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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Billy Parker
Person · male · United States · Okemah · born 1939 · died 2026
American country music singer and disc jockey
Timeline
3 events◦ Birth 1✦ Award 1† Death 1
1930s
2000s
2020s
Biography
English biography164 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1351541603
Biography
Billy Parker (July 19, 1937 – January 19, 2026) was an American country music disc jockey and singer. Parker was named Disc Jockey of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1974 and by the Academy of Country Music in 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1984. He was inducted into the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame in 1992, the Western Swing Hall of Fame in 1993, and received the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters' Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.
Life and career
Parker was born in Tuskegee, Creek County, Oklahoma, on July 19, 1937. Between 1976 and 1989, Parker charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. His highest-charting single, "(Who's Gonna Sing) The Last Country Song," peaked at No. 41 in 1982. He also reached the Top 10 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada with the song "You Are My Angel" in 1988.
Death
Parker died at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 19, 2026, aged 88.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Billy Parker head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 3 | 16th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame | lifetime | |
| 2005 | Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame | lifetime |
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4913144genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4913144seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Parker_%28singer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Parker_%28singer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of country music performers
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q4913144 · MusicBrainz: df421d03-486a-4e8d-bc83-3f7d64ba3132
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