Billy Squire Rocks the Internet Through his Vinyl Record Album

The American Rock Musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is probably best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No. Other hits include "In The Dark", "Rock Me Tonite", "Lonely Is the Night", "My Kinda Lover", "Everybody Wants You", "All Night Long" and "Emotions in Motion". William Haislip Squier was born on May 12, 1950 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. When Squier was nine, his grandfather taught Squier how to play the piano. He took lessons from his grandfather for two years. After Squier stopped taking piano lessons in 1961, when he was eleven, he became interested in guitar and bought one from his teenaged neighbor for 95 dollars. Squier took guitar lessons for a couple of months until he decided to teach himself and mastering it by the time he was 15.

Squier attended Wellesley High School from 1964 to 1968. In the eleventh grade, Squier and two high school friends formed a blues band called the Bluesbreakers. In 1968, Squier graduated from high school and pursued a career as a musician by performing at nightclubs.

In 2002 he married Nicole, a professional German soccer player. They divide their time between a home on Long Island and an apartment in the famous San Remo on Central Park West in Manhattan. Billy Squier is an active volunteer for the Central Park Conservancy, doing the hands-on "dirty work" by maintaining 20 acres of the park, as well as promoting the Conservancy in articles and interviews.

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