William Howard Ashton was born on August 19, 1943 in Bootle, Lancashire, England. He would be part of the British Invasion that would sweep the Billboard Top 40 charts in 1964. We would know him as Billy J Kramer. This next song would enter the Billboard Top 40 on the week of June 13, 1964 (peaking at #9). On the week of June 12, 1964 it would peak at #6 on the KEWB Top 40 in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area. From the summer of 1964-Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas and “Bad To Me”.
