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John Isley (born August 15, 1956) and Billy James (born August 31, 1957), known as John Boy & Billy, are American radio hosts based in Charlotte, North Carolina.Their comedic morning program The John Boy & Billy Big Show broadcasts from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time in several Southern and Midwestern states via syndication through Premiere Networks, primarily airing on classic rock ...
The song "Billy Boy" is also performed in the film. [6] The song was heard in the 1943 film, The Iron Major, the story of football coach Frank Cavanaugh. In the 1948 Walt Disney film So Dear to My Heart, Burl Ives performs snippets of the song throughout the movie. In the 1981 movie Bill, both Bill and Barry play and sing the song.
The song peaked at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1957 and stayed in that position for three weeks. [10] On December 20, 1969, a reissue of the single by Coral Records was awarded a "gold single" by the RIAA. [11] On September 20, 1986, the song appeared on the UK Singles Chart at number 85 and left the chart a week later. [12]
A pretty nerve-wracking time. That fall, another routine test for older current and former smokers found John Boy had two more aortic aneurysms, this time on the lower part of his aorta.. Like had ...
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Timothy Collins Wilson (August 5, 1961 – February 26, 2014) was an American comedian and country music artist, whose act combined stand-up comedy and original songs. [1]He released more than a dozen comedy albums, including several for Capitol Records Nashville, and made frequent appearances with Wilhite and Wall, John Boy and Billy, Big D and Bubba and Bob and Tom Show.
Later that year, John Boy and Billy were hired as morning hosts. [6] The show began airing nationally in 1993 out of WRFX's studios. Over the years, the station's music has moved more in a classic rock direction. In 1996, the WRFX transmitter site moved again, this time to co-locate with WTVI's facilities in Charlotte.
WSTZ features John Boy and Billy every weekday morning, and "Brother Dave" weekday afternoons (He left station sometime in 2011). "The Best of John Boy & Billy" comes on every Saturday morning. On Sundays, they have "Sunday Brunch" in the morning, in the afternoon they have "Christian the Drunken Fool", and at night they have "Flashback."