Bill Black

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bassist human musician rock and roll musician

Bill Black was an American bassist best known for playing with Elvis Presley in the 1950s and helping shape the sound of early rock and roll.

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Label	Occurrences
Bill Black canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bassist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ rock and roll musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1965 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1950 ⓘ
associatedAct	Bill Black’s Combo NERFINISHED ⓘ Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotty Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	William Patton Black Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace	Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	brain tumor ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Elvis Presley NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotty Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1926-09-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1965-10-21 ⓘ
familyName	Black NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded	Bill Black’s Combo NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	rock and roll ⓘ rockabilly ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasPartInDiscography	Smokie (Part 2) ⓘ White Silver Sands NERFINISHED ⓘ
helpedShape	sound of early rock and roll ⓘ
influenced	later rock and roll bassists ⓘ
instrument	bass guitar ⓘ double bass ⓘ
memberOf	Elvis Presley’s backing band ⓘ The Blue Moon Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Bill Black NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSongPerformance	Don’t Be Cruel NERFINISHED ⓘ Heartbreak Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ Hound Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ That’s All Right NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Bill Black’s Combo recordings NERFINISHED ⓘ early recordings with Elvis Presley ⓘ
occupation	bandleader ⓘ bassist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Hi Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Evelyn Steele Black NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	slap bass ⓘ

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Heartbreak Hotel → associatedWithArtist → Bill Black ⓘ

Don't Be Cruel (song) → featuresMusician → Bill Black ⓘ

subject surface form: Don't Be Cruel

That’s All Right → bassist → Bill Black ⓘ

subject surface form: That's All Right