Billy "The Kid" Emerson
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William Robert Emerson, known during his recording career as Billy "The Kid" Emerson and more recently as Rev. William R. Emerson, was an American R&B and rock and roll singer and songwriter turned pr
Emerson in 1979
Billy Lee Riley
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Billy Lee Riley was an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. His most memorable recordings include "Rock With Me Baby", "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" and "Red Hot".
Billy "The Kid" Emerson
…songwriter, writing and recording "When It Rains, It Really Pours", later recorded by Elvis Presley, and "Red Hot," which later became a hit for both Billy Lee Riley and Bob Luman, and for Robert Gordon and Link Wray, but was not a commercial success for Emerson himself. In late 1955, he joined Vee-Jay Records in…
Riley at the Memphis Music Festival, 2008