Billy Hays

US drummer, vocalist and composer. Billy Hays played in and led bands in South Jersey and Philadelphia from the 1920s through at least the mid-1960s. He was quite popular both for his live work in clubs, he was quite well known in the Philadelphia area as a radio artist, appearing on radio as early as 1924. Born William S. Hays in Philadelphia in June of 1898 or 1899, he was the son of William Frederick Hays and the former Katherine "Katie" Kerns. Born in 1898