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British pop singer

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Billy J. Kramer (born William Howard Ashton, on August 19, 1943, in Bootle, Liverpool, England) was a British Invasion / Merseybeat singer who had a number of hits in the early 1960s as Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas (aka Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas). Kramer is known today primarily as the singer of various Lennon-McCartney compositions that The Beatles did not use. Early career The performing name Kramer was chosen at random from a telephone directory. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/

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Instance of
human
Family name
Kramer
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Liverpool
Occupation
musician
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
Parlophone
Official website
billyjkramer.com
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Billy J Kramer - Its Gotta Last Forever 1965.png
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date of birth
1943-08-19
pseudonym
Billy J. Kramer
birth name
William Howard Ashton
start of work period
1963-00-00
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