Billy Boy Arnold

American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter

Person Human Q324080

Facts

14 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[8]
Date of birth: September 16, 1935
Place of birth: Chicago
Country of citizenship: United States^[7]
Occupation: singer, musician, songwriter, blues musician
Genre: blues, rock and roll^[9]^[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[17]
Family name: Arnold^[12]
Given name: William^[13]
Instrument: guitar, harmonica, voice^[14]^[15]^[16]
Name in native language: William Arnold^[18]
Record label: Prestige^[11]
Start of work period: 1952^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

en Billy Boy Arnold en William Arnold en William "Billy Boy" Arnold ar بيلي بوي أرنولد da William Arnold de William Arnold es William Arnold fa بیلی بوی آرنولد fr Billy Boy fr Billy Boyd Arnold fr William Arnold id William Arnold it William Arnold ja ビリー・ボーイ・アーノルド nl William Arnold pt William Arnold ro William Arnold ru Арнольд, Билли Бой ru Билли Бой Арнольд sv William Arnold

🔖 Identifiers · 43

ISNI: 0000000119307537
VIAF cluster ID: 91479977
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n80064634
GND ID: 13484906X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Billy Boy Arnold (blues musician).jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000085021
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13890895j
Billboard artist ID: billy-boy-arnold
DDB person (GND) ID: 13484906X
Deezer artist ID: 93541
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 13484906X
Discogs artist ID: 353500

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Europeana entity: agent/base/100150
Freebase ID: /m/01lmpy_
GTAA ID: 260687
Grammy Awards artist ID: billy-boy-arnold/1126
HAND ID: 03BE-74AA-71DA-9933-06DF
IMDb ID: nm3753275
IPI name number: 00062856952, 00061534399
IdRef ID: 181888173
J9U entity ID: 987007347743605171
KANTO ID: 000206360
Libraries Australia ID: 35099191
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID: 11230
MusicBrainz artist ID: c67fa84e-f846-4f49-b0b2-3c2d2ceeb773
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000014030
NLA Trove people ID: 826183
NLP ID: a0000003359221
National Library of Israel ID (old): 004384329
National Library of Latvia ID: 000316640
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810643394305606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 09603260X
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095425286
Prabook ID: 1745950
RERO ID (legacy): A016694828
Rate Your Music artist ID: billy_boy_arnold
Rock's Backpages artist ID: billy-boy-arnold
SNAC ARK ID: w6zs3vrs
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 1861
Songkick artist ID: 412464
Tidal artist ID: 3567620
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000045881
Yale LUX ID: person/d1987da2-ef41-4eac-9c48-38ff030213c2

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🔗 Connections

Instrument 3

guitar, harmonica, voice

Occupation 3

singer, musician, songwriter

Genre 2

blues, rock and roll

Mb:composer 2

I Wish You Would, I Wish You Would

Mb:lyricist 2

I Wish You Would, I Wish You Would

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Family name 1

Arnold

Given name 1

William

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:performer of 1

Billy Boy Arnold Sings Big Bill Broonzy

Place of birth 1

Chicago

Record label 1

Prestige

Sex or gender 1

male

← Mb:sibling 1

Jerome Arnold

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Summary

Billy Boy Arnold was born on September 16, 1935^[1], in Chicago^[2]. He has worked as a singer^[3], musician^[4], songwriter^[5], and blues musician^[6].

FAQs

Where was Billy Boy Arnold born?

Billy Boy Arnold was born in Chicago^[2].

What did Billy Boy Arnold do for work?

Billy Boy Arnold worked as a singer^[3], musician^[4], songwriter^[5], and blues musician^[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — place of birth (P19): Chicago. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-14. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — occupation (P106): songwriter. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — occupation (P106): blues musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — genre (P136): blues. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — genre (P136): rock and roll. Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved 2020-09-27. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — record label (P264): Prestige. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — date of birth (P569): September 16, 1935. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-27. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — family name (P734): Arnold. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — given name (P735): William. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — instrument (P1303): harmonica. Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved 2020-09-27. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — name in native language (P1559): William Arnold. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Billy Boy Arnold — start of work period (P2031): 1952. wikidata.org.

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12d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Deezer artist ID → 93541

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63224: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
12d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 3567620

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63220: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
9w ago · TapuriaBot · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → 03BE-74AA-71DA-9933-06DF

"Changed the item: Added mzn:بیلی بوی آرنولد"
25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Place of birth → Chicago

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

Start of work period → 1952

Genre → blues, rock and roll

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"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32084: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"

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