Billy Emerson has been played on NTS shows including Donna Leake, with Aunt Molly, Part 1 first played on 6 October 2022.

William Robert "Billy" Emerson (1925–2023), famously known as Billy "The Kid" Emerson, was an influential American R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and producer. He is most celebrated for writing the 1955 classic "Red Hot," which became a staple of the rockabilly genre.