Billy Gayles

Billy Gayles
Gayles as a member of the Kings of Rhythm (1956)
Gayles as a member of the Kings of Rhythm (1956)
Background information
Birth nameWillie James Gayles
Also known asWillie King
Billy Gale
BornOctober 19, 1931
Sikeston, Missouri, U.S.
DiedApril 8, 1993(1993-04-08) (aged 61)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
GenresBlues, R&B
Occupation(s)Musician, singer
InstrumentDrums
Years active1950s−1990s
Formerly ofIke Turner
Kings of Rhythm
Otis Rush

Billy Gayles (October 19, 1931 – April 8, 1993) was an American rhythm & blues drummer and vocalist. Gayles was a member of Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm in the 1950s with whom he recorded for Flair Records and Federal Records as the lead vocalist. Gayles also backed various musicians, including Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk, Otis Rush, Albert King, and Richard Arnold "Groove" Holmes.[1][2]

Life and career

Willie James Gayles was born in Sikeston, Missouri on October 19, 1931. He became interested in blues and jazz music after he moved to Cairo, Illinois as a teenager. Gayles learned to play the drums and toured with blues musicians Earl Hooker and Robert Nighthawk.[2]

In the early 1950s, he relocated to Clarksdale, Mississippi. In March 1954, Gayles recorded with Ike Turner's King's of Rhythm, resulting in the release of the Turner-penned single "Night Howler" / "My Heart In Your Hands" on Flair Records. By 1956, Gayles had joined the band now based in East St. Louis, mainly as a vocalist. That year, Turner took the band to Cincinnati to record for Federal Records. The single, "I'm Tore Up" / "If I Never Had Known You," featuring Gayles singing lead, became a regional hit.[3] Gayles briefly left Turner's band to pursue a solo career. He returned to the band as a drummer. In 1958, Gayles traveled to Chicago with Turner to record for Cobra Records. Gayles and Turner sang on the Cobra release "Walking Down The Aisle," the B-side to "Box Top." They also backed Otis Rush in a Cobra session that produced the singles "Double Trouble" and "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)."[4][5]

Gayles performed off-and-on with Turner until 1963.[2] He later formed his own band and played around St. Louis. Gayles backed blues musician Larry Davis on his 1982 album Funny Stuff. In 1986 and 1987, Gayles toured Europe with several original members of the Kings of Rhythm, including Clayton Love, Erskine Oglesby, Stacy Johnson, Oliver Sain, and former Ikette Robbie Montgomery as part of the St. Louis Kings of Rhythm.[6] Mayor Vincent Schoemehl officially appointed them as ambassadors for the City of St. Louis.[7]

In the early 1990s, Gayles played in a band called Billy and the Preachers.[8]

After being hospitalized for three months at St. Louis Regional Medical Center, Gayles died from inoperable cancer at the age of 61 on April 8, 1993.[1] He is buried at Friedens Cemetery & Mausoleum in St. Louis.[9]

Discography

Singles

Billy Gale and His Orchestra

  • 1954: "Night Howler" / "My Heart In Your Hands" (Flair 1031)

Billy Gayles with Ike Turner's Rhythm Rockers

  • 1956: "I'm Tore Up" / "If I Never Had Known You" (Federal 12265)[10]

Billy Gayles

  • 1956: "Take Your Fine Frame Home" / "Let's Call It A Day" (Federal 12272)[11]
  • 1963: "I'm Hurting" / "Dreaming Of You" (Shock 200)

Billy Gayles with Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm

  • 1956: "Do Right Baby" / "No Coming Back" (Federal 12282)[12]
  • 1956: "Just One More Time" / "Sad As A Man Can Be" (Federal 12287)[13]

Willie King with The Ike Turner Band

  • 1956: "Peg Leg Woman" / "Mistreating Me" (Vita V-123)[14]

Seaphus Scott, The Five Masquerades And Billy Gale Orch.

  • 1958: "Nature's Beauty" / "Summer Sunrise" (Joyce 303)

Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm

  • 1959: "Walking Down The Aisle" (Cobra 5033)

Albums

  • 1985: Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm – Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm Vol. 2 (Ace Records)
  • 1986: St. Louis Kings Of Rhythm – St. Louis Kings Of Rhythm (Timeless Records)
  • 1989: R&B Confidential No.1: The Flair Label (Ace Records)
  • 1993: Ike Turner – Rocks The Blues (P-Vine Records)
  • 2008: Ike Turner – Classic Early Sides 1952–1957 (JSP Records)

As a sideman

References

  1. ^ a b Talevski, Nick (2010). Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door. Omnibus Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-85712-117-2.
  2. ^ a b c Komara, Edward M. (2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues. Psychology Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-415-92699-7.
  3. ^ Tina Turner, Kurt Loder (1986). I, Tina: My Life Story. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780688059491.
  4. ^ "All Your Love (I Miss Loving) – Otis Rush (Cobra, 1958)". Blues Foundation.
  5. ^ Obrecht, Jas (October 2019). "Let It Roll! The Essential Blues Sessions: Otis Rush, Cobra Records, Early 1959". Living Blues: 46.
  6. ^ Kasten, Roy. "Stacy Johnson, Singer with Ike Turner and Benny Sharp and the Sharpees, Has Died". Riverfront Times. Archived from the original on 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
  7. ^ Baugh, Bob (June 27, 2018). "Jimmy Hinds: The Sound of St. Louis". KDHX.
  8. ^ Olson, Bruce R. (2016). That St. Louis Thing, Vol. 2: An American Story of Roots, Rhythm and Race. pp. 123–124. ISBN 978-1-4834-5797-0. OCLC 967779163.
  9. ^ Eagle, Bob L.; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. ABC-CLIO. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-313-34424-4.
  10. ^ "Reviews of New R&B Records" (PDF). Billboard: 60. April 23, 1956.
  11. ^ "The Cash Box Rhythm 'N Blues Reviews" (PDF). The Cash Box: 32. June 16, 1956.
  12. ^ "Reviews of New R&B Records" (PDF). Billboard: 50. November 3, 1956.
  13. ^ "Reviews of R&B Records" (PDF). Billboard: 45. January 3, 1957.
  14. ^ "Reviews of New R&B Records" (PDF). Billboard: 48. April 7, 1956.

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