| LC control no. | n 92116199 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Riley, Billy Lee |
| Variant(s) | Riley, Billy, 1933-2009 Lee, Daaron Lee, Darren, 1933-2009 Lightnin' Leon Wiley, Skip |
| See also | Corporate body: Little Green Men (Musical group) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1933-10-05 |
| Death date | 2009-08-02 |
| Place of birth | Pocahontas (Ark.) |
| Place of death | Jonesboro (Ark.) |
| Field of activity | Rockabilly music |
| Affiliation | Sun Records |
| Profession or occupation | Rockabilly musicians Sound recording executives and producers Singers Composers Lyricists |
| Found in | The Legendary Sun performers: Billy Lee Riley [SR] p1977: label (Billy Lee Riley) LC data base, 03-02-93 (hdg: Riley, Billy Lee; Riley, Billy, 1933-) Hardy, P. Encyc. of rock, c1987: (Riley, Billy Lee, b. Oct. 5, 1933, Pocohontas, Ark.; Billy (later Billy Lee) Riley recorded vocal and instrumental discs in virtually every rock style related to country and blues) Wikipedia WWW site, Aug. 3, 2009 (Billy Lee Riley; b. Oct. 5, 1933, Pocahontas, Ark.; d. Aug. 2, 2009, Jonesboro, Ark.; rockabilly musician, singer, record producer, and songwriter) Discogs WWW site, January 13, 2020 (Billy Lee Riley; born October 5, 1933, Pocahontas, Arkansas; died August 2, 2009, Jonesboro, Arkansas; American 1950s rockabilly singer, best known for his recordings for Sun Records of Memphis; performed as part of the "The Little Green Men", the "house band" at Sun; in 1962, he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a session musician with Dean Martin, the Beach Boys, Herb Alpert, Sammy Davis Jr. and others, as well as recording under various aliases (Daaron Lee, Darren Lee , Darron Lee, Lightnin' Leon, Skip Wiley); returned to Arkansas in the early 1970s) |
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