Billy Hawks has been played on NTS in shows including Jazzman, featured first on 25 October 2016. Songs played include O'Baby (I Believe I'm Losing You).

William Hawkes (3 September 1941), known professionally as Billy Hawks (without the 'e'), was an American R&B and jazz organist.

He was born in Richmond, Virginia, and grew up singing, playing piano, and listening to the blues. In 1961 he joined Steve Gibson's Red Caps, and the following year joined the Modern Flamingos. Under the guidance of manager Clifford Doubledee, he formed his own group, the Billy Hawks Organ Trio, in Philadelphia in 1964, with guitarist Maynard Parker and drummer…