Meek expressed particular gratification at the defensive performances of end Happy Nelson and halfback Billy Gannon.

Other arrangers of note include Vic Schoen, Pete Rugolo, Oliver Nelson, Johnny Richards, Billy May, Thad Jones, Maria Schneider, Bob Brookmeyer, Steve Sample, Sr, Lou Marini, Nelson Riddle, Ralph Burns, Billy Byers, Gordon Jenkins, Ray Conniff, Henry Mancini, Gordon Goodwin, and Ray Reach.

* Billy Bass Nelson ( born 1951 ), bassist, founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic.

In June 2010, Webb released Just Across the River, an album of newly-arranged Webb song that featured guest appearances by Vince Gill, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Jackson Browne, Glenn Campbell, Michael McDonald, Mark Knopfler, J. D. Souther, and Linda Ronstadt.

By the late 1960s Clinton had assembled a touring band to back up the Parliaments, the first stable lineup of which included Billy Bass Nelson ( bass ), Eddie Hazel ( lead guitarist ), Tawl Ross ( guitarist ), Tiki Fulwood ( drums ), and Mickey Atkins ( keyboards ).

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Billy Nelson was a teenage employee at George Clinton's barbershop in the 1960s and was the first musician hired to back The Parliaments in the band that would eventually become Funkadelic.

" In order to continue recording for other labels, Clinton renamed the entire ensemble Funkadelic ( a name coined by bassist Billy Bass Nelson ).

To capitalize, Clinton formed a backing band for a tour, featuring teenage barbershop employee Billy Bass Nelson on bass and his friend Eddie Hazel on guitar, with the lineup eventually rounded out by Tawl Ross on guitar, Tiki Fulwood on drums, and Mickey Atkins on organ.

Boyce, Boyce, and Booth enlisted in the Army in 1966, and Clinton recruited bassist Billy Bass Nelson and guitarist Eddie Hazel in 1967, then also added guitarist Tawl Ross and drummer Tiki Fulwood.

Tawl Ross was unavailable after experiencing either a bad LSD trip or a speed overdose, while Billy Bass Nelson and Eddie Hazel quit due to financial concerns.

At age 12, Hazel met Billy " Bass " Nelson, and the pair quickly became close friends and began performing, soon adding drummer Harvey McGee to the mix.

* Billy Bass Nelson ( born 1951 ), U. S. musician, member of the P-funk All Stars

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Following the 2009 coup d ' état, former Battalion 3 – 16 member Nelson Willy Mejía Mejía became Director-General of Immigration and Billy Joya was de facto President Roberto Micheletti's security advisor.

Hazel and bassist Billy Bass Nelson were on tour as musical support for the doo wop vocal group The Parliaments.

* January 28 – Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Sheila E., Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Waylon Jennings, Bob Geldof and Stevie Wonder, record the song " We Are the World ".

His duet partners on Tuskegee include Sugarland ’ s Jennifer Nettles, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts, Kenny Chesney, Billy Currington, Little Big Town, Shania Twain, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Jimmy Buffett.

In the 1970s, outlaw country's brand of rough honky tonk was represented by artists such as Gary Stewart, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe, and Billy Joe Shaver.

Other versions were released by Billy Vaughn, Valjean, Lorne Greene, and Nelson Riddle.

* 1937 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor

* 1952 – Billy West, American voice actor

* 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

* 1968 – Billy Boyd, Scottish actor

* 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor and writer

Scottish actor and comedian Billy Connolly infamously dismissed Braveheart as " a piece of pure Australian shite.

He is perhaps best known for his work as a child actor in film and television throughout the 1960s, then credited as Billy Mumy.

* From 1917 to 1918, silent film actor Billy West made more than 20 films as a comedian precisely imitating Chaplin's tramp character, makeup and costume.

** Billy Ray Cyrus ( born 1961 ), American musician and actor

* 1966 – Billy Zane, American actor

* 1920 – Billy Halop, American actor ( d. 1976 )

He became a favorite actor of director Billy Wilder, starring in his films Some Like It Hot ( for which he was awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival ), The Apartment, Irma la Douce, The Fortune Cookie, Avanti !, The Front Page, and Buddy Buddy.

* 1932 – Billy Laughlin, American actor ( d. 1948 )

* 1959 – Billy Campbell, American actor

* 1968 – Billy Crudup, American actor

* 1953 – Billy Burnette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ( Fleetwood Mac )

* 1944 – Billy Vera, American singer-songwriter and actor

* 1880 – Gilbert M. " Broncho Billy " Anderson, American actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1966 – Billy Burke, American actor

* 1924 – Billy Barty, American actor ( d. 2000 )

* 1995 – Billy Unger, American teen actor

* 1946 – Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor ( d. 2006 )

* 1971 – Billy Gilbert, American actor ( b. 1894 )

* 1894 – Billy Gilbert, American actor and comedian ( d. 1971 )

* 1915 – Billy Daniels, American singer and actor ( d. 1988 )