{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 91 - Billy Newton Davis","description":"Check out our Patreon at https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/talkingbooksandstuff1 Billy Newton-Davis grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and as a teenager he was one of two lead singers in a local soul band called \u201cThe Illusions\u201d. Billy received Junos for best R&amp;amp;B\/soul recording for his first two albums &quot;Love Is a Contact Sport&quot; (1986) and &quot;Spellbound&quot; (1989), and more recently a Juno for best dance recording of the year for his work with deadmau5 on \u201cAll U Ever Want.\u201d Billy is featured on releases by The Boomtang Boys, Nino Anthony, and MelleeFresh. From 1991-93, he was a member of Canadian super singing group, The Nylons. ","author_name":"Talkingbooksandstuff's podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/talkingbooksandstuff.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17662193\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/17662193"}