From Rock N Roll To Country

Billy was raised in Marietta, Georgia, and performed at the Georgia Jubilee during his teens.  He had his own rock band before he was twenty, and became a very popular act through the sixties.

He recorded a demo for his friend Joe South which was heard at Columbia Records, and that led to a record deal.  The song, “Down in the Boondocks”,  became one of his top hits.

By the late seventies, Billy was a regular act in Vegas, and he appeared as an actor on television, and in the movies.

During the eighties, Billy recorded Country music and had several top twenty singles.

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