Billy Lee Riley
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Billy Lee Riley (born October 5, 1933 - August 2, 2009 ) was a first generation Rockabilly musician, singer, record producer and songwriter who died in Jonesboro Arkansas. 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. He recorded "Trouble Bound" for Jack Clement and Slim Wallace. <a href="https://www.la
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Family name
- Riley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pocahontas
- Place of death
- Jonesboro
- Occupation
- bandleader
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- country blues
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- BillyLeeRiley.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1933-10-05
- date of death
- 2009-08-02
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- Commons category
- Billy Lee Riley
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