Biography
William Howard Ashton (born 19 August 1943), known professionally as Billy J. Kramer, is an English pop singer. With the Dakotas, Kramer was managed by Brian Epstein during the 1960s and scored hits with several Lennon–McCartney compositions never recorded by the Beatles, among them the UK number one "Bad to Me" (1963). Kramer and the Dakotas had a further UK chart-topper in 1964 with "Little Children" and achieved U.S. success as part of the British Invasion. Since the end of the beat boom, Kramer has continued to record and perform. His autobiography, Do You Want to Know a Secret, was published in 2016.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
21 releases · 10 albums · active 1963–2021
- Performance · 20
- Other credits · 3
- Production · 1
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto · Tiki Recording Studios · Abbey Road Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas
- Calvin Jackson
- Various
- Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas