Billy Harner

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Fool Me 02:26 Tools
What About the Music 02:32 Tools
Homicide Dresser 02:46 Tools
I Struck It Rich 02:34 Tools
Sally Saying Something 02:11 Tools
She's Almost You 02:36 Tools
Honky Dory 02:28 Tools
Something You Got 02:12 Tools
I Got It From Heaven 02:59 Tools
Sally Sayin' Somthin' 02:09 Tools
Don't Want My Lovin' 02:15 Tools
Everything Is Hunky Dory 02:26 Tools
Irresistible You 02:41 Tools
Watch Your Step 02:27 Tools
Let's Get in Line 02:08 Tools
A Message To My Baby 02:56 Tools
These Are Not My People 02:59 Tools
Human 02:34 Tools
What About The Music [inst] 01:32 Tools
What About The Music (Inst) 01:32 Tools
Check You Out 01:32 Tools
I'm So Hurt 02:13 Tools
A Message to My Babe 02:58 Tools
Irrestistable You 02:13 Tools
All Through the Nigiht 02:13 Tools
Anymore 02:58 Tools
I Don't Mind Doin' It 02:26 Tools
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT 02:13 Tools
All in My Mind 02:58 Tools
Magic Carpet Ride 02:26 Tools
Whatcha Gonna Do 02:26 Tools
Half a Man 02:26 Tools
Sally Sayin' Something 02:07 Tools
Please Spare Me This Time 02:26 Tools
Later Baby 02:26 Tools
What About The Music [Instrumental] 02:26 Tools
Everything's Hunky Dory 02:26 Tools
Shes almost you 02:58 Tools
I've Got To Check You Out 02:58 Tools
Bending Over Backwards for You 02:58 Tools
Two Lonely People 02:13 Tools
What About the Children 02:58 Tools
Open the Door to Your Heart 02:58 Tools
Toot 02:58 Tools
Message to My Babe 02:58 Tools
Set Me Free 02:58 Tools
Rages to Riches 02:13 Tools
Almost You 02:13 Tools
Hunky Dory 02:13 Tools
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Known in Northern soul circles as "The Human Percolator," blue-eyed soul shouter Billy Harner was born and raised in Philadelphia, first emerging in 1964 with backing band the Expressions on the Lawn release "Anymore." His supporting unit proved short-lived, as the label of his follow-up, "Coney Island Wild Child," credited Harner alone, and in 1965 he signed to Cameo/Parkway to release "All Through the Night." After the release of 1966's "Let's Get in Line," Harner moved to the Kama Sutra imprint, where he recorded a series of cult-classic singles including "Homicide Dresser," "What About the Music," and the Northern soul favorite "Sally's Sayin' Somethin'," a minor hit that charted in Philadelphia, New York, and Los Angeles in the summer of 1967 but failed to gain national momentum. In late 1968, Harner signed to the local independent label Open/OR, where his debut release, the luminous ballad "A Message to My Baby," was licensed for wider distribution on Atlantic. Another Northern classic, the scorching Gamble-Huff track "I Struck It Rich" preceded the 1969 release of Harner's sole LP, She's Almost You. The album met the same discouraging fate as his previous releases, and after one final effort for the obscure 66 + 6 label, the Chris Kenner cover "Something You Got," the singer quit his music career to open his own barbershop in Camden, NJ. In the 1990s, Harner resurfaced on the East Coast oldies circuit. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.