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Billy Black (wrestler)
Bill Black (1926–1965) was an American bassist and bandleader. Bill Black may also refer to: *William K. Black (born 1951), American lawyer, academic, author and a former bank regulator *Bill Black (second baseman) (1899–1968), American baseball player *Bill Black (baseball coach) (1920–2002), American former college baseball coach and construction company executive *Bill Black (businessman) (born 1950), Canadian insurance industry executive and politician *Bill Black (comics), American publisher and editor of AC Comics, and freelance penciller and inker *Bill Black (pilot) (1943/1944–2020), New Zealand pilot *Bill Black (rugby union) (1928–2019), Scottish rugby union player *Bill Black (voice director) (born 1960), American musician, voice director and sound effects designer born William Thomas Blackwell III *Buckskin Bill Black (1929–2018), long-running children's television host and later school board member in Baton Rouge, Louisiana See also *William Black (dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Black
William Patton Black Jr. (September 17, 1926 – October 21, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He played in Elvis Presley's early trio. Black later formed Bill Black's Combo. Early life and career William Patton Black Jr. was born on September 17, 1926, in Memphis, Tennessee, to a motorman for the Memphis Street Railway Co. He was the oldest of nine children. His father played popular songs on the banjo and fiddle to entertain the family. Black learned to play music at the age of 14 on an instrument made by his father—a cigar box with a board nailed to it and strings attached. At the age of sixteen, Black was performing "honky-tonk" music on acoustic guitar in local bars. During World War II, Black was stationed with the U.S. Army at Fort Lee in Virginia. While in the Army, he met Evelyn, who played guitar as a member of a musical family. They married in 1946 and returned to Memphis. Black worked at the Fires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
