Billy Parish

b. Billy Joe Parker, 19 July 1937, Tuskegee, Oklahoma, USA. Parker is definitely identified by some primarily as a nation disc jockey. Nevertheless, his 22 Billboard graph entries represent a significant achievement, way more than many performers who have captivated far more promotion as singers. Affected by Hank Williams and George Jones, he discovered guitar like a son and was performing on an area Tulsa train station at age 14, later on spending a while within the Ozark Jubilee. He produced his 1st recordings for Sims in 1963, when he was a normal radio disk jockey in Wichita, Kansas. His listeners voted him Mr DJ USA, which honor also noticed him visitor on Nashville’s WSM. He documented for Decca Information in 1966 and between 1968 and 1971, he performed as an associate of Ernest Tubb’s Tx Troubadours. In 1971, he started focusing on KVOO Tulsa and 2 yrs later on, he was the train station’s Program Controller. He obtained his first graph strike in 1976 and, within the next 3 years, added 10 even more, including, in 1979, his tribute to Tubb, ‘Thanks a lot E.T. Thanks a lot A Great deal’. None had been major hits and several were mild ballads, like the excessively sentimental ‘Lord EASILY Make It To Heaven (MAY I Bring MY VERY OWN Angel Along)’. In the 80s, documenting for Soundwaves, he documented duet strikes with some close friends, including ‘Who’s Gonna Sing THE FINAL Country Music’ (with Darrell McCall) and ‘As well Many Irons In The Fireplace’ (with Cal Smith). He transferred to Canyon Creek Information in 1988 and have scored three even more minor strikes, including ‘It’s Period For Your Dreams To Arrive Accurate’ (amount 87, 1989). Parker was voted Disk Jockey Of THE ENTIRE YEAR in 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1984 and was inducted to the united states Music Disk Jockey Hall of Popularity in 1992. He were able to combine his performing, disc jockey function and Program Controller’s duties therefore effectively that he was ultimately appointed Executive Movie director at KVOO. In 1990, Keep Family Records released a CD filled with all his Soundwaves recordings, as well as a booklet offering biographical information regarding the artist.