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Billy Lee Riley
Billy Lee Riley
Artist Information
Genres: Rockabilly
Active: 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's
Born: October 5, 1933 in Pocohontas, AR
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Biography
Billy Lee Riley is a rockabilly singer and multi-instrumentalist. An alumnus of Sun Records, he was one of the most crazed, unabashed rockers that label had to offer -- in the company of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Sonny Burgess, that's saying a lot. Proficient at harmonica, guitar, bass, and drums, Riley contributed as a sideman to many a classic Sun session, and his combo, the Little Green Men (most notably guitarist Roland Janes and drummer J.M. Van Eaton), in time became the Sun house band. Riley recorded for a number of labels in a variety of styles, especially effective with blues.
Discography
Release: 2003
Label: Reba
Release: October 23, 2001
Label: Original Sun