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Billy Joel discography
Billy Joel discography: the recording catalog of the American singer-pianist, spanning 1971's Cold Spring Harbor to 2001's Fantasies & Delusions, plus the 12x Platinum Stranger, 52nd Street, An Innocent Man, live albums, and box sets.
Billy Joel: And So It Goes
Billy Joel: And So It Goes is a 2025 two-part HBO documentary about singer-songwriter Billy Joel, directed by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin, tracing his life and songs.
Billy Kametz
Billy Kametz (1987–2022), American anime and video game voice actor from Hershey, Pennsylvania; Naofumi in Shield Hero, Josuke in JoJo Part 4, Maruki in Persona 5 Royal; died of stage IV colon cancer at 35.
Billy Knight (film)
Billy Knight (2025) is an American drama, the feature directorial debut of Alec Griffen Roth, starring Al Pacino, Charlie Heaton, and Diana Silvers. It premiered August 8, 2025 at Rhode Island; not the basketball person.
Billy Laughlin
Billy Laughlin (William Robert Laughlin, 1932-1948), American child actor who played gravel-voiced Froggy in 29 Our Gang/Little Rascals shorts 1940-1944; died at 16 in a La Puente scooter-truck accident.
Billy Liar
Billy Liar (1963) is a British New Wave comedy-drama directed by John Schlesinger, starring Tom Courtenay as daydreaming Yorkshire undertaker's clerk Billy Fisher and Julie Christie as Liz, adapted from Keith Waterhouse's 1959 novel.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Ben Fountain's 2012 debut novel (Ecco), follows Bravo Squad during a Thanksgiving Dallas Cowboys game; it won the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award and was adapted by Ang Lee in 2016.
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)
Ang Lee's 2016 war drama adapted from Ben Fountain's novel, starring Joe Alwyn; the first Hollywood feature shot in 3D, 4K, 120 fps on Sony F65, released November 11, 2016 to mixed reviews and a $1.7M US gross.
Billy Mackenzie
Billy Mackenzie (William MacArthur Mackenzie, 1957-1997), Scottish singer of the Associates with Alan Rankine; four-octave voice, Sulk and Party Fears Two, solo Outernational, died in Auchterhouse.
Billy MacLellan
Billy MacLellan (born 1974, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director known for Maudie, Bellevue, Nobody, Normal, and his 2012 ACTRA Voice award for Afghanada.
Billy Madison
Billy Madison is a 1995 American comedy starring Adam Sandler and directed by Tamra Davis. The film follows a spoiled heir repeating school to inherit a hotel fortune.
Billy Magnussen
Billy Magnussen (William Gregory Magnussen, born 1985) is an American actor and musician, Tony-nominated for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, known for Into the Woods, Aladdin, No Time to Die, Lilo & Stitch, and AMC's The Audacity.
Billy Miller (actor)
Billy Miller (William John Miller II, 1979–2023) was an American soap actor who won three Daytime Emmys as Billy Abbott on The Young and the Restless (2008–2014) and played Jason Morgan/Drew Cain on General Hospital (2014–2019); he died by suicide in Austin, Texas.
Billy Mitchell (EastEnders)
Billy Mitchell (William Mitchell), EastEnders soap character played by Perry Fenwick since 2 November 1998; a downtrodden Mitchell relative, 2,248 episodes, married Little Mo and Honey, foster father of Jay Brown.
Billy Murray (actor)
Billy Murray (William Albert Murray, born 1941) is an English actor known for DS Don Beech in The Bill, gangster Johnny Allen in EastEnders, and voicing Captain Price in Call of Duty.
Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean, born Leslie Sebastian Charles in Trinidad in 1950, is a Trinidadian-British singer whose 1980s hits include "Caribbean Queen" and "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car."
Billy Paul
Billy Paul (Paul Williams, 1934-2016) was a Philadelphia jazz and soul singer whose 1972 Grammy-winning No. 1 hit "Me and Mrs. Jones" made him a defining voice of Philadelphia International Records' Philly soul sound.
Billy Porter
Billy Porter (born 1969, Pittsburgh) is an American actor, singer, and director, distinct from composer Cole Porter. Tony winner for Kinky Boots (2013) and A Strange Loop (2022), Emmy winner for Pose (2019), director of Anything's Possible (2022), and album Black Mona Lisa (2023).
Billy Possum
Billy Possum: a 1909 plush opossum toy honoring President William Howard Taft, created by Susie Wright Allgood's Georgia Billy Possum Company to replace the teddy bear; it flopped within months.
Billy Powell
Billy Powell (1952-2009), American keyboardist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd; former roadie who composed the Free Bird piano intro, survived the 1977 crash, played through the 1987 reunion.
Billy Preston
Billy Preston (William Everett Preston, 1946–2006), American keyboardist and singer; the only musician credited on a Beatles single ("Get Back"); Rolling Stones touring keyboardist; solo hits "Outa-Space" and "Nothing from Nothing"; Rock Hall 2021.
Billy Preston discography
Billy Preston discography: albums by the American soul keyboardist (1946–2006), from 1960s Vee-Jay organ records and Apple's That's the Way God Planned It and Encouraging Words to A&M hits "Outta Space," "Will It Go Round in Circles," and "Nothing from Nothing."
Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus, American country singer and actor from Flatwoods, Kentucky; "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992) and 17-week No. 1 debut album Some Gave All; later Hannah Montana and Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road."
Billy Redden
Billy Redden (born 1956), also called the banjo boy, is a nonprofessional Georgia actor who played Lonnie in Deliverance's 1972 Dueling Banjos scene, with a hidden musician fretting; later found by Tim Burton for Big Fish (2003).
Billy Santoro
Billy Santoro (born 1976, Philadelphia) is an American gay adult film performer, also credited as Billy Santos, active from about 2012, married to performer Seth Santoro, and known for Lucas Entertainment's first bareback scene and a 2020 JustForFans controversy.
Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan (born 1953, Buffalo, New York) is an American rock bassist of Talas, the David Lee Roth band, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs, known for two-handed tapping, three-finger plucking, and the Yamaha Attitude signature bass.
Billy Squier
Billy Squier (William Haislip Squier, born 1950, Wellesley, Massachusetts) is an American arena rock singer-guitarist whose 1981 album Don't Say No and hit "The Stroke" made him an early-1980s star; "The Big Beat" became hip-hop's most sampled song.
Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn (William Thomas Strayhorn, 1915-1967), American jazz composer, pianist, and arranger; Duke Ellington's collaborator for nearly 30 years; composer of Take the 'A' Train and Lush Life; papers at Library of Congress.
Billy Strings
Billy Strings (William Apostol, born 1992, Lansing, Michigan) is an American bluegrass guitarist and singer with three Grammy wins for Best Bluegrass Album; albums include Renewal, Highway Prayers, and the 2026 T Bone Burnett-produced So Much for Goodbyes.
Billy Talent
Billy Talent: Canadian punk rock band from Mississauga, Ontario, formed 1993 as Pezz; members Kowalewicz, D'Sa, Gallant, Solowoniuk; triple-platinum 2003 debut, three Junos, German chart success.