Billy Walker
Billy Walker
Latest Release
- My Cup of Tea
- January 2025
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | Charlie's Shoes [Single Version] | ||
| 2 | Cross The Brazos At Waco [Single Version] | ||
| 3 | When a Man Loves a Woman | ||
| 4 | Down To My Last Cigarette [Single Version] | ||
| 5 | Willie The Weeper [Single Version] |
Albums
Jan 2025 • 1 song
Jan 2025 • 1 song
Jan 2025 • 1 song
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About
Biography
A native of west Texas who was active on the Grand Ole Opry, Billy Walker emerged from the talent-rich Dallas scene of the late '40s and early '50s. After a brief stint on Capitol, he was signed to Columbia in 1951 at almost exactly the same time as Ray Price. For a while, Walker, Price, and Lefty Frizzell were all recording at the legendary Jim Beck studio in Dallas, which did for '50s honky tonk what Sun Studio in Memphis did for rockabilly. Nevertheless, Walker notched virtually all of his dozen-plus Top Ten hits in Nashville (beginning in the '60s), where the studio sound ...