Billy Adams
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Biography
[Edit]A rockabilly legend whose scant discography can run you over a thousand dollars to acquire in original pressings, Billy Adams was born in Redbush, KY on March 6, 1940. Billy's father didn't earn enough for his 14 children at his job at the Van Lear coal mine (the same mine mentioned in Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter"). Without a large record collection, Billy first became interested in the hillbilly music he heard on the radio and Saturday night broadcasts of the Grand Ole Opry. Bill Monroe, Jimmie Rodgers, and Merle Travis were early influences and Billy began singing and drumming out a heavy beat on lard bucket lids. When his father developed lung problems from working in the mine, the family moved to Greenup County, KY. Borrowing a guitar from a neighbor, the 12-year-old made his local radio debut in 1952.
Deciding it was time to form a band after hearing Elvis Presley on the radio, Billy formed the Rock & Roll Boys with his brother Charles on lead guitar and Curtis May on upright bass in 1954. Encouraged by a local entertainer named Luke Gordon, Billy traveled to Cincinnati, OH to record "Rock, Pretty Mama." Gordon later released the single on his Quincy Records label in 1957 and the band started touring the Midwest. An enthusiastic cold call to the Sun Records label earned him an invitation to Memphis, but a broken down '49 Ford and no money to repair it kept him away. Back at home, the band caught the attention of Glenn McKinney during their regular gigs in Portsmouth, OH. McKinney released some singles by the band, now called the Rock-A-Teers, licensing some of the recordings to the Dot label. Billboard and Cashbox gave the singles good reviews but discouraged by their lack of nationwide success, the band called it a day in 1959.
Receiving his call to the ministry in 1965, Billy Adams spent the next 30 years evangelizing across the country while accompanying himself on piano and writing numerous gospel and country songs. Rockabilly compilations containing Rock-A-Teers recordings showed up in the late '80s on labels such as Ace and Bear Family and when a different artist named Billy Adams who recorded for Sun Records passed away in 1984 many tributes confused the two. Provoked by the swell of attention, Billy returned to the Sun Studios 41 years late to record Legacy, released by Screen Door Records in 2000. The Rockabilly Hall of Fame inducted him the same year. A new Rock-A-Teers was soon formed and started playing at rockabilly revival festivals at home and in England with Billy introducing his boss piano style to the pop world for the first time. In 2002 Sanctuary Records released a career retrospective, Rocking' Thru the Years, while The Official Price Guide to Records: 2002 valued original copies of "Rock, Pretty Mama," at $1,500 to $2000.
Title: Trouble in Mind / Lookin' for My Mary Ann - Single
Artist: Billy Adams
Title: Open the Door Richard / Rock Me Baby - Single
Artist: Billy Adams
Title: Betty and Dupree / Got My Mojo Workin' - Single
Artist: Billy Adams
Collections
Title: 50's Memories 8
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Teen Pop
Title: Rockin' Mama - Rockin' U.S. 1950S Mama Songs
Genre: Blues
Title: Rockabilly Rampage
Genre: Rock
Title: Jukebox Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: 50 Rockabilly 1950s Teenage Classics
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: Riverside Rockabillies
Genre: Rock
Title: Keb Darge's Desperate Rockin' Delinquents
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Electric Blues Gems
Genre: Blues
Title: Jukebox Golden Oldies, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of Memphis Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Soul of Memphis
Genre: Blues
Title: Rare Rockabilly Rebels
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: Stuck Inside Memphis Blues Again
Genre: Blues
Title: 50's Memories 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Teen Pop
Title: Sun Record's Jukebox - Rare Rock'n Roll
Genre: Alternative
Title: Shakin the Shack
Genre: Rock
Title: Rockin' Rhythm 'n' Blues from MEMPHIS
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Rockabilly Dance! 100 Rare Rippin' Masters
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: Vintage Soul!
Genre: Alternative
Title: Sun Records - Soul Music
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Sun Records - Southern Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Rockin' Mama (Rockin' US 1950's Mamas Songs)
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Rock-A-Billy Rock And Roll And Hillbilly (CD4)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Pan-American Recordings (Vol. 18 ~ Love Slave)
Genre: Rockabilly
Title: The Dot Story: Essential Rockabilly (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Pan-American Recordings (Vol. 29 ~ Pony Tail Girl)
Genre: Rockabilly
Title: Keb Darge & Little Edith's Legendary Wild Rockers 4
Genre: Rock, Pop, Instrumental
Title: Rael Rare Rockabilly (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rockabilly
Title: Lost Gold Rockabilly Vol. 1
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: The Best Of Rockabilly - RETRO 3
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Rock-A-Billy Dynamite, CD 30
Genre: Rockabilly
Title: Rock-A-Billy Dynamite, CD 8
Genre: Rockabilly
Title: Rockabilly - Red Hot & Rare: Volume 1 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Rockabilly: Red Hot & Rare Volume 2 (CD4)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Manhattan Soul 3
Title: Go!! Records: The Complete Collection (CD1)
Genre: Garage Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop Rock
Title: Go!! Records: The Complete Collection (CD2)
Genre: Garage Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop Rock
Title: Go!! Records: The Complete Collection (CD3)
Genre: Garage Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop Rock
Title: Rock & Roll History, Vol. 20
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Rock & Roll History, Vol. 21
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: True & Faithful: 35 Elvis Soundalikes
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pop