Bill Black has been played on NTS shows including Diddy Wah, with That's Alright first played on 31 January 2016.

Bill Black (September 17, 1926 – October 21, 1965) was an American musician who is noted as one of the pioneers of rockabilly music. Black was the bassist in Elvis Presley’s early trio and the leader of Bill Black's Combo.

William Patton Black, Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to a motorman for the Memphis Street Railway. He was the oldest of nine children. His father played popular songs on the banjo and fiddle to entertain the family. Black learned to play music at the age…