Performance
Billy J. Kramer
Liverpool, United Kingdom • b. 1943-08-19
Billy J. Kramer is credited on 14 releases across 10 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
14
Pressings credited
10
Albums
7
Decades active
1
In collections
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.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
14 releases · 10 albums · active 1963–2021
- Performance · 14
Studios: Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Billy J. Kramer With The Dakotas
- Calvin Jackson
- Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas
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