Billy J Kramer

William Howard Ashton (born 19 August 1943), known professionally as Billy J. Kramer, is an English pop singer. With The Dakotas, Kramer was managed by Brian Epstein during the 1960s and scored hits with several Lennon–McCartney compositions never recorded by the Beatles, among them the UK number one "Bad to Me" (1963). Kramer and the Dakotas had a further UK chart-topper in 1964 with "Little Children" and achieved U.S. success as part of the British Invasion. Since the end of the beat boom, Kramer has continued to record and perform. His autobiography, Do You Want to Know a Secret, was published in 2016.
==Links to Peel==
Peel had Billy J Kramer do a session of his 60's song for his show in 1973 as part of what seems to be a sixties and Liverpool themed programme where the other session artist, Wayne Fontana, was also represented, as one of the acts, who also did versions of his sixties songs. There is no evidence of Peel playing any of Billy J Kramer records (except for one session) on his programmes, according to available tracklistings on this site.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1973-04-17. First Broadcast: 24 April 1973
*I'll Keep You Satisfied / Trains Boats And Planes / Little Children / From A Window
==Other Shows Played==
*None, according to available tracklistings
== See Also ==
*UK Singles Chart Number Ones
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists