Bill Parsons
William Raymond Parsons (born August 17, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player, a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), 195 lb (88 kg), right-handed pitcher from Riverside, California. He played four seasons in the major leagues.
Baseball career
Parsons was drafted in the 7th round by the Seattle Pilots in 1968, and played in their minor league system.
He joined the Milwaukee Brewers in 1970, and was assigned to Portland of the Pacific Coast League, going 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA. Parsons played his first game in the major leagues on April 13, 1971. He was in the starting rotation for the last-place Brewers in his rookie season, going 13-17 with a 3.20 ERA, while 7th in the league with 4 shutouts and 8th in the AL with 93 walks. Parsons was second in the 1971 BBWAA Rookie of the Year voting, losing out to Chris Chambliss, and was named The Sporting News AL Rookie Pitcher of the Year.
He saw little game time for the remainder of his career. He was traded to the Oakland Athletics with cash for Deron Johnson in 1974. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in July 1975. In July 1975 he was traded by the Cardinals with cash to the White Sox for Buddy Bradford.
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- Unskilled Labor released: 1995
- Special Delivery released:
Bill Parsons
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- Rock-A-Billy Dynamite released: 2013
- Million Sellers - 24 Gold Discs released: 2006
- History of Rock released: 2006
- Glory Days of Rock 'n' Roll: One Hit Wonders released: 1999
- 20th Century Hits for a New Millennium released: 1999
- Fabulous Flips, Volume 2 released: 1995
- The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Volume 3 released: 1994
- The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1959 released: 1988
- The All American Boy / Rumble released: 1984
- A-Waitin' / The Price We Pay for Livin' released: 1961
- Hot Rod Volkswagen / Guitar Blues released: 1960
- The All American Boy / Rubber Dolly released: 1958
- 50s Rock 'n' Roll released:
- Wacky Favorites released:
- 200 Original Jukebox Hits released:
- Wacky Favorites-Crazy Classics released:
- 100 Favorites of the Fifties released:
- Rockfile, Volume 42 released:
Rock-A-Billy Dynamite
Released 2013- Eager Beaver Baby
- Teeny Weeny
- If You Can't Rock Me
- Alrightee
- Goodbye, She's Gone
- Dance With a Rock
- Susie Q
- Canteen Baby
- Hey Doll Baby
- Alaska Rock
- Nothing Really Shakes Me
- Here, There, Everywhere
- Don't Call Me Baby, I'll Call You
- Be-Bop-A Jean
- Almost Eighteen
- Rock Me, Baby
- Gotta Big Fat Mama
- I Love You (This I Know)
- That Ain't Nothing but Right
- Come on Little Mama
- Rockin' Jukebox
- Worried 'Bout You Baby
- Bottle to the Baby
- Oh What Love Is
- Ballin' Keen
Glory Days of Rock 'n' Roll: One Hit Wonders
Released 1999- Who Put the Bomp
- I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight
- Let's Think About Living
- Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out)
- Let the Little Girl Dance
- The Kind of Boy You Can't Forget
- Little Bitty Pretty One
- Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
- Mr. Bass Man
- Mission Bell
- Just One Look
- Mule Skinner Blues
- Snap Your Fingers
- Sandy
- Johnny Get Angry
Fabulous Flips, Volume 2
Released 1995- Little Billy Boy
- Lonesome for a Letter
- Troubles, Troubles
- It's Really You
- Why
- Well!
- Little Queenie
- Cha-Row-Ski
- I Can't Hold Out Any Longer
- Don't Start Cryin' Now
- Cast Iron Arm
- Bad Boy
- Gee How I Wish You Were Here
- Sail Along Silvery Moon
- Red Sails in the Sunset
- Rubber Dolly
- Living's Loving You
- Sweet Was the Wine
- Tight Capris
- Girl of My Dreams
- Love Is a Swingin' Thing
- Gunshot
- Chicken Necks
- Havin' So Much Fun
- Back... Shack...Track
- The Monster
The Golden Age of American Rock 'n' Roll, Volume 3
Released 1994- The All American Boy
- Kansas City
- My True Love
- Jennie Lee
- The Joker
- The Beat
- To Know Him, Is to Love Him
- When You Dance
- Love Letters
- So Tough
- To the Aisle
- La Dee Dah
- Endless Sleep
- Chicken, Baby, Chicken
- Lover's Island
- No Chemise, Please
- It Was I
- Tonight I Fell in Love
- Happy Birthday Blues
- Rockin' Little Angel
- Tonite, Tonite
- Cha Hua Hua
- Western Movies
- The Girl in My Dreams
- Sugar Shack
- There Is Something on Your Mind
- Woman Is a Man's Best Friend
- Sacred
- The Freeze
- Click Clack
The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1959
Released 1988- Charlie Brown
- A Teenager in Love
- So Fine
- Donna
- Dream Lover
- 16 Candles
- Stagger Lee
- What'd I Say (Parts 1 & 2)
- I Cried a Tear
- I Want to Walk You Home
- Sea of Love
- Sea Cruise
- Poison Ivy
- Kansas City
- The All-American Boy
- A Lover's Question
- Sleep Walk
- There Goes My Baby
- Personality
- I've Had It
- Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
- Come Softly to Me
Wacky Favorites
- Yakety Yak
- Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
- The Nitty Gritty
- Short Shorts
- Mr. Bass Man
- Gitarzan
- I Lost on Jeopardy
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
- Mister Custer
- The Mississippi Squirrel Revival
- Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)
- Witch Doctor
- Monster Mash
- Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Over Night)
- They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!
- Cocktails for Two
- The Green Door
- Spiders & Snakes
- Surfin' Bird
- Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)
200 Original Jukebox Hits
- The Wanderer
- Ronnie
- Get on Up
- Hooked on a Feeling
- Alley Oop
- Guess Things Happen That Way
- Eddie My Love
- Lonely Weekends
- He's So Fine
- Money
- ('til) I Kissed You
- Endless Sleep
- When We Get Married
- Norman
- Five O'Clock World
- 24 Hours From Tulsa
- Little Woman
- Boppin' the Blues
- Dedicated to the One I Love
- Just Ask Your Heart
100 Favorites of the Fifties
- Music! Music! Music!
- "The Third Man" Theme
- The Tennessee Waltz
- Mule Train
- Johnson Rag
- (It's No) Sin
- Come On-a My House
- Slow Poke
- Jezebel
- Cry
- High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')
- Walkin' My Baby Back Home
- Half as Much
- I'm Yours
- You Belong to Me
- Crying in the Chapel
- How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?
- I Believe
- Stranger in Paradise
- Just a Gigolo
- Sh-Boom
- Hey There
- Three Coins in the Fountain
- Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine?)
- Mister Sandman
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by Bill Parsons
All American Boy
by: Bill ParsonsGather 'round, cats, and I'll tell you a story
About how to become an All American Boy
Buy you a gittar and put it in tune
You'll be rockin' and rollin' soon.
Impressin' the girls, pickin' hot licks, and all that jazz
I-I bought me a gittar a year ago
Learned how to play in a day or so
And all around town it was well understood
That I was knockin' 'em out like Johnny B. Goode
Hot licks, showin' off, ah number one.
Well , I 'd practice all day and up into the night
My papa's hair was turnin' white
Cause he didn't like rock'n'roll
He said "You can stay, boy, but that's gotta go."
He's a square, he just didn't dig me at all
So I took my gittar, picks and all
And bid farewell to my poor ole pa
And I split for Memphis where they say all
Them swingin' cats are havin' a ball
Sessions, hot licks and all, they dig me
I was rockin' and boppin' and I's a gettin' the breaks
The girls all said that I had what it takes
When up stepped a man with a big cigar
He said "come here, cat--I'm gonnna make you a star."
"I'll put you on Bandstand, buy ya a Cadillac, sign here, kid."
I signed my name and became a star
Havin' a ball with my gittar
Driving a big long Cadillac and fightin' the girls off ma back
They just kept a'comin', screamin', yeah-they like it
So I'd pick my gittar with a great big grin
And the money just kept on pourin' in
But then one day my Uncle Sam
He said (sound of 3 footsteps) "Here I am"
"Uncle Sam needs you, boy
I'm-a gonna cut your hair
ah-Take this rifle, kid
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