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Billy Vera

American singer and actor, songwriter
Person Human Q434492

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
May 28, 1944
Place of birth
Riverside
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
singer, actor, music historian, songwriter, composer, musician[3][4][5][6][7][10]
Award received
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[11]
Genre
pop music, rhythm and blues, rock music[13][14][15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English
Birth name
William Patrick McCord
Copyright representative
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
McCord[21]
Given name
William, Patrick[22][23]
Instrument
voice, guitar, piano
Member of
SAG-AFTRA
Name in native language
William P. McCord
Native language
English[9]
Pseudonym
Billy Vera
Record label
Atlantic Records, Alfa Records, Macola Record Co., Capitol Records, Rhino Entertainment Company[16][17][18][19][20]
Social media followers
+1213, +1194
Start of work period
1962
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Billy Vera en William P. McCord ar بيلي فيرا de Billy & the Beaters de Billy Vera & the Beaters fa بیلی ورا he בילי ורה ja ビリー・ヴェラ ru Билли Вера zh Billy Vera和The Beaters zh 比利·維拉 zh 比利·贝拉 zh-hant 比利·貝拉
🔖 Identifiers · 44
ISNI
0000000066399481
VIAF cluster ID
87514084
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n92019367
GND ID
134581857
AllMovie person ID
p115309
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000077844
AlloCiné person ID
177850
American Film Institute person ID
284739
Awards & Winners artist ID
03q4y7
Billboard artist ID
billy-vera
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
134581857
Discogs artist ID
314635, 6470461
Show all 44 identifiers +32
Europeana entity
agent/base/67430
FAST ID
1994695
Film.ru person ID
billi-vera
Filmweb.pl person ID
45123
Freebase ID
/m/03q4y7
Genius artist ID
Billy-vera
Genius artist numeric ID
352652
Grammy Awards artist ID
billy-vera/7036
HAND ID
343E-64C0-9DC7-9E20-5944
IMDb ID
nm0893520
IPI name number
18.9M (18.9M–42.5M, n=3)
J9U entity ID
987007334976905171
Kinobox person ID
916674
Kinopoisk person ID
123575
MusicBrainz artist ID
b64512f0-7027-4f7a-b684-bedf6971288a, d94441b5-df67-4f7e-adb5-5b16520913b0
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000035617
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1735948
Nederlandse Top 40 artist ID
billy-vera
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803115455531
PORT person ID
368472
Plex person key
5d776837a091de001f2e85c4
Podchaser creator ID
107a9GdzTF
Rock's Backpages artist ID
billy-vera
SecondHandSongs artist ID
4651
Songkick artist ID
67521
Swedish Film Database person ID
178026
TMDB person ID
1217124
Universal Music France artist ID
20000056797
WhoSampled artist ID
Billy-Vera-&-the-Beaters
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrrwX8TxqGQXjvmhBk7HC
X (Twitter) username
billybeater
Yale LUX ID
person/d41183f2-c1a0-4def-ae12-fa362b902044

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🔗 Connections
Genre 3
rock music, pop music, rhythm and blues
Instrument 3
guitar, piano, voice
Occupation 3
actor, singer, songwriter
Record label 3
Atlantic Records, Capitol Records, Rhino Entertainment Company
Given name 2
William, Patrick
Mb:composer 2
At This Moment, At This Moment
Mb:lyricist 2
At This Moment, At This Moment
Award received 1
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Copyright representative 1
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Riverside
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
← Cast member 1
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Summary

Billy Vera's place of birth was Riverside[1]. He was born on May 28, 1944[2]. He worked as a singer[3], actor[4], music historian[5], songwriter[6], and composer[7].

FAQs

Where was Billy Vera born?

Born in Riverside[1].

What did Billy Vera do for work?

Billy Vera worked as singer[3], actor[4], music historian[5], songwriter[6], and composer[7].

What awards did Billy Vera receive?

Honors received include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[11].

Related Entities

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Atlantic Records Capitol Records United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [2] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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