Wontcha Dance With Me

Billy Lee Ackerley wrote Wontcha Dance With Me on or before 1983. He recorded it at the recording studio his renters built in his house on 445 E. Brundage, in Sheridan Wyoming. He put it on his The Beginning album. Musicians from Florida to California were hired to perform on it. The recording quality was not so good, but the musicians were excellent. Billy and the lead guitar player, Pat DeLeon, have been friends ever since. Pat lives in Miami. A year or so after the album recording, Pat Deleon came to Sheridan to play in Billy's band: The Ackerley Bunch. People are still talking about that great band. It was a big help in Billy's career.
 If  you google Billy Lee Ackerley, you also find Pat DeLeon. If you google Pat DeLeon, you also find Billy Lee Ackerley. They have been kicking around the idea of recording together again. Maybe in Miami next time.
Wontcha Dance With Me is a rockabilly style song, and it is a fun one. Billy wrote, recorded, copyrighted, published, and produced the song himself..

Billy Lee Ackerley, Little Petey

Little Petey was written by Billy Lee Ackerley at his home, on 10/26/87. He wrote it in 45 minutes, which is the amount of time it took most of his songs. It is a western song about a young man who wanted to be a gunfighter, but got shot because he was slower on the draw.
 It was recorded, copyrighted, published, and produced by Billy Lee Ackerley. And, was put on his Wyoming's Centennial Album, which celebrated Wyoming becoming a state in 1890. Of  course the album was recorded in Wyoming in 1990. He rode his Arabian horse in the Sheridan, WY rodeo parade to promote the album. He had the album cover on his saddle. And, his horse was black, as was his custom stage uniform he wore-which he had designed and had made by Carlene Hammontree.
 Now and then someone still mentions seeing that ride.

Hairy Legged Russian Girls

Billy Lee Ackerley's Hairy Legged Russian Girls song was written by him and recorded for his Wyoming's Centennial Album. He wrote it at his home in Big Horn, Wyoming. It only took about 20 minutes to write. Billy said that sometimes  songs came to him so fast that he couldn't hardly write them down fast enough.
 This song came to him on 12/13/86. It was copyrighted, published, produced, and recorded by Billy Lee Ackerley.
 After he had recorded the song, Billy saw some pictures of Russian Girls, and realized how beautiful many of them are. However, the song is meant to be humorous and light hearted. Like the funny stories he had heard.

Heart Of Stone

Heart Of Stone, was written, recorded, copyrighted, produced, and published, by Billy Lee Ackerley. He wrote it on May 12, 1986, and it took about 50 minutes to write.
 Billy was going to Nashville later that year, and he needed more songs to put on his Space Age Cowboy album, which he recorded with Bill Anderson's band. He wrote it at his father's motel in Sheridan, WY, where Billy lived for a while after his house burned down in Big Horn, WY.
 Heart Of Stone is not the same Heart Of Stone the Rolling Stones recorded. However, Billy Lee Ackerley gave a copy of his Space Age Cowboy album to RCA Records. About 6 months later, RCA put out versions of the song, rewritten, by Bailly And The Boys, and other artists.
 All with no credit or reimbursment to Billy Lee Ackerley.
 Billy's song: I Need A One Man Woman, was also rewritten by RCA and recorded by George Jones. With no credit given to Billy.
 It, and Heart Of Stone, were hits.

Billy Lee Ackerley, I NEED A ONE MAN WOMAN (I'M A ONE WOMAN MAN)

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I NEED A ONE MAN WOMAN (I'M A ONE WOMAN MAN), was written by Billy Lee Ackerley on May 6,1986. It took about 30 minutes. He put it on his Space Age Cowboy album, in 1986. The album was recorded in Nashville with Bill Anderson's band, named "The Po Folks Band". The band often records with other country music stars, as they are very talented.
 Billy Lee Ackerley wrote, recorded, copyrighted, published, and produced the song and album.
 About a year later, Billy gave a copy of his Space Age Cowboy album to RCA Records, in Nashville. About 6 months after that, George Jones put out a re-written version of it on the RCA label. All with no credit or reimbursement to Billy Lee Ackerley.
 It was a hit song.

Why

  WHY was written, recorded, copyrighted, published, and produced by Billy Lee Ackerley. He wrote it in March of 1986. He put it on his SPACE AGE COWBOY album, which has become a collector's item. Especially in Europe where it received a lot of airplay.
 The song WHY is an upbeat country song about lost love.

Space Age Cowboy

The song: Space Age Cowboy, is on Billy Lee Ackerley's Space Age Cowboy album. Which was recorded in Nashville, in 1986, with "Whisperin Bill" Anderson's band (The Po Folks Band).
 He wrote it on 1/11/86. Billy Lee Ackerley also recorded, copyrighted, produced, and published it.
 When they were recording the album, the band started calling Billy "The Space Age Cowboy" after his song. Now, over 20 years later, other singers have started to call themselves "The Space Age Cowboy" in imitation of Billy Lee Ackerley.
 Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Mr. Banker (Do You Have A Conscience?)

Billy Lee Ackerley wrote Mr. Banker at his ranch. It was finished September 1991. It is on his Now And Then Album, which was recorded in Laramie, WY at Rocky Mountain Sound.
 It was written, recorded, copyrighted, produced, and published by Billy Lee Ackerley.
 It is a lament about a family losing their family homestead to a bank.

Wyoming's Centennial

Billy Lee Ackerley wrote: Wyoming's Centennial in December 1989. He put it on his Wyoming's Centennial album in 1990, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the state of Wyoming.
 Wyoming's Centennial was written, copyrighted, recorded, and produced by Billy Lee Ackerley.
 It is a bluegrass style song.

The Wonderful Wyoming Waltz

The Wonderful Wyoming Waltz was written by Billy Lee Ackerley, in 1989. It is on his Wyoming Centennial album, which he recorded at Rocky Mountain Sound, Laramie WY, in 1990, to celebrate the 100th anniversery of the state of Wyoming.
 It was written, recorded, published, produced, and copyrighted by Billy Lee Ackerley. And, he played most of the instruments on the album.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Billy Lee Ackerley wrote: Gone But Not Forgotten. He finished it on 2/1/89. It took under 2 hours to write, at Billy's house on 445 E. Brundage, in Sheridan, WY.
 It is on his Now And Then album, which was recorded in Cheyenne, WY at Rocky Mountain Sound.
 Gone But Not Forgotten was written, recorded, published,copyrighted, and produced by Billy Lee Ackerley.

The Beautiful Songs of Wyoming

The Beautiful Songs Of Wyoming, which is a song, is on Billy Lee Ackerley's Wyoming's Centennial album. Which he recorded in 1990, to celebrate the 100th anniversery of his home state of Wyoming.
 It was written in 1 1/2 hours, at Billy Lee Ackerley's home at 445 E. Brundage, in Sheridan, WY, on 7/12/88. It was written, copyrighted, recorded, and produced by Billy Lee Ackerley. It was recorded in Laramie, Wy, at Rocky Mountain Sound.