Bill Armstrong

Bill Armstrong AM (born 1929) is an Australian music producer. Career Armstrong grew up in Melbourne and began his career recording his friends band's onto wire, before being hired to record court proceedings and civil ceremonies. These included recordings of Robert Menzies opening Geelong's Shell Refinery. He recorded live jazz performances, including the 1949 Australian Jazz Convention, and created acetate copies for the performers to purchase. He started Bill Armstrong Sound in December 1949, and in the early 1950s began releasing local jazz records on his own record labels, Paramount, Magnasound, and Danceland. He worked for ABC Radio producing broadcasts, and was in charge of the PA system at the Melbourne Olympic Games in 1956. Between 1956 and 1960, Armstrong worked for W&G Records, and recorded musicians such as Graeme Bell and The Seekers, and commercial jingles.