Billy Walker

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- Columbia Hits
- Released 2005

- Cross the Brazos at Waco
- Released 1993

- Smoky Places
- Released 2008

- The Best of Billy Walker
- Released 1994

biography

A native of west Texas who was active on The Grand Ole Opry, Billy Walker emerged from the talent-rich Dallas scene of the late '40s and early '50s. After a brief stint on Capitol, he was signed to Columbia in 1951 at almost exactly the same time as Ray Price. For a while, Walker, Price, and Lefty Frizzell were all recording at the legendary Jim Beck studio in Dallas, which did for '50s honky tonk what Sun Studio in Memphis did for rockabilly. Nevertheless, Walker enjoyed his greatest success ten years later in Nashville, where the studio sound was perhaps more suited to his smooth tenor voice. ~ Dan Cooper, All Music Guide