User:BillyjWilson

Billy James Wilson b. March 14, 1957

City: Ann Arbor, Michigan Parents: BJ Motley and Louise "Anita" Wilson. Siblings: Bobby Eugene Motley, Grace Ellen "Robin" Motley, and Barry Jeffery Motley. Grand mother: Allie Ellen Cunningham-Wilson-Rowe Grandfather: Russell Hershell Wilson Billy is the oldest of 4 siblings. Just like his grandmother befor him, and his mother also, he was the first born child of his generation. Wilson was brought up originally in DETROIT, Michigan (on Mayberry Grand). He went to Potter Elementary School as a kid. His family moved to the segregated village of Willow Run (18 miles west of Detroit) at the age of 6, at the time living with his mother & father.He and his siblings went to Holmes Elementary school in Willow Run, Michigan after his parents seperate. He was the down the street neighbor of Motown famed singer and songwriter Nicky Ashford of Ashford & Simpson, until he was 10. His mother couldn't take care of him properly, and his siblings well, so Billy had to testify in court against his mother to go live with his father. His father was a local R&B singer and eventually turned to gospel singing, and he became the choir director at Second Baptist Church in Ypsilanti, Michigan where he and his siblings moved with his father. At an early age Wilson and his brothers were taught by his father to sing. Eventually Wilson would get with friends, and learn to play bass guitar also. He joined some of the best musicians in town and organized a "chiterling circuit" with an employee friend he met by the name of Dan Rudnick (aka... Dan Flynn of the family group Art In America). When the tour was over, he joined a local R&R/funk group called Bigfoot. The distinction of that group were the members. Particularly Stephen Bray the drummer who went on to write and produce the first 5 albums of Madonna! Wilson himself went on to set up an Arms Forces Entertainment Tour with his then show band Imagination. They traveled to virtually every Air Force Base around the nation. After leaving that band, Wilson freelancer all over the nation, playing with jazz greats Theodosius Monk, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Liberace, David Ruffin, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, the Contours, and many, many other famed artist's. He traveled the world, and have performed at virtually every major city around the world. Wilson moved back to his home town of Ypsilanti, and played locally with his friend Ty Cool for 9 years. Ty owned the bar he resided at, and that is where he met his only wife Pamela Zarse. They had 1 child, Aryan Wilson who was born March 20,1987. They were together for 13 years until their divorce. Wilson had another son by Tiffany Gibson, his name was Devon Gibson, and he had Wilson's only grand child Eva Gibson. Wilson went on to form the Motown Alumni Association in in 1995. He since then have worked with virtually every Motown artist in existence. And have given his time, and effort to assist those artist's in need. He gave a $10,000,000 equity service grant to Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, created the "Motown In the School Program" that was adopted within the Detroit Public School system, by the the board, and applied his program in the Inkster School system in 2005. He is a founding member/ Director of the Detroit Black Music Awards with Misty Love (10 platinum albums/ 1 gold with Kid Rock), and Wilson is currently the premier music & entertainment consultant in in Michigan and possible nationwide, with his organization Billy Wilson Entertainment Group. He also has numerous websites (MotownAlumniAssociation.com), Facebook affiliations, and his own Internet TV Channel( MAATVNetwork.com). Wilson (MotownAlumniAssociation.com) was the only music advocate used to submit a brief in the FBT (Eminem) multi-million dollar lawsuit against Aftermath/Universal... and won!