Billy Lee Riley has been an artist that we've been playing for decades on the radio and was always one of the uncredited men behind the driving force of rock and roll in the fifties. The Arkansas singer-songwriter entered the Sun Records studios of Sam Phillips in 1956. He hit the charts across the country in 1957 with his classic singles "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" and "Red Hot". "Red H...
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The Rockabilly Hall of Fame site has published a plea for help for Sun Records great Billy Lee Riley.Riley, who has had many health problems over the years, is currently battling stage four cancer and he and his wife, Joyce, are in dire financial need.Anyone who is interested in helping one of the early pioneers of rock music or would just like to send notes of encouragement, their address is:B...
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Influential Rockabilly artist Billy Lee Riley passed away over the weekend in Jonesboro, Arkansas at the age of 75. Riley had been battling colon cancer since May.Riley was the son of sharecroppers and, being born during the great depression, found himself working in the cotton fields at the age of six. It was during this time that he first learned about blues music from the others working th...
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