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Birth Name: William Everett Strange
Born: 29 September 1930 Died: 22 February 2012
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Billy Strange was born on September 29, 1930 in Long Beach, California, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Next (2007), Passengers (2016) and Ocean's Eleven (2001). He was married to Jeanne Black, Betty Jo Conrad and Joan O'Brien. He died on February 22, 2012 in Franklin, Tennessee, USA.
Generally credited with inventing the "fuzz" or "feedback" guitar sound, which occurred when rehearsing his guitar solo on the rock song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo Dah" by Bobb B. Sox and the Blue Jeans in the mid-1960s. Halfway through his solo the guitar's speaker malfunctioned. He liked the distorted, faraway sou
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1. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
| Rating: | 173 Watched |
2. Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
| Rating: | 17 Watched |
3. The Wrecking Crew! (2008)
| Rating: | 16 Watched |
4. Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)
| Rating: | 4 Watched |
5. The Lively Set (1964)
| Rating: | 3 Watched |
