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Billy Lee Riley - I Want You Baby, With False Starts

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Uploaded by on Aug 2, 2009

One of the greatest original Sun Recordings artists, peacefully passed away on Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 am. His family was at his bedside. Funeral arrangements are pending.

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  • how did he die was it cancer ? any way great singer r.i.p

  • Rockabilly legend Billy Lee Riley died of colon and bone cancer Sunday (August 2) at his Jonesboro, Arkansas home. He was 76. Born in Pocohontas,

  • R.I.P. Billy

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  • A sad loss of a really great artist and a nice man. I had the pleasure of playing tenor-sax with Mr Riley (along with UK rockabilly favourites, The Crawdads) at the Bottomline in Shepherd's Bush, London in the mid 1990's

  • very sadly heard from he`s passing away . . . . .saw him 1979 in hamburg/germany, later 2001 in holland. KEEP ON  ROCKIN` IN HEAVEN , BILLY !!!!

  • probably the next best rockabilly singer after johnny burnette..thanks for the good times billy.

  • Billy Lee Riley will live on in our hearts and his music will be played all over the world....

    Met this man two times, he was a fine man and a great Rockabilly musician.

    He suffered the last 4 years...now he can rest in peace....

  • Rest In Peace!

    You Are In Rockabilly Heaven Now!

  • Thank you for putting this here...

    Billy is one of the GREATS!

  • 1ST Time hearing this,missed all comments, Wow!!!! I'm 2 intoxicated 2 say more litteraly:) Peace All!!!

  • R.I.P.

  • R.I.P. Billy Lee

    I also met him and yes Sir he was a real freindly person !

    as far as i am concerned Billy is Mr SUN records

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