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- 1950-05-12
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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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- Born
- 12 May 1950
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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
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1950 births20th-century American guitarists20th-century American male musicians21st-century American guitarists21st-century American male musiciansAmerican hard rock musiciansAmerican male guitaristsAmerican male rock singersAmerican male singer-songwritersAmerican rock guitaristsAmerican rock songwritersBerklee College of Music alumni