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The band was initially formed in 1959, under the name Billy King and the Nightriders, and consisted of the core members Dave Pritchard on rhythm guitar and Roger Spencer on drums, along with vocalist Billy King, bass guitarist Brian Cope, and lead guitarist Al Johnson.
In 1996, Sundazed Music released The Rebel Kind: The Best of Dino, Desi & Billy, in which all of the group's singles and other non-cover material was collected for the first time on one album. From 1998 to 2010, a reconfiguration of the group, known as "Ricci, Desi, & Billy", performed at various times, in addition to releasing two live albums ...
King Billy of Bonny Doon Lorne, Bidjara elder and great-great-grandfather of Christian Thompson (artist), honoured by his 2010 work King Billy; King Billy Cokebottle (c. 1949–2019), white Australian comedian who wore blackface; Willem Baa Nip (1836–1885), also known as King Billy, William Gore or Billy Wa-wha, was a member of the Wathaurung ...
He was also known as "King Billy" [2] and also as Nangar or Yangar. [3] Clements and another Wiradjuri man, George Noble, had walked for nearly a week over the mountains from Brungle Mission near Gundagai, New South Wales. [4] The two men were the only Indigenous people to attend the first opening of parliament.
During the punk rock movement in London in late 1976, [5] William Broad (aka Billy Idol), a 21-year-old guitar-playing university drop-out from Bromley and associate of the Bromley Contingent; the drummer John Towe, a West End music shop assistant; [6] and – at Broad's suggestion, having already met via an advertisement previously placed in the Melody Maker by Broad seeking other musicians ...
King's X is an American rock band formed in Springfield, Missouri, in 1979. They were first called the Edge and later became Sneak Preview before settling on their current name in 1985. [4] The band's current lineup has remained intact for more than four decades, consisting of vocalist and bassist Doug Pinnick, drummer Jerry Gaskill and ...
He was born in Denton, Texas, and grew up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. As a singer and guitar player, he formed a band in 1952 with his friend Melvin Robinson, who played steel guitar and saxophone, and soon added his brother Billy Erwin (aka Billy King, 1938 – 2019) on lead guitar, with Ken Massey on bass and David White on drums.
William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) [2] was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richard , Sam Cooke , Ray Charles , the Everly Brothers , Reverend James Cleveland , the Beatles , and ...