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Scotty Moore co-wrote the songs "My Kind of Carrying On" and "Now She Cares No More" which were released as Sun 202 on Sun Records in 1954 when he was a member of the group Doug Poindexter and the Starlite Wranglers with Bill Black as the double bass player. He co-wrote the instrumental "Have Guitar Will Travel" in 1958 with Bill Black, which ...
Jan 3, 2008 · To the world, her father was Bill Black, bass player for Elvis Presley in those early, heady days of the mid-1950s when Elvis was swiveling and shaking his way toward a music that would rock the world. To Shockley, 56, Black was a doting dad, a working-class guy who could give her only a little time before he died of a brain tumor in 1965.
Aug 10, 2022 · The Starlight Wranglers! [laughs] Bill Black was the bass player. The singer's name was Doug Poindexter. We put one record out and were playing some of the clubs around Memphis. Then along came Elvis. Bill and myself auditioned with him. Sam also had a custom record service, and Elvis had been in a year before and made a record for his mother.
Added: Jan 13, 1999. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 4376. Source citation. Musician. Born William Patton Black Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, he was the upright acoustic bass player nicknamed Blackie by the Nashville session performers. He was playing with the Johnny Burnette Trio in 1954 when Sam Phillips, founder and owner of Sun Records in Memphis ...
May 3, 2022 · How the Aloha Eagle came to be. In an interview with Elvis Australia, Bill Belew said he thought that Elvis Presley's favorite outfit that he'd designed was the Aloha Eagle Suit, which he famously wore for his 1973 "Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite" special. This costume included a cape, which Belew said was inspired when Elvis told him, "Bill ...
Bill Black, an exceptionally talented musician, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Black’s debut album, My Favourite Kinda Trouble, released in December 2022. With catchy melodies and whimsical, thought-provoking lyrics, each track invites listeners to sing along, dance, and live for the moment. The album is an irresistible blend of upbeat rhythms, with tongue-in-cheek hidden meanings in ...
Feb 3, 2012 · The Best of Bill Black's Combo - The Hi Records Years. 2001. Smokie, Pt. 2 (Remastered) - Single. 2011. Bill Black's Combo. 2003. Bill Black's Greatest Hits. 2016. Soul Masters: Music By the Pound.
