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Billy Lee Riley (October 5, 1933 – August 2, 2009) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. His most memorable recordings include "Rock With Me Baby", "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" [ note 1 ] and " Red Hot ".
Dec 7, 2023 · Billy Lee Riley was a rockabilly musician whose career began in the Arkansas Delta and peaked in the 1950s after he signed a record deal with Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. He recorded many songs during his life, alternating between the rockabilly style that made him famous and the blues music that he loved.
Billy Lee Riley Biography. Born in Pocahontas, Arkansas, the son of a sharecropper, Riley learned to play guitar from black farm workers. After 4 years in the Army, Riley first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1955 before being lured to Sun Studios by Sam Phillips.
Aug 4, 2009 · Billy Lee Riley, a rockabilly pioneer and songwriter who recorded for the legendary Sun Records label and is best remembered for his 1957 singles “Flyin’ Saucers Rock and Roll” and “Red Hot,” has...
Aug 10, 2014 · Meet Billy Lee Riley, the rockabilly rebel who was both a lover and a fighter. As a young up-and-comer, Billy Lee Riley earned a reputation as a wild man both on and off stage. But that fighting spirit served him well in his career. By Mike Greenblatt.
Billy Lee Riley was an American 1950's Rockabilly singer, best known for his recordings for Sun Records of Memphis. Performed as part of the "The Little Green Men", the "house band" at Sun. Considered good looking and with wild stage moves, Riley had a brief solo career with his backing band "The Little Green Men".
A jaw-dropping artist in his own right, during his 40-plus year career he has performed and recorded with a virtual who's who of popular music -- both as a soloist and as leader of his group The Little Green Men....
Billy Lee Riley is one of the most important founders of the original Rockabilly sound. His band was the first to record what became the Rock n' Roll sound, by adding piano, and sax to the Rockabilly mix of guitar & drums.
Aug 4, 2009 · JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) Billy Lee Riley, a rambunctious performer who helped develop the Sun Records sound as a studio musician for other headliners, died here on Sunday. He was 75. The cause was...
Aug 4, 2009 · Billy Lee Riley, a rambunctious performer who helped develop the Sun Records sound as a studio musician for other headliners, has died. He was 75. Riley's singles...
