Who is Billy Gilman?


Billy Gilman is a 12-year-old Country music singer with an amazing talent and a phenomenal voice. Growing up in Rhode Island, he started singing at the age of three after seeing Pam Tillis sing her hit song "Cleopatra Queen of Denial," on a TV special. At age five his parents bought him a karaoke machine. At eight his mother and grandmother took him to see a vocal coach by the name of Angela Bacari, who took Billy on as a student. After a few introductions, Billy met Ray Benson (Asleep at the Wheel) who took Billy to his studio's in Austin, Texas to record Billy's demo CD. Shortly after his 11th birthday, Billy sang with Asleep at the Wheel at the Wild Horse Saloon in Nashville. This led to Scott Siman become one of his managers, and to his record deal with Sony Music Nashville/Epic Records. Three weeks before his 12th birthday, at the Academy of Country Music Awards, Billy made his presence known to the music industry with an outstanding, show-stopping rendition of "Roly Poly" with Asleep at the Wheel. Billy's debut single, "One Voice", about seeing some of the every day violence and problems through a child's eyes, quickly became CMT's most requested video as Billy's CD started a steady climb up the charts. Within a few short months Billy saw his dreams of having a tour bus, performing on the Grand Ole Opry and being a professional singer all come true.

 
What's Billy's full given name? William W. Gilman When's Billy's Birthday?Billy was born May 24, 1988That means he turned 12 in May 2000. 
 What color is Billy's hair? Blond, but the lighting really affects what color it looks like.  How tall is Billy?4 feet, 7 inches
(a couple articles list him as 4'9") 

 
What about Billy's parents? Yep. Two.  Very supportive and proud.  Brothers and Sisters? 1 brother, Colin who is 8 years old.

 
What's Billy's favorite food?Tiramisu Billy says "It is a coffee cake type thing with chocolate sauce."

What color are Billy's eyes?

That's a good question. The only mention I've really seen says they're Blue. But from looking at the pictures and video of  him, most of the time they look Hazel. An interesting instance of his eyes "changing" color can be seen in his "One Voice" video. There is a spot where the camera is beside the seat in front of him, Billy is looking directly to his left (to the camera's right) and his eyes are blue. He closes his eyes and turns to face forward (to the camera's left). When he opens his eyes they are hazel.