MISSOURI SET TO NAME HIGHWAY AFTER SINGER/SONGWRITER BILLY YATES
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 20, 2015) – The Missouri House of Representatives will convene on January 26th to present a resolution sponsored by Representative Steve Cookson honoring country music songwriter/artist Billy Yates. This past year, the city of Doniphan by Proclamation declared a stretch of highway within the city limits, the BILLY YATES HIGHWAY in conjunction with declaring every fourth Friday of May the City’s official “BILLY YATES DAY”. Representative Cookson has filed legislation to designate the same portion of U.S. Highway 160 in Ripley County the “Billy Yates Highway”.
State Highway 160 is the main motorway that runs through the city. ‘Billy Yates Highway’ will officially be dedicated during a ceremony to be held tentatively on May 23rd in Doniphan. Yates, along with friends, Jimmy Fortune and Buddy Jewell will be on hand and will perform a show that evening at the Doniphan High School Gymnasium to raise funds for the newly established BILLY YATES HEARTS FOR THE ARTS SCHOLARSHIP, which will be awarded each year to a deserving student with plans for a career in the arts.
Billy Yates is a Nashville based singer/songwriter whose songs have been recorded by artists such as George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans, Gary Allan, Joe Nichols, Chris Young, John Michael Montgomery, Daryle Singletary, The Oak Ridge Boys, Gene Watson, Rhonda Vincent, and more.
Yates also co-wrote the George Jones classics, “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair” and the Grammy-award winning, “Choices”.
A seasoned entertainer, Billy Yates also tours Europe extensively where his traditional style of Country Music has created thousands of fans who attend his sold-out concerts in almost every European country. He was recently named the ECMA Male Vocalist of the Year. Yates holds the distinct honor of being one of the first American artists to perform in China’s former capital city, Xian. He is also the first American artist to be featured on the popular Irish TV documentary, Opry an luir, and is the first American artist to record in the traditional Irish Gaelic language.
Billy Yates has released ten CD’s on his own M.O.D. Record Label, including his latest release, “These Old Walls” which was released on January 13, 2015.
Learn more about Billy Yates at www.billyyates.com.