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Billy Boy Arnold

real name William Arnold

Billy Boy Arnold is credited on 845 releases across 256 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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845

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256

Albums

8

Decades active

198

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Billy Boy Arnold (born William Arnold, September 16, 1935, Chicago, Illinois) is a leading American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter.
Often miscredited for writing "I Ain't Got You", written by Calvin Carter

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845 releases · 256 albums · active 1953–2025

  • Performance · 917
  • Other credits · 159

Studios: The Kaleidoscope, Hollywood · King King Hollywood · Pathway Studios · Craw-Daddy Club, London

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