Question: What key details about billy nichols can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: billy nichols -lrb- aka papadollabill -rrb- was one of nine children born to laura bell and tom sanders in carrollton , mississippi . they were a farming family . at the end of the work day , billy 's father played blues on the guitar . billy and his family gathered on the porch to listen . billy would play the guitar when his father was not home . billy 's favorite blues artist was muddy waters . he was also influenced by the likes of ray charles , sam cooke , louis jordan , hank williams , the blindboys of mississippi , and many , many other artists that he heard on the radio . when he was 14 , the family moved to springfield , massachusetts . billy joined the high school band and played in a local band with his brother ernest , lyn perry and bob burgess . after high school , he joined the gospel group the bells of harmony and traveled from church to church . billy then joined jimmy vick and the victors . after they recorded a single in 1963 , they had their picture in billboard magazine and got some local radio airplay . however , by november , the group broke up . in 1964 , billy went to detroit to live with his brother with his guitar . he and tony newton were hired by motown records where his first job was playing with martha and the vandellas . billy was also in the motown road band led by choker campbell where billy played for the marvelettes , stevie wonder , the spinners , the four tops , and many other motown artists . later he became the musical director for marvin gaye touring and working with the band at all of his concerts . he met billy stewart , a recording artist who had hit records in cleveland , ohio . it was through billy stewart that billy nichols was taken to chicago to the chess recording studio where stewart recorded billy 's song '' to love , to love '' . this was billy 's first formal opportunity to be the songwriter that he truly wanted to be . still on the road with marvin gaye and being disenchanted with the roadwork , billy jumped at the opportunity to lead a house band in new...
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- instrument is bass , drums , keyboards , guitar- genre is r & b , disco , pop , urban- name is billy nichols -lrb- aka papadollabill -rrb-- background is non_vocal_instrumentalist- birth place is carrollton , mississippi , united states- occupation is songwriter , composer , artist