Billy Wright

Billy Wright

Billy Wright

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Top Songs

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Summer Love [Beyond There Remix]
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Can't Let This End (Single)
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The Conversation
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Goin' Down Slow
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Always Endure

Albums

  • Can't Let This End (Single)

    Jul 2023 • 1 song

  • The Conversation

    Dec 2022 • 1 song

  • Right Now

    May 2016 • 4 songs

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Billy Wright

Biography

A prime influence on Little Richard during his formative years, "Prince of the Blues" Billy Wright's hearty shouting delivery was an Atlanta staple during the postwar years. Wright was a regular at Atlanta's 81 Theatre as a youth, soaking up the vaudevillians before graduating to singing and dancing status there himself. Saxist Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams caught Wright's act when they shared a bill with Charles Brown and Wynonie Harris at Atlanta's Auditorium, recommending the teenaged singer to Savoy Records boss Herman Lubinsky. Wright's 1949 Savoy debut, "Blues for My Baby...
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