Performance
Billy Gayles
Billy Gayles is credited on 33 releases across 17 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2013 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
33
Pressings credited
17
Albums
7
Decades active
3
In collections
Biography
Billy Gayles (October 19, 1931 – April 8, 1993) was an American rhythm & blues drummer and vocalist. Gayles was a member of Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm in the 1950s with whom he recorded for Flair Records and Federal Records as the lead vocalist. Gayles also backed various musicians, including Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Otis Rush, Albert King, and Richard Arnold "Groove" Holmes.
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Credited work
33 releases · 17 albums · active 1954–2013
- Performance · 54
Studios: Archway Sound Studio, St. Louis · Magic Masters Studio · Recording Associates · Odyssey Sound Studio
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