Will Hudson

Arrangement © June 24, 1946; EP7070

Ray Conniff (A) & Life Music, Inc.

(PWH Will Hudson)

July 23, 1973; R555843

• "They Didn't Believe Me

Jerome Kern (music)

Herbert Reynolds (words)

Arrangement by Will Hudson

Arrangement for small orchestra © July 11, 1946; EP7439

T.B. Harms Company

(PWH Will Hudson)

July 17, 1973; R557343

• "This Song Is For You"

Oscar Hammerstein II (words)

Jerome Kern (music)

Arrangement by Will Hudson

Arrangement for small orchestra © July 11, 1946; EP7437

T.B. Harms Company

(PWH Will Hudson)

July 16, 1973; R557344

• "Make Believe"

Oscar Hammerstein II (words)

Jerome Kern (music)

Arrangement by Will Hudson

Arrangement for small orchestra © July 11, 1946; EP7440

T.B. Harms Company

(PWH Will Hudson)

July 16, 1973; R557345

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Abbreviations

(A)       — Author(s)

(NM)     — New matter

(PWH)  — Proprietor of copyright in a work made for hire

Family and growing up

Birth and growing up

Hudson was born in Grimsby, Ontario, March 8, 1909. Print-media biographies universally state that he was born in Barstow, California. However, Hudson's U.S. Naturalization application indicates otherwise.^[3] Grimsby, then of Lincoln County, the county of which, in 1970, became amalgamated into a county-like governmental body known as the Regional Municipality of Niagara. Hudson, with his parents, immigrated to the United States November 13, 1909 — at the age of 1 year, 8 months. He grew-up in Detroit and graduated from Southeastern High School June 1926. Hudson became a United States citizen on April 14, 1941.^[3]

References

Notes

1. "Moonglow" — The slow swing number is based on the harmonies of Ellingston's "Lazy Rhapsody" (aka "Swanee Rhapsody") and was known mainly by Benny Goodman; He formed the basis for the title song of the film Picnic and 1956 used in the movie The Benny Goodman Story. (see. Bohländer 1989)
   
   
2. "Organ Grinder's Swing" became a hit after the 1935 American film The Littlest Rebel. In Germany, the song was recorded in March 1936 in Berlin by the Spree Revellers (de), a male vocal quartet, accompanied by the Hans Bund (de) Dance Orchestra under the title "Hofkonzert im Hinterhaus" on the German label, Imperial 17111 (matrix K-C 9991 I) (BIEM) (audio on YouTube) The German lyrics were by Charles Amberg (de) (see Bohländer 1989)
   
   

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Inline citations

1. Oxford Music Online, "Will Hudson" OCLC 5104909244
   The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Barry Dean Kernfeld & Stanley Sadie (eds.)

   1st ed. (Hudson in Vol. 1 of 2), Macmillan (1988); OCLC 16804283
   1st ed. (Vols. 1 & 2 combined), St. Martin's Press (1994); OCLC 30516743, 317410406
   2nd ed. (Hudson in Vol. 2 of 3), Macmillan (2001); OCLC 46956628, 232175971
2. Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song, by David Alan Jasen (born 1937), Routledge (2003); OCLC 51631299
3. "Will Hudson," Petition N° 375689, sworn and filed April 14, 1941, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
   Record access: New York, Naturalization Records, 1882–1944 (Rolls 1293-1326), Petition N°s 367936 - 381643 (Roll 1313); Petition N°s 375551–375900 (accessed April 29, 2016, via Ancestry.com)
4. ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, compiled by Jaques Cattell Press, New York: R.R. Bowker; OCLC 516213921
       2nd ed. (1952); OCLC 377472
       3rd ed. (1966); OCLC 598257, 604233677
       4th ed. (1980), pg. 239; OCLC 7065938, 10721505
5. Biographical Dictionary of American Music, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), West Nyack, New York: Parker Publishing Co. (1973); OCLC 609781
6. Biographical Dictionary of Jazz, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1982); OCLC 8626853
7. Biography Index, H.W. Wilson Co.; ISSN 0006-3053
       Vol. 9: Sep. 1970–Aug. 1976 (1973); OCLC 24559910
       Vol. 12: Sep. 1980–Aug. 1981 (1982); OCLC 31441161
8. Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street, by John Chilton, Chilton Company (1972); OCLC 278739
9. The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900–1950 (Hudson's bio in Vol. 2 of 4), by Roger D. Kinkle (1916–2000), New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House Publishers, 1974 OCLC 897890
10. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (3rd ed.) (Hudson in Vol. 4 of 8), Colin Larkin (ed.). London: Muze (1998); OCLC 39837948
11. The Oxford Companion to Popular Music, by Peter Gammond, Oxford University Press (1991); OCLC 22382241
12. The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music (Hudson in Vol. 1 of 3), by William H. Rehrig, Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press (1991); OCLC 24606813
13. "Will Hudson," (original source not known
14. "Hudson-DeLange 'Sophisticated Swing'" by Christopher Popa, bigbandlibrary.com, August 2008
15. Cats of Any Color: Jazz, Black and White, by Gene Lees, Oxford University Press (1994), pg. 201; OCLC 30079054
16. The Swing Era: The Development of Jazz, 1930–1945, by Gunther Schuller, Oxford University Press (1989); OCLC 17660255
17. "Keep (It) Swinging," Keep (It) Swinging (keepitswinging.blogspot.com) (online blog) (retrieved May 5, 2016)
18. Reclams Jazzführer (de) (English ed.), Carlo Bohländer (de), Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr (eds.), Philipp Reclam (1989); OCLC 441092288
19. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler (eds.), Oxford University Press (1999); pps. 69–70; OCLC 38746731
20. "Arthur Hainer," (Forms 548 & 548-B: 2-sided manifest index card): 3950-180/10 (listed alphabetically on reel no 945RL): Manifests of Individuals Entering through the Port of Detroit, Michigan, 1906–1954, U.S. Department of Labor Immigration Service, September 11, 1928, Serial No. 6086-4, NAI: 4527226; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787–2004, National Archives at Washington, D.C (accessed May 6, 2016, via www.ancestry.com)
21. Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs, 1920–1945, by Marvin E. Paymer, Two Bytes Pub. (1999); OCLC 45357972
22. Will Hudson: His Life and Music (dissertation), by Robert Alex Vrabel (born around 1986), Rutgers University (2010); OCLC 670185036
23. "Will Hudson: Artist Biography," by Joslyn Layne, AllMusic (retrieved April 30, 2016)
24. "40 Year Ago – 1937," Evening Herald (Shenandoah, Pennsylvania) April 16, 1977, pg. 4
25. From Harlem to Hollywood: My Life in Music, by Van Alexander, BearManor Media (2009); OCLC 501820074
26. "Will Hudson Band To Appear At Formal St. Pat Festival Ball," The Fiat Lux (Alfred University student paper), March 11, 1941