At This Moment #1 for two weeks, January, 1987, exposed on NBC's Family Ties 5 years after it's initial release. 1st hit record: Storybook Children duet with Judy Clay, Atlantic Records, 1967. Billy is one of the few white acts to successfully play Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. 1st solo hit: With Pen In Hand, Atlantic, 1968 1st hit as a songwriter: Mean Old World Ricky Nelson, 1965 1st #1 as a songwriter: I Really Got The Feeling, Dolly Parton, 1979 Biggest selling song: Papa Come Quick (Jody & Chico) on Bonnie Raitt's Luck of the Draw - over 5 million to date 1st acting role: as Pinky Carruthers in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Other acting: Oliver Stone's The Doors, Blake Edwards' Blind Date with Bruce Willis & Kim Basinger, CBS's Wise Guy, plus many more TV series 1st #1 as a record producer: Lou Rawls's Grammy-nominated "At Last." Produced 3 albums by Rawls for Blue Note Records Noted music historian has produced over 200 reissue albums, including the Little Richard and Drifters box sets and the Ray Charles 50th Anniversary and the R&B Box: Thirty Years of Rhythm & Blues box sets, both nominated for Grammy awards. In addition, Billy wrote the essays accompanying the Bear Family record label's Louis Prima and Dean Martin box sets. Awards include: Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (in front of Capitol Records' Tower), George Peabody Award for Excellence in Radio Broadcasting
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