Billy Miller, a rock ’n’ roll archivist and collector whose record label Norton, showcased rockabilly artists and garage bands from rock’s gloried past, died on Sunday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 62. The cause was complications of multiple myeloma, kidney failure and diabetes, his wife and business partner, Miriam Linna, said.
Billy and his wife began publishing Kicks, a magazine devoted to overlooked rock ’n’ rollers, in 1979. They founded Norton, in 1986, as a way to broadcast their shared passion for artists for under the radar artists like like Link Wray, The A-Bones and Esquerita,
The label, named after Ed Norton, the character played by Art Carney on the television series “The Honeymooners,” soon became what The Village Voice, earlier this year, called “the definitive provider of rockabilly reissues from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Check out The A-Bones from Norton Records…
