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Singer/songwriter/musician Billy Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He learned to play several instruments as a child. As a teenager he wrote a song for a band he was in and the song, called "Lover, Please", was eventually recorded by Bill Black. It was later recorded by Clyde McPhatter and became a top-10 national hit... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2011 Thor (writer: "I Can Help" / performer: "I Can Help")
 
2007/I Crazy Love (documentary) (writer: "Lover Please")
 
2007 Paranoid Park (writer: "I Can Help" / performer: "I Can Help")
 
2006 Rabbit Fever (writer: "I CAN HELP")
 
2005 Don't Come Knocking (writer: "Driving Wheel")
 
2005 Gamblers (performer: "I Can Help")
 
1999 Mad Cows (writer: "I Can Help" / performer: "I Can Help")
 
1996 Space Truckers (writer: "Just Another Purty Face" / performer: "Just Another Purty Face")
 
1993 The Thing Called Love (writer: "OL' JOHN AND JIMMY")
 
1992 Roadside Prophets (writer: "Make Yourself at Home in My Heart")
 
1990 Wild at Heart (writer: "Buried Alive" / performer: "Buried Alive")
 
1989 Great Balls of Fire! (producer: "Big Legged Woman")
 
1980 Kottan ermittelt (TV series)
Räuber und Gendarm (1980) (writer: "I Can Help" / performer: "I Can Help")
 
Show ShowActor (5 titles)
1990 Wild at Heart
Billy Swan
 
1986 Stagecoach (TV movie)
Tonto Bartender
 
1983 Allison Sydney Harrison (TV movie)
Doorman
 
1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV series)
Pilot: Part 1 (1980)
 
1979 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Jerry Boyd
Stringer (1979) … Jerry Boyd
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1993 The Thing Called Love (vocal and guitar coach)
 
1989 Great Balls of Fire! (music coach)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
2006 My Music: Country Pop Legends (TV movie)
Himself
 
1976 Die Drehscheibe (TV series)
Singer
Episode dated 2 August 1976 (1976) … Singer
 
1975 Disco (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.60 (1975) … Himself
Episode #1.56 (1975) … Himself
Episode #1.51 (1975) … Himself
 
1975 Starparade (TV series)
Singer
Episode dated 20 November 1975 (1975) … Singer
 
1975 Numéro 1 (TV series)
Himself
Eddy Mitchell (1975) … Himself
 
1971 Boboquivari (TV series documentary)
Himself
Kris Kristofferson (1971) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1980 Musikladen (TV series)
 
1975 Top of the Pops (TV series)
 
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(1962) Songwriter: Wrote "Lover, Please", a hit for Clyde McPhatter.

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