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Billy Lee Riley (05 Oct 1933 - 02 Aug 2009)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (8)

Releases (61)

Official

Album

  1. Harmonica and the Blues 1962 (as Bill Riley)
  2. Billy Lee Riley’s Big Harmonica Special Sep 1964
  3. Harmonica - Beatlemania 1964
  4. Funk Harmonica! Funk Rock and Folk Blues Jan 1966
  5. Vintage 1978
  6. Southern Man 1983
  7. Blue Collar Blues Nov 1992
  8. Rockin’ Fifties 1995
  9. Hot Damn! 1997
  10. Shade Tree Blues 16 Nov 1999
  11. One More Time 2002
  12. Hillbilly Rockin’ Man 2003
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Album - Live

  1. Whisky à Go Go Presents Billy Lee Riley Feb 1965
  2. Billy Lee Riley in Action!!!! Oct 1966
  3. Southern Soul... Recorded Live!! At The Brave Falcon Feb 1967
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Album - Compilation

  1. The Legendary Sun Performers: Billy Lee Riley 1977
  2. Sun Sound Special: Billy Riley 1978 (as Billy Riley)
  3. Rock With Me Baby 1987
  4. Billy Riley & The Little Green Men 1988
  5. Classic Recordings 1956-1960 Jul 1990
  6. Rockin’ With Riley 1992
  7. Everybody Let’s Rock Apr 1995
  8. Red Hot: The Best of Billy Lee Riley Jun 1995
  9. Red Hot 1996
  10. Red Hot: The Very Best of Billy Lee Riley 02 Feb 1999
  11. The Sun Years 2001
  12. The Outtakes 15 Nov 2010 (as Billy Riley)
  13. The Mojo Albums, Plus 2010 (as Billy Riley)
  14. Rocks 05 Jul 2019
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Single

  1. Rock With Me Baby / Trouble Bound May 1956 (as Billy Riley)
  2. Is That All to the Ball (Mr. Hall) / Rockin’ on the Moon 11 Aug 1958 (as Bill Riley)
  3. Down by the Riverside / No Name Girl 01 Feb 1959 (as Billy Riley)
  4. Got the Water Boiling / One More Time 02 Jun 1959 (as Bill Riley)
  5. Fireball Mail / Catfish Jul 1959 (as The Spitfires)
  6. Dark, Muddy Bottom / Repossession Blues Mar 1960 (as Lightnin’ Leon)
  7. Thats What I Want to Do / Too Much Woman for Me Oct 1960 (as Billy Riley)
  8. Hill Country Music / Fast Livin’ Feb 1961 (as Skip Wiley)
  9. Teenage Letter / Flip Flop and Fly May 1961 (as Billy Riley)
  10. Everybody’s Twisting / I’ve Been Searching Dec 1961 (as Darron Lee)
  11. Shimmy, Shimmy Walk Dec 1961 (as The Megatons)
  12. Sandstorm / Flutterbug Sep 1963 (as Sandy and The Sandstorms)
  13. Monkey Girl / My Baby’s Left Me 1963 (as Prince Albert)
  14. Nightmare Mash / Harmoni-Cha 1963
  15. Bo Diddley / Memphis Aug 1964
  16. Mississippi Delta / Don’t Fight It Oct 1967
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Single - Live

  1. Mojo Workout / Charlene Jan 1965
  2. The Way I Feel / St. James Infirmary Sep 1966
  3. Midnite Hour / Southern Soul Mar 1967
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Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. Flying Saucers Rock ’n’ Roll 25 Aug 1993
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Single

  1. I’m Gonna Find a Cave / That’s the Bag I’m In May 1966
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Relationships (2)

Performs As

  1. Daaron Lee

Supporting By

  1. Eddie Rubin drums (drum set)

Recordings by (369)

  1. Rock With Me Baby 2:12 (May 1956) master
  2. Trouble Bound 2:44 (May 1956) master
  3. Is That All to the Ball (Mr. Hall) 2:05 (11 Aug 1958)
  4. Rockin’ on the Moon 1:51 (11 Aug 1958)
  5. No Name Girl 1:53 (01 Feb 1959) master
  6. Down by the Riverside 2:16 (01 Feb 1959) master
  7. Got the Water Boiling 2:08 (02 Jun 1959) master
  8. Come Back Baby (One More Time) 2:15 (02 Jun 1959) master
  9. Fireball Mail 2:09 (Jul 1959)
  10. Catfish 2:24 (Jul 1959)
  11. Yuleville U.S.A. 2:41 (Dec 1959) 'Seasons Greetings'
  12. Rockin’-Lang-Syne 2:07 (Dec 1959) 'Auld-Lang-Syne'
  13. Dark Muddy Bottom 2:47 (Mar 1960) 1960 re-recording
  14. Repossession Blues 2:40 (Mar 1960)
  15. Too Much Woman for Me 2:21 (Oct 1960)
  16. That’s What I Want to Do 1:50 (Oct 1960) master
  17. Fast Livin’ 2:15 (Feb 1961) as by Skip Wiley
  18. Hill Country Music 2:05 (Feb 1961)
  19. Flip Flop and Fly 2:34 (May 1961)
  20. Teenage Letter 2:19 (May 1961)
  21. I’ve Been Searching 2:27 (Dec 1961)
  22. Everybody’s Twisting 2:30 (Dec 1961)
  23. Shimmy, Shimmy Walk, Part 2 2:02 (Dec 1961)
  24. Shimmy, Shimmy Walk, Part 1 2:32 (Dec 1961)
  25. South Bound Train 2:10 (1962) mono
  26. Saints 2:22 (1962) mono
  27. Busters Theme 2:51 (1962) mono
  28. Rollin’ River 2:11 (1962) mono
  29. Memphis Blues 2:29 (1962) mono
  30. Honey Girl 2:03 (1962) mono
  31. Rollin River 2:11 (1962) stereo
  32. Red River 2:26 (1962) stereo
  33. Long Gone 2:11 (1962) stereo
  34. Arkansas Traveler 1:54 (1962) stereo
  35. Willie’s Tune 2:56 (1962) stereo
  36. Long Gone 2:11 (1962) mono
  37. What'd I Say 2:13 (15 May 1963)
  38. White Silver Sands 2:52 (15 May 1963)
  39. Surfboard Cha Cha 2:14 (15 May 1963)
  40. Surf, Sink or Swim 3:23 (15 May 1963)
  41. Wishy Washy 2:19 (15 May 1963)
  42. The Hucklebuck 2:10 (15 May 1963)
  43. Oops He Slipped 1:57 (15 May 1963)
  44. Low Tide 2:06 (15 May 1963)
  45. Sandstorm 1:47 (Sep 1963)
  46. Flutterbug 1:46 (Sep 1963)
  47. Monkey Girl 1:46 (1963)
  48. My Baby’s Left Me 2:20 (1963)
  49. Nightmare Mash 2:31 (1963)
  50. Harmoni-Cha ?:?? (1963)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Trouble Bound 2:44 Billy Lee Riley (May 1956) guitar
  2. Rock With Me Baby 2:12 Billy Lee Riley (May 1956) acoustic guitar
  3. Flying Saucers Rock ’n’ Roll 2:03 Billy Riley and His Little Green Men (23 Jan 1957) guitar
  4. I Want You Baby 1:53 Billy Riley and His Little Green Men (23 Jan 1957) guitar
  5. Breathless 2:43 Jerry Lee Lewis (Feb 1958) guitar
  6. Down the Line 2:14 Jerry Lee Lewis (Feb 1958) guitar
  7. High School Confidential 2:30 Jerry Lee Lewis (19 May 1958) guitar
  8. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 1:58 Jerry Lee Lewis (May 1958) guitar
  9. Itchy 2:18 Sonny Burgess & Billy Lee Riley (10 Aug 1958) harmonica
  10. Thunderbird 2:18 Sonny Burgess & Billy Lee Riley (10 Aug 1958) harmonica
  11. I’ll Sail My Ship Alone 2:10 Jerry Lee Lewis (20 Nov 1958) guitar
  12. It Hurt Me So 2:40 Jerry Lee Lewis (20 Nov 1958) guitar
  13. Big Blon’ Baby 1:41 Jerry Lee Lewis (15 Feb 1959) bass guitar
  14. Lovin’ Up a Storm 1:52 Jerry Lee Lewis (15 Feb 1959) bass guitar
  15. The Ballad of Billy Joe 2:59 Jerry Lee Lewis (Jul 1959) guitar
  16. Let’s Talk About Us 2:07 Jerry Lee Lewis (Jul 1959) guitar
  17. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You 2:23 Jerry Lee Lewis (15 Sep 1959) bass guitar
  18. Dark Muddy Bottom 2:47 Billy Lee Riley (Mar 1960) harmonica, guitar
  19. That’s What I Want to Do 1:50 Billy Lee Riley (Oct 1960) guitar
  20. Love Made a Fool of Me 2:45 Jerry Lee Lewis (14 Nov 1960) bass guitar
  21. Home 1:58 Jerry Lee Lewis (Dec 1961) guitar
  22. Hello, Hello Baby 3:23 Jerry Lee Lewis (Dec 1961) guitar
  23. Help Me, Ronda 3:07 The Beach Boys (08 Mar 1965) harmonica
  24. Am I to Be the One 1:41 Jerry Lee Lewis & Charlie Rich (Apr 1970) guitar
  25. Will the Circle Be Unbroken 2:24 Jerry Lee Lewis (Sep 1970) guitar
  26. Carryin' On (Sexy Ways) 2:00 Jerry Lee Lewis (Apr 1974) guitar
  27. Cool Cool Ways (Sexy Ways) 2:32 Jerry Lee Lewis (1974) guitar
  28. Crazy Heart 2:44 Jerry Lee Lewis (1974) guitar
  29. Sail Away 2:27 Jerry Lee Lewis & Charlie Rich (1974) guitar
  30. Friday Night 1:42 Jerry Lee Lewis (1974) guitar
  31. Wild One (Real Wild Child) 1:55 Jerry Lee Lewis (1974) guitar
  32. No More Than I Get 2:24 Jerry Lee Lewis (Jun 1975) bass guitar
  33. Open the Door Richard 2:20 Ernie Barton & Billy Lee Riley (1977) bass
  34. I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry 2:37 Jerry Lee Lewis (Jan 1983) guitar
  35. Mud Island 1:58 Billy Lee Riley (1988) harmonica, guitar
  36. San Antonio Rock 2:27 Martin Willis (1988) bass
  37. Beat-Nik 1:45 Jimmy Van Eaton (1988) bass
  38. My Baby’s Got Love 2:22 Billy Lee Riley (1988) guitar
  39. Columbus Stockade Blues 1:59 Martin Willis (1988) bass

Vocals

  1. Trouble Bound 2:44 Billy Lee Riley (May 1956)
  2. Rock With Me Baby 2:12 Billy Lee Riley (May 1956)
  3. I Want You Baby 1:53 Billy Riley and His Little Green Men (23 Jan 1957)
  4. Flying Saucers Rock ’n’ Roll 2:03 Billy Riley and His Little Green Men (23 Jan 1957)
  5. Dark Muddy Bottom 2:47 Billy Lee Riley (Mar 1960) lead vocals
  6. That’s What I Want to Do 1:50 Billy Lee Riley (Oct 1960)
  7. Too Much Woman for Me 2:21 Billy Lee Riley (Oct 1960)
  8. Open the Door Richard 2:20 Ernie Barton & Billy Lee Riley (1977) background vocals
  9. College Man 3:33 Bill Justis & His Orchestra (Nov 1986)
  10. Mud Island 1:58 Billy Lee Riley (1988)
  11. My Baby’s Got Love 2:22 Billy Lee Riley (1988)

Credited as (43)

  1. Daaron Lee
  2. Billy Riley & Bill Justis Band
  3. Lightnin’ Leon
  4. The Rockin’ Stockin’
  5. Sandy and The Sandstorms
  6. Prince Albert
  7. Billy Riley, The Little Green Men
  8. Billy Lee Riley & The Little Green Men
  9. Billy Lee Riley and His Little Green Men
  10. Billy Riley and His Little Green Men
  11. Billy Riley and The Little Green Men
  12. Billy Lee Riley and the Little Green Men
  13. Billy Riley & His Little Green Men
  14. Billy Lee Riley & The Spooks
  15. Billy Lee Riley
  16. Billy Riley
  17. Elvis Presley / Jerry Lee Lewis / Billy Lee Riley
  18. Billy Lee Riley with The Bellhops
  19. Sonny Burgess and Billy Lee Riley
  20. Skip Wiley
  21. Bill Riley
  22. Billy Lee Riley and Little Green Men
  23. Sonny Burgess & Billy Lee Riley
  24. Ernie Barton & Billy Lee Riley
  25. Darron Lee
  26. Lightnin' Leon
  27. Billy Riley / Martin "Willy" Willis / J. M. Van Eaton
  28. Billy Lee Riley and J. M. Van Eaton
  29. Erik Mielzarek and BLUE featuring The Legendary Billy Lee Riley
  30. Billy Lee Riley & His Little Green Men
  31. Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam C. Phillips, Billy Riley & James Van Eaton
  32. Erik Mielzarek, BLUE & Billy Lee Riley
  33. The Resolutions / The Christmas Cards
  34. The Resolutions
  35. The Christmas Cards
  36. The Megatons
  37. The Megatones
  38. The Spitfires
  39. The Rockin' Stockin'
  40. Billy Lee Riley and The Little Green Men
  41. Sonny Burgess / Warren Smith / Billy Riley
  42. Rockin' Stockin

Works (11)

Wrote

  1. No Name Girl
  2. That's Right
  3. Workin' on the River
  4. Trouble Bound
  5. Pearly Lee
  6. Rock With Me Baby
  7. I Want You Baby

Composed

  1. Beat-Nik
  2. Itchy
  3. Thunderbird
  4. Foggy

Links (26)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/artist/billy-lee-riley
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13986014x
  3. https://www.45cat.com/artist/billy-lee-riley
  4. https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/artist/billy-lee-riley
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92116199
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n92116199
  7. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6gs2bg8
  8. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/340175
  9. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134606698

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-10845/billy-lee-riley/lyrics.html

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/467858

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/784912
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2436514
  3. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2625128
  4. https://www.discogs.com/artist/3883263
  5. https://www.discogs.com/artist/612401

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0726987/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/76509634

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863176

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/4111628

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/4111628

Biographies

  1. http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/billy_riley.htm
  2. http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/riley-billy-lee-biography

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.rocky-52.net/chanteursr/riley_bi.htm
  2. http://wdd.mbnet.fi/billyleeriley.htm
  3. http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artist.php?key=rile1000