* 1966 – Billy Burke, American actor

* March 2 ( to March 4 ) – Weather Report, The CBS Jazz All-Stars, the Trio of Doom, Fania All-Stars, Stephen Stills, Billy Swan, Bonnie Bramlett, Mike Finnegan, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and Billy Joel, plus Cuban acts Irakere, Pacho Alonso, Elena Burke, Los Papines, Tata Güines and Orquesta Aragón play at the historic three-day Havana Jam festival at the Karl Marx Theater, in Havana, Cuba.

" According to Burke, his mother introduced him to Jimmy Reed and Ray Charles as well as that era's king of smooth, Billy Eckstein.

From 1952 Burke attended the Mayer Sulzberger Junior High School at 701 – 741 North 48th Street in the Mill Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia, where he was a member of a choir organized by Miss Joy Goings, that included McCoy Tyner ; three future members of The Castelles: George Grant, Billy Taylor and Octavius Anthony ; Lee Andrews ; William " Sonny " Gordon, later of the Angels and The Turbans, who lived a couple of houses from Burke ; George Tindley of the Dreams ; and George Pounds, Karl English, and Melvin Story of the Cherokees.

Burke released nine singles and sixteen different sides on Apollo, and his style at that time was compared to that of Roy Hamilton, Billy Eckstine, Al Hibbler, Ivory Joe Hunter and even Harry Belafonte.

Written by Burke and Charles Merenstein, the vice-president of Apollo Records, co-writing credit for this song was also assigned to ex-heavyweight champion Joe Louis, who had used the saying to refer to challenger Billy Conn in 1946.

Burke's daughter, Melanie " Honey " Burke McCall, a Neo Soul singer who is an accomplished artist as well as a freelance background recording artist with companies such as Daxwood Records, Casablanca, A & M and Rawkus Records and a studio artist for groups such as Billy Preston, Peacock ( Anna Gayle group ), and Leslie Uggams, and toured with Chaka Khan, and wrote and produced Family, & Friends, a 14-song original soundtrack for Ms, which was released in 2005, and opened for Jocelyn Brown, Jaheim, Norman Connors, and Angela Bofill, as well as for her father at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia in 2006.

Notable guest stars during the run of the show include Oprah Winfrey, Jack Black, David Cross, Ming-Na, Vicki Lawrence, Quentin Tarantino, Tsai Chin, Mariska Hargitay, Billy Burke, Robert Clohessy and Garrett Wang.

Billy Burke or Bill Burke may refer to:

* Billy Burke ( actor ) ( born 1966 ), American actor

* Billy Burke ( evangelist ) ( born 1953 ), Pentecostal faith healer

* Billy Burke ( golfer ) ( 1902 – 1972 ), professional golfer

* Billy Burke ( hurler ) ( 1912 – 1995 ), Irish hurler

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* 1939 ( 1 ) Walter Hagen 25th Anniversary ( with Billy Burke )

She also has short relationships with a divorced man named Alex ( Billy Burke ) and her father's business partner Jason Stiles ( Chris Eigeman ), with whom she breaks up after Jason and her father have a falling out in their business.

* U. S. Open – Billy Burke

* Flo Ziegfeld-Billie Burke Papers, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

* Billie Burke Digital Image Gallery, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

* Flo Ziegfeld-Billie Burke Papers, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Corral, in which Billy Clanton ( Church ), Frank McLaury ( Burke ), and Tom McLaury are killed, Virgil and Morgan are wounded, and the allegiance of county sheriff Johnny Behan ( Tenney ) to the Cowboys is made clear.

* 1918 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player ( d. 2006 )

* 1986 – Billy Butler, American baseball player

* 1964 – Billy Ripken, American baseball player

* 1974 – Billy Koch, American baseball player

* 1866 – Billy Hamilton, American baseball player ( d. 1940 )

** Billy Ripken, American baseball player

* October 4 – Billy Hatcher, American baseball player

* May 16 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager ( d. 1989 )

* December 15 or December 16 – Billy Hamilton, American baseball player ( b. 1866 )

* November 19 – Billy Sunday, American baseball player, evangelist, prohibitionist ( d. 1935 )

** Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager ( b. 1928 )

* Billy Smith ( baseball, born 1930 ), American minor league first baseman and manager and Major League coach and scout

* Billy Buckner, Current major league baseball player

* Billy Hatcher, baseball player and coach

It is also the home of Grace College and Grace Theological Seminary and the home of former preacher and professional baseball player Billy Sunday.

Cal Ripken Jr. and brother Billy are owners of the Aberdeen IronBirds minor league baseball team, which plays at Ripken Stadium.

* Billy Conigliaro, professional baseball player

* Billy Southworth, a Hall of Fame baseball manager of two World Series champions

* Billy Alvino, professional baseball player

The baseball field is named after Billy Cox, a town native who played third base for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Baltimore Orioles in the 1940s and 50's.

* Billy Hamilton ( baseball ) ( 1866 – 1940 ), American Major League baseball player

* Billy Hamilton ( shortstop ) ( born 1990 ), American minor league baseball player

* Billy Hitchcock ( 1916 – 2006 ), American baseball player

* The Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod baseball league has been home to many current and former major league baseball stars, such as Mike Aviles, Sean Casey, Chris Dickerson, Bobby Keilty, Aaron Rowand, Gaby Sanchez, Brian Bannister, Matt Herges, Mike Meyers, Billy Wagner and Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn and his son Tony Gwynn Jr.