Bill Allen & The Backbeats has been played on NTS in shows including Jazzman, featured first on 24 July 2015. Songs played include Please Give Me Something.

He was born in Akron, OH and graduated from Ellet High School in 1956. Allen Freed was the man to know back then and wanted to manage Bill, but it didn't work as Bill chose to keep his manager, Art Roberts…oh the follies of youth and the corruption of payola during those years. He loved to sit on the porch steps of churches and listen to the gospel music. He loved Bill Haley and rock and roll! Thousands…