Image by domenicocervini on Pixabay · Pixabay License
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1950
aorhard rockpop rockrock
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 623,225
- Total plays
- 5,525,424
Tags
classic rockhard rockrock80samerican
Billy Squier (born May 12, 1950, in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts) is a rock musician. He had a string of arena rock and power ballad type hits in the 80s. He's probably best known for the song "The Stroke", on his 1981 album 'Don't Say No'. Said album has been RIAA certified as triple-platinum. Other hits include "Lonely Is The Night", "Everybody Wants You", "In The Dark", "My Kinda Lover", and "Rock Me Tonite". Squier left the music industry in the mid-90s, due in part to issues with his labe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wellesley
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Official website
- www.billysquier.com
- Image
- Billy Squier 1982 press photo.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1950-05-12
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0