Billy Nicholls

William Morris Nicholls Jr is an English singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and musical director. He was born into a musical family, his father Billy Nicholls being a double bassist and big band singer, performing with such bands as The Oscar Rabin Romany Band, Alan Green with his boys, the RAF band The Squadronaires and later performed on radio with Will Hay with Royal Command Performances. Nicholls first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his Pet Sounds-influenced album, Would You Believe, originally released on Immediate Records. Nicholls' compositions have been covered by many artists. His first success came in 1977 when Leo Sayer covered "I Can't Stop Loving You"; it rose to No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. Nicholls wrote several of the tracks for the film McVicar including "Without Your Love", which was a success in the United States. The Babys covered "White Lightning" on their Head First album in 1978. An American southern rock group, the Outlaws, recorded "I Can't Stop Loving You" on their 1980 release Ghost Riders. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_N...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)