Bill Pitman married three times and had three children.
In 1947, Bill Pitman married Mildred Hurty. They had three children; son Dale Pitman; daughters, Donna Simpson and Jean Langdon.
However, Bill Pitman and Mildred Hurty divorced in the late 1960s.
In the ’70s he married and divorced Debbie Yajacovic twice but they had no children together.
Following Bill’s divorce from Debbie Yajacovic, he married Janet Valentine in 1985 and adopted her daughter, Rosemary.
Although Bill Pitman’s children’s name has been identified, their details are under wraps.
Bill Pitman was an American guitarist and session musician.
Mr. Pitman, who grew up in New York City and had music tutors from the time he was 6 years old, came home from World War II and headed west determined to make a living in music.
He attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, learned arranging and composing, and essentially taught himself the skills of a master guitarist.
In 1951, at a club where Peggy Lee was singing, he met the guitar virtuoso Laurindo Almeida, who was quitting Ms. Lee’s band. After an audition, Mr. Pitman was hired to take Mr. Almeida’s place, and his career was launched.
In 1954 he joined the singer Rusty Draper’s daily radio show. Three years later, he sat in for the guitarist Tony Rizzi at a recording date for Capitol Records. It was after meeting producer Phil Spector that he became part of a group of players who would become known as the Wrecking Crew.
Pitman retired in 1989, having quit studio session work some 16 years earlier.
Bill Pitman died on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at the age of 102 at his home in La Quinta, California.