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Billy Squier (born William Haislip Squier, in May 12, 1950 in Wellesley, MA) is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is probably best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No. Other hits include "In the Dark", "Rock Me Tonite", "Lonely Is The Night", "My Kinda Lover", Everybody Wants You, "All Night Long" and "The Big…
Known for
- Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Live at the Greek Theater — Self2010
- Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band Live 2006 — Self2008
- An Ox's Tale: The John Entwistle Story — Himself2006
- Where Are They Now? — Self1999
- Billy Squier - Live in the Dark1982
- Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest1975
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1950
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- 623,225
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- 5,525,424
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Billy Squier (born May 12, 1950, in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts) is a rock musician. He had a string of arena rock and power ballad type hits in the 80s. He's probably best known for the song "The Stroke", on his 1981 album 'Don't Say No'. Said album has been RIAA certified as triple-platinum. Other hits include "Lonely Is The Night", "Everybody Wants You", "In The Dark", "My Kinda Lover", and "Rock Me Tonite". Squier left the music industry in the mid-90s, due in part to issues with his labe
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wellesley
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Official website
- www.billysquier.com
- Image
- Billy Squier 1982 press photo.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1950-05-12
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
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