Billy Stapleton's lyrics & chords

Born in San Francisco, William John Stapleton has been playing music since the age of seven, starting on the accordion and moving onto tenor sax and guitar at thirteen. Captivated by rhythm and blues and rock and roll at an early age he was soon working professionally at age 18 in San Francisco night clubs & bars. Able to play the rhythm and solo parts to the better chart recordings of the time by anyone from James Brown to the "Beatles", he was a popular, if under aged sideman. The sixties scene in San Francisco was exploding. Billy’s orig...read more