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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
- Genre
- pop music
- 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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- 1943-08-19
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- Billy J. Kramer
- birth name
- William Howard Ashton
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
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- Billy J. Kramer
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