Billy Smiley (born October 19, 1957 in
Bloomfield Hills, MichiganBloomfield Hills is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan, northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,940...
) is a music producer, songwriter, and musician. He is more known for being one of the core members for the
Christian rockChristian rock is a form of rock music played by bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands. Much Christian rock has ties to the contemporary...
band
White HeartWhite Heart was a Contemporary Christian Music pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes 13 albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997. Original members Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl worked with a continually-changing cast of bandmates. In 1985, former...
. He was the bands guitarist and main songwriter since 1982.
After selling over 2 million albums with
White HeartWhite Heart was a Contemporary Christian Music pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes 13 albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997. Original members Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl worked with a continually-changing cast of bandmates. In 1985, former...
, Billy turned to his interest to music production and artist development. He is credited with producing or developing such Christian acts as: Geoff Moore and the Distance, Rhonda Gunn,
NewsboysNewsboys is a Grammy Award-nominated Christian pop rock band. The band was formed in Australia in 1985 and has been one of the most popular and best-selling Christian music artists of the past two decades.-1980s:...
, and Bebe and Cece Winans.
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Billy Smiley (born October 19, 1957 in
Bloomfield Hills, MichiganBloomfield Hills is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan, northwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,940...
) is a music producer, songwriter, and musician. He is more known for being one of the core members for the
Christian rockChristian rock is a form of rock music played by bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands. Much Christian rock has ties to the contemporary...
band
White HeartWhite Heart was a Contemporary Christian Music pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes 13 albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997. Original members Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl worked with a continually-changing cast of bandmates. In 1985, former...
. He was the bands guitarist and main songwriter since 1982.
After selling over 2 million albums with
White HeartWhite Heart was a Contemporary Christian Music pop-rock band which formed in 1982. White Heart's discography includes 13 albums, the most recent of which was released in 1997. Original members Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl worked with a continually-changing cast of bandmates. In 1985, former...
, Billy turned to his interest to music production and artist development. He is credited with producing or developing such Christian acts as: Geoff Moore and the Distance, Rhonda Gunn,
NewsboysNewsboys is a Grammy Award-nominated Christian pop rock band. The band was formed in Australia in 1985 and has been one of the most popular and best-selling Christian music artists of the past two decades.-1980s:...
, and Bebe and Cece Winans. His most recent, and notable, writing and production accomplishment was earning a platinum certified album for former
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version of Smiley's song "Merry Christmas with Love."
A solo album by Smiley,
New Night (1985), centers around his
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playing.