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Billy Brooks
trumpet player
United States • 1926-08-16 – 2002-12-24
Billy Brooks is credited on 82 releases across 31 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
82
Pressings credited
31
Albums
8
Decades active
116
In collections
Biography
William McKinley Brooks III (born July 22, 1953) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He attended attended the University of Oklahoma, graduating with a degree in special education. While there, he played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals 11th overall in the 1976 NFL draft. Brooks also played for the San Diego Chargers and Houston Oilers.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
82 releases · 31 albums · active 1955–2020
- Performance · 99
- Other credits · 24
- Production · 8
Studios: RPM International Studios · L'Olympia · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Glen Glenn Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Lionel Hampton
- Various
- Ray Charles
- Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
- BSTC
- Roger Hamilton Spotts
- Cal Tjader
- Lionel Hampton And His Big Orchestra
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